Re: NANFA-- pond placement

Edward Venn (e_venn_at_hotmail.com)
Wed, 10 Jan 2001 09:16:40 -0000

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Good idea, how do you handle soil washing away after a heavy rain? I was not
blessed with a sloping site when I dug my ponds, so I made due with mounding
the dirt up on the edges of the ponds, laying my pond liner and then placing
river stones on the edges.
Of course I kept native fish–medaka, black paradise fish, dojo, Japanese
loaches and gobies.
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>I, too, have a sloping area, and I dig my ponds into the slope, using
>the earth I dig out to make an earthen dam on the downhill side. I often
>add a retaining wall/bench so I can sit by the pond and watch the fish.
>Some of the Ohio/Michigan NANFA members saw the ponds built this way
>when they were at my place in August for the Kokosing River collecting
>trip.
>
>There are a couple of advantages to doing this. The big one is that it's
>a lot less work, since I A) don't have to haul the dirt away, and B)
>don't have to dig as much since the earthen wall serves to raise the
>pond level. Plus, it's nice from the landscaping and garden enjoyment
>standpoint to have a bench built in along the pond that has you sitting
>almost at water level.
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>As far as I can tell, the ponds made this way also don't seem to freeze
>any more quickly than the ones I made "on the flat." The earth berm is
>fairly thick (a couple of feet, usually) and seems to insulate well. I
>plce the deepest section (usually about half of the pond area) at the
>back (high point of the slope), which seems to give additional
>insulation.
>
>Anyway, just my 2 cents worth.
>
>Catherine
>Mount Vernon, Ohio
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