Tula's BBB ( baby bog build )

[Lisak1]

Yup - wet feet seems to make them happiest. We started ours as a marginal and it survived but never really thrived. Over the course of a couple of years it slowly moved itself to the very edge where it's damp but not actually in water. I love cardinal flower - that red is so remarkable!

 

[addy1]

I'm hoping my bog gets crowded !! ha ! Maybe I should order more plants?!

Next year you will be yanking!

 

[Tula]

Pond water level has been dropping We're going to top off the pond this evening and turn off the bog, to rule it out.

I've seen several small moles and many chipmunks around the pond, so am hoping they haven't been munching on the liner

 

[GBBUDD]

Pond water level has been dropping We're going to top off the pond this evening and turn off the bog, to rule it out.

I've seen several small moles and many chipmunks around the pond, so am hoping they haven't been munching on the liner

keeping my fingers crossed for you . i went through that earlier this year with the upper pond

 

[Tula]

Well, the water level didn't drop over night. Hubby said he played around with the water path from the bog to the pond the other day, so am really hoping it's something that obvious. However, I closed the gate valve on the bog when I turned off the pump last night so the bog would drop but not drain......well it sure looks like it drained

Just another thing to check out....remind me why we love our ponds/ bog ? !

 

[GBBUDD]

Write it all down keep a diary if not a spread chart and what you did when it will help with the frustration trying to remember in a big way

 

[Tula]

Write it all down keep a diary if not a spread chart and what you did when it will help with the frustration trying to remember in a big way

Good idea. It is definitely related to the bog.

 

[GBBUDD]

Did you seam your overlaps of the liners . Or did you just overlap the liners and how high above water level in the pond liner where they over lap

 

[Tula]

Did you seam your overlaps of the liners . Or did you just overlap the liners and how high above water level in the pond liner where they over lap

Well forget what I said about it definitely being the bog....we're back to trying to figure it out We did not seam the liners, they are very overlapped.

 

[Tula]

https://youtu.be/6P8F1VSC1Qs

Found the leak ! It must have worsened...truly we're not THAT blind ! LOL Pond water has been dropping like a stone

We may also have a small issue with the bog running into the pond, not sure. In this picture you can see the pond liner ( it's old and under rocks )......hoping the over lap of bog liner will work as there isn't enough pond liner to seam them.

 

[j.w]

Glad you found the leak and hope you have enough liner to overlap and fix your bog issue.

 

[Tula]

Glad you found the leak and hope you have enough liner to overlap and fix your bog issue.

We have plenty of bog liner....but the pond lin
er is quite old. Fortunately it goes under those large rocks.....so finger crossed we should be ok. We just can never really figure out how to have it spill back ito the pond without the liner showing.....but I'd rather that, then have it leak.

 

[j.w]

Maybe rock on a roll covered in moss? Think someone mentioned there is moss that grows in sunshine.

 

[Tula]

Maybe rock on a roll covered in moss? Think someone mentioned there is moss that grows in sunshine.

I think @GBBUDD mentioned using foam on rubber, then pressing moss into it.

Just in from netting debris and trying to top off the pond again. I just want to get everything running again as I worry about my koi in this heat. I added my larger 40 lpm aerator to the 20 that was already running, since the filter and bog aren't running right now.

 

[j.w]

Yep that's where I heard about the moss. Might work for you.
Aerator should really help w/the heat issues. Could always erect a shade too.