Lisa

I could just sit there admiring your pond for hours!

Brenda

Dear spat72

I built my pond using a kit, which includes the liner and a skimmer and waterfall filter, with a flexible pipe that connects the two. It is an ingenious yet simple design, that makes pond building both easier, and the filtration is far superior to the older styles of pumps and filters. The rocks line the bottom and sides and add to the bio filtration. The skimmer cleans out the leaves and gunk off the surface and the waterfall portion is a large Bo filter as well. I don’t clean it any more and other ponds, but I did invest last year in a good pond vacuum that has made life even easier. The kit I used was a small one. The link below shows photos of a much larger pond being built. Check out the kits they have for sale. Also look for my first posting in the pond gallery;

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/ponds/gal012232314290.html?25 041

this is a link to my second posting for more pics

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/ponds/gal061711545355.html?13

large pond kit, how to, pics
http://www.lochnesswatergardens.com/articles.asp?id=131

Bog garden design link
http://www.bbg.org/gar2/topics/design/handbooks/watergarden/8.html

On your Idea of a Bog garden. You should think about building one on the side of your pond in shallow water. Use the same pond liner as the rest of the pond, Make a underwater burm to separate it from the rest of the pond and use a bed of deep gravel to plant in directly. I don’t use pots in my pond. I just use gravel, and larger rocks to hold it in place on the slopes.

Brenda