The water is finally clearing (yay!) But now there is too much of it! It's been raining all night (and doesn't look like it'll let up any time soon) and the pond went from being a few inches below the edging to lapping right at it. I used a bucket to drain some back to appropriate depth, and i plan to raise the edges when i get home from work tomorrow, but i had two questions.
1) How do i prevent flooding so that when my floating plants are in there they don't come out with the water? Fish too. Obviously i can bucket some water out as needed but if i'm gone for a full day/night and can't do that, what are my options? How do you guys prevent your ponds from overflowing?
2) I'm super paranoid about the edge of the liner not being secure enough and "slipping" or "folding" in and causing the pond to leak/run. I know some people fold/tuck the edge of the liner in on itself to hide it, others layer rock on it. Right now mine is held in place by pavers. When i raise the edge on the slightly lower side there will only be 3-4 inches that will be weighed down by pavers..... will that be okay? Will the liner just fold in and/or slide into the pond or something?
As i'm typing, the gentle rain became a downpour....Maybe i'll raise the edges before i go to work TODAY if we get a let up in the rain lol.
1) How do i prevent flooding so that when my floating plants are in there they don't come out with the water? Fish too. Obviously i can bucket some water out as needed but if i'm gone for a full day/night and can't do that, what are my options? How do you guys prevent your ponds from overflowing?
2) I'm super paranoid about the edge of the liner not being secure enough and "slipping" or "folding" in and causing the pond to leak/run. I know some people fold/tuck the edge of the liner in on itself to hide it, others layer rock on it. Right now mine is held in place by pavers. When i raise the edge on the slightly lower side there will only be 3-4 inches that will be weighed down by pavers..... will that be okay? Will the liner just fold in and/or slide into the pond or something?
As i'm typing, the gentle rain became a downpour....Maybe i'll raise the edges before i go to work TODAY if we get a let up in the rain lol.