Water Gardening: If you build it… they will come!, 1 by jenniealice

jenniealice wrote:
Nope, no liner. We tried that at first, but not only was it hideous, there was so much water coming in through the ground that the "big fill" in winter pushed the liner up to the surface. However, with our soil and the fluctuation in groundwater, summertime we have a much lower water level in the pond. I think this year we might amend a few times with ordered water. I've added gobs of Bentonite, but I think it either requires much more or it's not really helping.
A note on ducks: these little guys are wonderful, but they are house ducks because of a tragedy with our previous ducks. No matter how safe you think the place is where you keep them, reinforce it even more. Predators are bound and determined with ducks. Most people don't know that ducks can live close to 20 years -- they don't know this because it's unheard of for ducks to die of old age: people don't protect them well enough. If I left these guys out for one night (which I NEVER would) they'd be goners by morning. They are the sweetest creatures--affectionate like dogs and cats, and incredibly intelligent and emotional. I hatched mine from eggs.