Has anybody built a pond?

[dummy]

Wow. That does look nice. What types of flowers are planted in the foreground?

 

[19th_VA]

I must be missing something. It looks like another planet!

 

[GaryM]

It's a LAKE if you're selling and a POND if you're buying! Regardless of the size.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

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About 2000 dahlias. At that time of year we estimate there are about 40,000 flowers in bloom. Since the water table is so high we dig them all and replant every year. I'd like to find a tractor implement to help with that! Actually I have a friend who plants 500,000 dahlias a year (Nick Getts from Canby Oregon) and he digs them up with an old potato harvester.
On the lake vs. pond debate it's 11 acres and might be leaning more towards the lake designation...
Sorry about the poor quality picture. I don't know how to reduce a large file to only 100K. Any suggestions other then to take a small sized photo to start with?

 

[WCarlson]

Heath,
Before you go too far in your pond building adventure, I would recommend two books on the subject. They may be available at your library and I know are available at amazon.com (or at least they were a couple years ago.
They are:

Ponds- Building, Maintaining, Enjoying by Carolyn Garrick Stern. Published by Progressive Farmer, Inc in 1996

Earth Ponds Sourcebook by Tim Matson. Published by The Countryman Press in 1997

These two books go through the whole process, Stern's even has minimum depths by location in the country based on rainfall. I have found them most useful and would have liked to have read them before, not after, I had a pond. I would have done things differently. Kind of like finding Tractorbynet after buying a tractor. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Bill

 

[Heath]

Thanks for the book titles. I'll look for them at the local Barnes and Noble.

 

[WCarlson]

Heath,
You are most welcome. If I can provide any additional information, please don't hesitate to ask.
Bill

 

[JamesT]

Here are some pics of my pond 12' x 28' 6' deep

 

[dummy]

The obsession part is starting to kick in. Started my waterwheel project.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Apparently, Ponds- Building, Maintaining, Enjoying by Stern is out of print. I tried to find it on amazon.
Anyone know of a source for it?