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Training sessions have been going really well these past few weeks. I
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12 years ago
Monday, March 9, 2009
on golden pond
well I am up to my eye balls in nothing. I read an interesting story on the internet about ponds. We have had a little pond in the back yard with frogs--not a big deal, but Tom wanted more. Last week the man who owns the field behind our house decided to destroy the trees on his property which gave us lots of open space, nothing to sing about, our privacy is gone. No more taking the trash out in my pjs. But Tom ran out and asked him to dig us a bigger pond with his front end loader. Now we have a big SQUARE pond or a big whole with no water in it. Another project gone to hell (don't tell Tom I said that.) But back to the story I read. Someone posted a picture of a note he found buried under the lining of the pond that he dug up. It told the story of the pond and how hard it was to build. The final paragragh pointed out that who ever was reading this story must have dug up his pond and he hoped their head fell off. Now I have this idea. I might try creating a kind of mosaic picture of something and put it in the bottom of our pond. If any of you fiddlerkins have ideas about this please post them.
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Hi, Carol. I love your idea about leaving a little treasure behind in/under your pond for whoever has the audacity to dig it up. I'm sure you'll refrain from placing a curse on the finder of your mosaic, unlike the author of the note in the story.
So, will you just wait for rain to fill your pond, or will you use a hose?
Are there any tricks to maintaining a pond, or is it really just a big hole filled with water?
I asked John about building a pond because he had one dug on the farm a couple of years ago for the farmers. You have to design them and dig them where there will be lots of run off. Ponds don't fill up from rain water. They fill up from run off. You can run all the gutters from the house and garage underground and have it run off into the pond. You could line a small yard pond so it will hold water. Also if the soil is sandy then they probably won't hold water, as the soil is too permeable. That is the "pool" of knowledge I got from John. I think it would be cool for you to leave a little momento in your pond, maybe the history of the pond. Maybe there is something from the native american culture, kind of like a medicine wheel in the bottom of your pond. Have fun with it.
Wow Margaret! I learned a lot about ponds from you today. I guess I thought ponds were the work of nature. I did not realize all the man/woman hours involved. Thanks for the explanation. I like your idea of an ethnic symbol placed in the bottom of the pond. Maybe, Carol, you and Tom can write a blessing for the pond and place it at the bottom with some photos you have taken together. The blessing does not have to be elaborate. Simple is best. Something like, Thank you God for earth and sky. Bless us and bless this pond. Just an idea. You and Tom are creative people. You will design the mosaic that reflects your own creative style. I look forward to hearing more of this story as it unfolds. You stoked my curiosity Carol.
Margret, the idea about using water from the gutters is a great idea, so far we have the run off from the sump pump but it was a bugger to dig the ditch for that and then rebury the pipe. This is going to take some time. Getting the water away from the house will also help keep water out of the basement. Our soil is mainly clay. We laid the carpet we took up from the living room in the bottom to help hold back the weeds a liner is too expensive. I found that Target sells a solar water fountain, that sound like it would work nicely with this pond. Katie no curse on the people who dig up the pond at least yet, this is like heart and soul stuff. We'll go with a blessing and hope thats enough. It is kind of frustrating but your ideas and help is making it more fun and less discouraging. native american sounds good. I thought about using broken pieces of glass as the medium maybe glued to something. We have been to the pastures and have some nice rock from the native flinthills. We talked about building a rock wall on the back side of the pond. keep sending ideas.
Wow--I had no idea about the run-off necessary to create a pond. It sounds like you could kill two birds with one stone, Carol, allowing the run-off into the pond and away from your basement. Woo hoo! I'm looking forward to hearing more about this adventure. Enjoy the process. :)
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