The bear is constantly crossing my property. He seems to be more interested in my neighbors garbage than anything I have so far. I loved my koi pond but I would rather not give Yogi a reason to start investigating my yard. Just building a water feature seems like taking my chances to some extent, but water is available enough around here I think it's a limited risk.
Wow TEN ponds! Nope don't expect to go there! I have other hobbies and a wife. My property size is also on the small side. LOL
lol it is 11 now, from big to small. My hubby was working and he bought me a tractor with a back hoe and bucket, got to do something with it. He wants me to build another and I sort of said NO got enough to take care of. He wanted me to build a just lily pond. But with our slope it is a pita to build ponds.
Thanks for the welcome JRS
Lisak1, Yes there would be both an intake bay or shallow pool and a skimmer at the far edge of it. The skimmer being enclosed would be a problem when clogged with debris, being the only intake for the pump. Your questions forced me to recognize that point. Thank you. The water would filter down through the rocks and gravel in the shallow pool into the vault below. But the water in the vault would not have been available to the closed intake system from the skimmer to the pump. I browsed the internet for a flow control box that I envisioned after reading your question. I didn't find anything. I'm sure one must exist, this seems like it must be a fairly common problem. I took some time and designed something that seems practical to build, inexpensive and might actually work. I've been sketching my ideas on the laptop I'll try to post them. If I succeed let me know if it makes sense.
Yea I had that fever too! I had an acre and a half in North Caldwell NJ, and a back hoe. I was itching to do some serious landscaping and pond building. A career, other home improvements then a divorce kept it from happening.
Yup. The ferry is long gone but the Dingmans Ferry bridge lives on. There's still an individual standing out there in the road taking tolls!
I can understand needing to get away from the ghosts in the old neighborhoods. That's partially why we moved out of NJ. The other reasons all relate back to the tax and build mentality of the politicians in NJ. They were wringing us dry! I grew up living in many places coast to coast. I've mostly lived as an adult along this latitude so I'm pretty comfortable with the temperature range. We have a travel trailer and have taken some long trips and intend to do more. Unfortunately COVID has us at a standstill for now. We're just hunkered down like the rest of the US for the duration. I just want ONE home to keep coming back to. Tired of relocating regardless of the reason. Very happy here.
Careful Bob ponds are more contagious then covid.
I know I've been bitten. I have so many hobbies that I have to ration time amongst them: Sailing, Firearms, Home improvement, Ham radio, recumbent tricycle, pond building, "Poison" Dart frogs (amphibians in general), vivarium building. There's probably a few I've forgotten to mention. My friends were shocked when I told them I was going to retire. I was always so busy at work, they were all convinced I would literally get bored to death. Not a chance!
Like I said I have so many hobbies I have to ration time between them. Since retirement I've been working on the house and also picked up hours as a Public Safety Officer and Range Safety Officer. Both of which I stopped recently with the last rise in COVID cases this season. I'm not happy putting my wife and I at risk. With the freezing weather I've been working inside on the house and planning for landscaping in the spring, hence the waterfalls.