I tell you, it must be a sickness we ponders have! But yesterday, I was thinking that maybe I'd rip up a big dirt patch with flowers and shrubs at the foot of my deck and build an above ground pond. I figure I can work on it through the winter and have it ready to go when the fish are breeding in spring.
I'm just not up for digging, even though I much prefer an in-ground pond...but I figured I could dig at least 12 inches to put the first course of cinder blocks just a foot underground and then build up. Maybe a rectangle that is 18 feet long, 8 feet wide and 4 feet deep...as close to 5,000 gals as I can get. I can front it with slate tile to keep the costs down. I figure I can keep the mechanicals under my deck.
My husband is going to kill me if I even mention it, so I know I'm going to have to beg.
Would be nice to look over the railing of the deck into a pond of fishies.:banghead3:
I'm just not up for digging, even though I much prefer an in-ground pond...but I figured I could dig at least 12 inches to put the first course of cinder blocks just a foot underground and then build up. Maybe a rectangle that is 18 feet long, 8 feet wide and 4 feet deep...as close to 5,000 gals as I can get. I can front it with slate tile to keep the costs down. I figure I can keep the mechanicals under my deck.
My husband is going to kill me if I even mention it, so I know I'm going to have to beg.
Would be nice to look over the railing of the deck into a pond of fishies.:banghead3: