Pond Project (cont.)



Well, two-thirds of a ton of thin Arkansas fieldstone later, a little over half the pond is edged (not counting the waterfall/watercourse section). Because of the 13-inch slope from the far end of the pond I have to stack stone on the high end. In fact, the slope--while advantageous for the falls--has been a pain in the butt. It has meant more dirt to haul, more stone to lay, and more care necessary to ensure proper drainage around the pond. I think my design elegantly takes care of the potential runoff problem (we'll see) because I've planned a gravel path the edge of which will run parallel to the top edge of the pond about a foot back. it should naturally lead water around the pond and to the trenches I've dug on along the outline of the area which are filled with drainage gravel and topped with nice-looking black Mexican beach pebbles that lead to a "beach" of same pebbles on the lower end (in the lower right of this photo). I'll probably get up at sunrise tomorrow, as I did today, to continue edging.I'd like to know how much more stone I might need by Monday so that I can order more then if necessary. If all goes well, I might have everything ready to go by next week--the pump, filter, and power control center all arrived. I need only a GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter) that was supposed to be built into the PCC, but isn't. The manufacturer is sending me one to splice onto the power cord, but I think I'll just get a plug-in portable GFI instead.

Posted: Sat - September 11, 2004 at 09:36 PM           |

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