Ok, its gonna take a while till first shovel is in the dirt but im not really in a hurry. When im doing small things i like to work in situ or trying things right away and in place, for bigger projects (like this) i like to ferment ideas and have fun with plans. Besides, i have to collect money for whole thing.
Maybe i should mention weather first. Where i live is about usda zone 7 or so, yearly average temp is 54F. I saw some ponds in area and theres no really much ice to speak of. I *have* lots of ice on that tub pond in introductory thread but its few feet above ground on northern side of house, so its no wonder it freezes (2-4 inches of ice).
I live in small town so no potential predators except few dogs and loads of cats. I know that lots of USA ponders have problems with racoons or deers but no such things here (in Kassel/Germany there are lost of racoons). We have big national park south of town with lots of flooded area so there could be some problems with birds.
This down is piece of land ive been given for project. Correct dimensions and one initial plan you can see below.
Dirt is of heavy, sticky loam type and theres some slope towards bottom of garden (i havent measure it yet). Measures are in meter , multiply by 3 to get (almost) feets.
That two boxes for compost would go to other side of garden but i would like to leave that dug-in water collector (where those pipes are).
I imagend that there will be two levels. Fist part is that bricks patio and with 2-3 stairs it would go to lower part which trail would lead over small bridge , by the pond, to the back of garden with wood patio . Bridge would go over small canal for that bog in the corner. Privacy screen would be about 50 juniperus virginiana "Scyrocket", because they are tall and thin so they dont take much space.
Concerning pond and flora/fauna... I was thinking to make pond as deep as possible (5 feet or so), not so much because of ice but to get lots of volume of water to avoid filtering or eventualy to have pump that will pump water to bog to act as filter. I know that number of fishes i can keep drops because of that but thats ok by me. I would like to have kois , but if not possible some goldens would be ok too.
Pond would be EPDM 1mm liner (would not know how much is that in US measures), which would be hard to find here since theres no market for that kind of thigs. Pond would have concrete collar with probably bricks on top and reading on subject theres mentioning that ill need about foot of distance from water level to the top of collar to protect fishes from predators..
Well thats about it. Its just a first version to work on but it a good start.
Maybe i should mention weather first. Where i live is about usda zone 7 or so, yearly average temp is 54F. I saw some ponds in area and theres no really much ice to speak of. I *have* lots of ice on that tub pond in introductory thread but its few feet above ground on northern side of house, so its no wonder it freezes (2-4 inches of ice).
I live in small town so no potential predators except few dogs and loads of cats. I know that lots of USA ponders have problems with racoons or deers but no such things here (in Kassel/Germany there are lost of racoons). We have big national park south of town with lots of flooded area so there could be some problems with birds.
This down is piece of land ive been given for project. Correct dimensions and one initial plan you can see below.
Dirt is of heavy, sticky loam type and theres some slope towards bottom of garden (i havent measure it yet). Measures are in meter , multiply by 3 to get (almost) feets.
That two boxes for compost would go to other side of garden but i would like to leave that dug-in water collector (where those pipes are).
I imagend that there will be two levels. Fist part is that bricks patio and with 2-3 stairs it would go to lower part which trail would lead over small bridge , by the pond, to the back of garden with wood patio . Bridge would go over small canal for that bog in the corner. Privacy screen would be about 50 juniperus virginiana "Scyrocket", because they are tall and thin so they dont take much space.
Concerning pond and flora/fauna... I was thinking to make pond as deep as possible (5 feet or so), not so much because of ice but to get lots of volume of water to avoid filtering or eventualy to have pump that will pump water to bog to act as filter. I know that number of fishes i can keep drops because of that but thats ok by me. I would like to have kois , but if not possible some goldens would be ok too.
Pond would be EPDM 1mm liner (would not know how much is that in US measures), which would be hard to find here since theres no market for that kind of thigs. Pond would have concrete collar with probably bricks on top and reading on subject theres mentioning that ill need about foot of distance from water level to the top of collar to protect fishes from predators..
Well thats about it. Its just a first version to work on but it a good start.
