You may know what I am talking about those little black plastic ponds that Lowe's sell in different sizes. At first I saw this little rock one that was really small and had a waterfall for 199.00, but then I got to looking at their black hard plastic ponds, and it was a lot cheaper than the little pre-made tiny one.
Anyway, I have a garden book that shows you how to do different things, and one of them is how to install a pond. They have a black hard plastic one, then after they get it in the ground, they install a black plastic liner over it? Then they put rocks around it.
My question is why do you have to put the plastic over it? Can you not just put it in the ground the way it is. You know the hard plastic one?
Want to buy a pond from Lowe's need help
I have had those ponds in the ground for20 years and never heard of putting blk. plastic over them. That is rediculous. Here is my bigger one it is round then a kidney shaped on the other side of the bridge. BEV
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I never heard of putting a liner in them either, unless they leak.
Thanks so much. I really want one and the one I see comes with the pump and a big pond and a little one for a waterfall effect. I cannot wait to get it! The only thing now is how to put rocks around it. By the way, yours is really nice. I like the little bride also.
We've had this pond in for years. It developed a slow leak a couple years ago. We used a pump for a year or two then gave up. It works perfectly fine without a pump. I swing by once in a while & add some water.
We have various pond plants & some waterlilies in there. We stop at Wal-Mart & buy some 18¢ goldfish in the spring. Last year they got to about 4" long by fall. We took then into the basement in an aquarium for the winter. They will go out soon.
The whole thing is self sustaining. Don't even need to feed the fish! A frog hung around most of the summer last year. Our cats go out there for a drink now & then. I notice birds around there also.
Some of the plants around the edges get out on the water. Very natural looking.
I think the fun part is adding things as the years go along. Makes it look different every year.
Bernie
I should add, the water stays clear all the time.
This message was edited Apr 28, 2008 10:44 PM
MIne is also hard plastic. The only place I have a liner is under the waterfall to make sure that all the water drains back into the pond.
Bernie, you have achieved the perfect balance with just the right amount of plants to fish to sunlight, etc. I was able to do that with an 11,000 gallon pond once and few believed I didn't have fancy filters. I did add a small pump for aeration in the hot summer months here because the water often hit 90 degrees but algae was never a problem. Congratulations on your beautiful pond.