mudcatslim
05-20-2008, 09:15 PM
:confused: Hello everyone,
I am new here and to water gardening in general but, I do plan on building a small garden this winter. I am planning on two separate ponds both four by ten in line with one another semi raised, rectangular ,and formal faced with stone. I plan on the upper pond being lined with a concrete skim coat and a pond paint. Same as the lower pond but I would like to place pebbles in the top pond and various rocks for the wildlife. I would like to place a layer of some sort of suitable planting media under the pebbles and plant directly in the media. Or I could construct planting pockets around the pond with some in the middle and keep the rest of the pond floor clean. I would probably keep and area clear for a bottom drain. The top pond will flow into the bottom pond by a weir. The bottom pond will be a clean design with a few plants on a marginal shelf with no rocks on the bottom. I would like to keep goldfish in this one. I plan on placing a bottom drain in that one to. If I place a bottom drain in the upper pond I may end up mortaring the pebbles directly to the floor of the pond in the area immediately adjacent to the drain. Pebbles with no muck under them is the idea. Does this sound doable or a recipe for disaster. I would like to build once and build it right. Can a soil be found that want constantly leach out an into the lower pond? I would like the upper pond to be sort of a natural filter with maybe a biological one thrown in for good measure. Any thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Good forums by the way. Oh yeah, upper pond about eighteen inches, bottom pond three feet deep.
I am new here and to water gardening in general but, I do plan on building a small garden this winter. I am planning on two separate ponds both four by ten in line with one another semi raised, rectangular ,and formal faced with stone. I plan on the upper pond being lined with a concrete skim coat and a pond paint. Same as the lower pond but I would like to place pebbles in the top pond and various rocks for the wildlife. I would like to place a layer of some sort of suitable planting media under the pebbles and plant directly in the media. Or I could construct planting pockets around the pond with some in the middle and keep the rest of the pond floor clean. I would probably keep and area clear for a bottom drain. The top pond will flow into the bottom pond by a weir. The bottom pond will be a clean design with a few plants on a marginal shelf with no rocks on the bottom. I would like to keep goldfish in this one. I plan on placing a bottom drain in that one to. If I place a bottom drain in the upper pond I may end up mortaring the pebbles directly to the floor of the pond in the area immediately adjacent to the drain. Pebbles with no muck under them is the idea. Does this sound doable or a recipe for disaster. I would like to build once and build it right. Can a soil be found that want constantly leach out an into the lower pond? I would like the upper pond to be sort of a natural filter with maybe a biological one thrown in for good measure. Any thoughts and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Good forums by the way. Oh yeah, upper pond about eighteen inches, bottom pond three feet deep.