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| Once you have chosen a spot in
your garden for the pond, you need to clear it, this means removing all
vegetation and
getting the ground fairly level. In our case, that meant digging up two tree
stumps and clearing a three foot high pile of soil and rubble. Its a lot
easier working with a flat surface, and when it comes to digging the footings,
you don't want
the piles of earth falling back in! Now that you have a clear workspace,
place a few bricks around where you want the pond perimeter to be. |
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Planning your Pond
Making a Start
Construction
Shaping The Pond
Lining The Pond
The Waterfall
The Electrics
Stocking and Planting
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This way,
you can play with the shape and make sure its the correct size and the desired
outline. When your happy its what you want, mark it with string lines pegged
into the ground. Then get ready to start digging! I dug our footing by hand,
18 inches wide by 2 foot deep, luckily the depth of a level clay bed! |
When the footing has been dug,
hammer in some wooden pegs along the bottom of the trench so that they
stick out of the ground the same height as you want the footing to be deep.
(Our concrete footing was 6 inches deep) Check that they are level, then
you need to fill it, it actually worked out cheaper to get it delivered,
mixed and barrowed into the footing by a concrete company (mixermate) Fill
until level with the peg tops.
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