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Fri, Apr 8, 11 at 10:02
| First thing I did when I got home from work last night was check the pond (what ponder doesn't?). I had some visitors while I was at work. The pond level was down a foot. Good thing the skimmer wasn't on yet, it was past the intake. What the......... I found the leak. It was at the top pond. The little wascals removed two pavers enough to let the liner sag down and there was water oozing out down the embankment. Once I placed the pavers back into place and secured the liner it was fine, but when I plugged the waterfall pump back in it wouldn't work. I pulled it out of the pond only to discover the watercress I was trying to prevent drying out had grew so profusely it was clogging the pump intake. Of course it was foggy, raining and only 38 degrees. How do I know it was raccoons? Their droppings were in a pile at the edge of the pond. Raccoons always return to the same place when they have to go. There is a pretty big pile already. Looks like it's time to break out the scarecrow.
Jenny |
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| jenny, same here! i just spent 4 days reinforcing the edges of my 20 foot stream because the raccoons kept breaking it down and draining the pond. i don't think they will be able to do it again this year but who knows- they are very busy little guys. and my small grocery store bunch of watercress grew so rampantly in the stream last summer that i had to pull it all out. having a pond is never as simple as it seems it will be when you are first constructing one, (dig hole, line it, add water, plants and fish- HA!) but it sure is worth all the work. min |
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- Posted by pashta_2006 Z4 ADK NY (pashta@aol.com) on Fri, Apr 8, 11 at 19:32
| Thanks to the recommendation of someone on this forum, I got a sump pump low water shut off gizmo at Lowe's for $20 to help prevent the pond being pumped dry in the future. had that happen twice last summer. It won't happen this summer. |
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- Posted by sleeplessinftwayne z4-5 IND (My Page) on Mon, Apr 11, 11 at 9:12
| After the pond drained to a few inches twice already this season, I think I'll invest 20 dollars. Sounds like a bargain. |
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