How To Build An Outdoor Pond
A garden pond is the perfect way to add serenity and life to your outdoor space.
How to build an outdoor pond. If you plan on keeping fish in your pond make sure its at least 4 feet deep. Whatever style of waterfall you choose the basic mechanics remain the same. Of course the easiest and most effective way to create your outdoor pond waterfall is to utilise preformed waterfall features.
You also need the pump to keep the level of dissolved oxygen at a suitable level in the pond water this is done through the flow of water. Rain should help replace evaporation from the mini pond but you may need to top it off with the hose if there happens to be in drought. The necessary water depth depends on your climate and plants.
As you can see the pump is the heart of your pond without a pump your pond fish will not survive. Keep your aquatic plants in pots or root sacks and you can move them to the deep water in the fall. Create a deep part and a shallow part in your pond.
Add some plants around the pond to make it more attractive. Begin by placing one end of the rope about 2 feet beyond the edge of the pond then run the rope down into the pond flush against the bottom of each tier and up the other side of the pond ending about 2 feet beyond the far edge. Placed in 3 ft.
To put it simply water is pumped from your pond up to a smaller pool and then it flows back into the pond in a cascading waterfall style. Pond fish will only live for a short time if there is no pump running in a pond. Your pond maintenance is greatly reduced when you use an.
Use a hand trowel to shave off a little more if some areas are higher than others. Dig the area lay your pond liner install the pond equipment put some rocks over the edge of the liner fill the pond with water using your garden hose clean the area and add the fish. Then have a pump and bottom drain installed in the pond which will oxygenate the water and keep it clean.