I still don't have all the money saved up for my pond, so I can't dig yet. I've been doing some pre-digging chores, like working with a rope, deciding on the approximate outline of the pond. I moved a huge forsythia out of the way and today worked on relocating a rose and some balloon flowers. As I was sweating my brains out, I was wondering: do I need to use hardware cloth or anything on the sidewalls of the hole to keep chipmunks from digging into the liner? We have lots of the little boogers, even with the stray cats in our neighborhood. Or maybe the hardware cloth would be more likely to make a hole in the liner than the chipmunks would.
And what about power cords? We will run the majority of the power line underground in a conduit, but I'm sure some of it will be accessible. Has anyone had problems with critters chewing on wires? Our neighborhood goes hog wild at Christmas, with lighted chicken wire spheres high in the trees. We had squirrels chew through the insulation on some of our big extension cords.
And what about power cords? We will run the majority of the power line underground in a conduit, but I'm sure some of it will be accessible. Has anyone had problems with critters chewing on wires? Our neighborhood goes hog wild at Christmas, with lighted chicken wire spheres high in the trees. We had squirrels chew through the insulation on some of our big extension cords.