Water Gardening: Need advice on making a small pond, 1 by kittriana

kittriana wrote:
Mo = coons, possums, they like to fish. They also like to knock stuff over if it sits on shallow ledges, makes pots sit on the bottom for no other reason... 8" drop off the sides are recommended if you have a lot of wandering wildlife, you want a focal point put your plastic risers (milk crates?) in the middle of pond which also provides hiding spots for fish, protects plants, can put a bubbling urn in the middle to help water circulation, or not. Or, invert a large clay pot, run a water hose out thru the drain hole, then find rocks to stack around the outside of the pot, with a few 'cupped' rocks to create bubbling noises, and you have a waterfall, warning, lay a piece of liner over the pond liner that will drain into the pond for this, and find a low spot in the pond for an overflo outlet in hard rains. This pond is enrt to a different spot, but it shows the 'french drain' overflo. It was raised above level ground to begin with, but we have sand and we raise the outer edge of our ponds to help avoid issues with liner float...