I hear you Badseed...
I have been planning on putting a pond in next year and thought I had a good take on what I had in mind.... that is.... until I saw Jas' pond!
Would like some suggestions please.
Yeah....I wanted a bog so I had somewhere for the rainwater to collect. My ten year old wanted to dig it so I let her. It wasn't big enough so we are digging a second level. This was after putting in drain tile. I think I am going to end up digging pockets to put peat in and let the other holes be rain water collectors. :) We run out and drain them when rain is coming or when my tropicals are thirsty. LOL I should have a city of holes soon.........Visions of lining them and connecting them to the pond are running rampant!
Annie - if you're talking about the boulders in this photo http://davesgarden.com/journal/d/i/8969/, they are large. Probably a foot or more across.
Jas,
I was refering to this image. http://davesgarden.com/forums/fp.php?pid=2475262
The look here is very natural to my eye and sensibilities. I like how it meanders, even under the shade of the tree.
And I just can't get over how nice the river rock along the edges look.
It's perhaps a trick of the reflection of the water, but the ridge appears to be deeper than I'm supposing it is. (This is why I asked for depth information.)
Do you have any difficulties with stagnation at this small end?
It really just gradually drops from the edge, I'll try to get out Sunday to get more photos. I'll also ask DH what the depth on the lower pond is (I referred to the large pond in the earlier post). We really don't have problems with stagnation as the river really flows. We also have a small fountain we can put in the lower pond, if necessary.
Jas,
Hope you don't mind all these questions....
but what kind of pump system and size pump are you running to keep the 'river running'?
That question I will have to ask DH!!! I may not get back to you until Sunday.
Annie,
DH says the pond you are asking about is approximately 3' deep in the center; it has to be deep enough to handle the water from the river, and not overflow when you shut the river pump off. It does gradually slope from the edge. The pump in the river is high efficiency 9000 gallon per hour. The pump is made to run continuously; not like a sump pump made to run occasionally. Pipe size is important to get the proper flow. The pipe used here is 3" adapted to 2" to connect with the pump.
Hope this helps.
Jody
This helps a lot in showing me how he accomplished this. Thanks to both of you!
Annie