Where to locate new pond in spring

Hi everyone. We just purchased a new home and I know it's too late to dig
our pond this year, but we're not sure where to put it in the spring. The
back is southern exposure, with a small slope 1/4 way into it and several
trees including one very large Pine.

Here is a pic of the back garden, any ideas on where is best? (The kiddy
stuff is going as our son is 13.) Oh and the big vegetation to the left of
the arbor that goes nowhere is the previous owners veggie garden which we'll
be getting rid of.

http://www.britsintheus.com/backgarden.jpg


Lisa

What a question... I would pick Santa Barbara

Ok, Actually there can be many right places... my personal choice
favorite would be a location where you could enjoy the view from both
the indside and outside. This currently doesn't exist for my house, so
I am adding an addition in the spring that will have a great view of the
pond. Actually, I need the space... but I did design the new addition
around the pond. Now, if you don't have a good view from anywhere
inside the house then I would pick a spot near your favorite
location/sitting/relaxing spot outside. This way you enjoy your pond
and fish friends all the more. Coffee/Pop by the pond is extremely
relaxing.

Of course, there are some other things to take into consideration while
planning... location of trees(fall foliage in the bottom of a cold
pond)... underground wires/pipes(ones you don't want to hit)... location
of electrical outlet(ones to run the pump/filtration)... how easy is the
location to prep for winter... I am sure others wil add more...

Yeah, I would agree with Chad, looking at the photo alone I would have to
say one place is as good as another, the question is how does it relate to
your house for view, access and the big one GFI protected power.

"Steve and Lisa" wrote in message
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Hi everyone. We just purchased a new home and I know it's too late to dig
our pond this year, but we're not sure where to put it in the spring. The
back is southern exposure, with a small slope 1/4 way into it and several
trees including one very large Pine.

Here is a pic of the back garden, any ideas on where is best? (The kiddy
stuff is going as our son is 13.) Oh and the big vegetation to the left of
the arbor that goes nowhere is the previous owners veggie garden which
we'll
be getting rid of.

http://www.britsintheus.com/backgarden.jpg


Lisa

"Steve and Lisa" wrote in message
. ..
Hi everyone. We just purchased a new home and I know it's too late to dig
our pond this year, but we're not sure where to put it in the spring. The
back is southern exposure, with a small slope 1/4 way into it and several
trees including one very large Pine.

Here is a pic of the back garden, any ideas on where is best? (The kiddy
stuff is going as our son is 13.) Oh and the big vegetation to the left of
the arbor that goes nowhere is the previous owners veggie garden which
we'll
be getting rid of.

Ahh, placement. The precursor to how big? how deep? what kind of filter? The
journey has begun...My thoughts, choose a spot:

1. That is currently pleasant to sit in. If you don't want to hang out there
now, you won't hang out near the pond when it's there.
2. Can you get water to it easily? electricity?
3. Are there buried cables/pipes/roots in the area that may cause problems?
4. How level is the ground? Will it be a beyotch to dig a nice level hole
there? If it's on a hill, how will you deal with run off?
5. Gently place a mirror on the ground, and sit near it. Does the "water"
provide nice reflections?
6. Fall out. If you are near trees (not neccessiraly bad) you will be doing
cleanup from the fallout. I chose a location under a line of pine trees on
one side, and an oak on the other. It is a very natural, "nesteled" setting.
The look is nice, but I am paying for that in cleanup work.
7. Borders. Pay attention to your borders. My pond (see #6) is nestled into
some trees. I now have very little access to the rear side of my pond, or at
least very little dry access.

Oh, and it's off topic, but give yourself some shelves. I didn't. I build
slopers...They suck.

BV.

I have mine in the front yard as the sea breeze is much better there
than in the back.
I also fully decorate my pond and front yard every Christmas! Local
media always shows up along with lines of cars trying to catch a glimpse
of the fish along with the Christmas lights. jmo

You want it viewable from in the house or at least the back patio. You
want the pond itself off center (see Japanese garden design). You want
it to take up the whole back yard (so you don't need to mess with the
lawn, sprinklers, etc). Put in a walk way with lots of mystery. It's a
50x70 foot canvas.

Your son is old enough that he doesn't care if there's no lawn in the
back. Not sure where you live but if you do it right, put in a lot of
xeriscape, then you won't have to mess with most of it unless you want to.

Go for it.


Steve and Lisa wrote:
Hi everyone. We just purchased a new home and I know it's too late to dig
our pond this year, but we're not sure where to put it in the spring. The
back is southern exposure, with a small slope 1/4 way into it and several
trees including one very large Pine.

Here is a pic of the back garden, any ideas on where is best? (The kiddy
stuff is going as our son is 13.) Oh and the big vegetation to the left of
the arbor that goes nowhere is the previous owners veggie garden which we'll
be getting rid of.

http://www.britsintheus.com/backgarden.jpg


Lisa

Actually, since their son is old enough to push a lawn mower, he might be
very happy that there's no mowable grass in the back... ;-)

Mike D.

"MattR" wrote in message
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You want it viewable from in the house or at least the back patio. You
want the pond itself off center (see Japanese garden design). You want
it to take up the whole back yard (so you don't need to mess with the
lawn, sprinklers, etc). Put in a walk way with lots of mystery. It's a
50x70 foot canvas.

Your son is old enough that he doesn't care if there's no lawn in the
back. Not sure where you live but if you do it right, put in a lot of
xeriscape, then you won't have to mess with most of it unless you want to.

Go for it.


Steve and Lisa wrote:
Hi everyone. We just purchased a new home and I know it's too late to
dig
our pond this year, but we're not sure where to put it in the spring.
The
back is southern exposure, with a small slope 1/4 way into it and
several
trees including one very large Pine.

Here is a pic of the back garden, any ideas on where is best? (The
kiddy
stuff is going as our son is 13.) Oh and the big vegetation to the left
of
the arbor that goes nowhere is the previous owners veggie garden which
we'll
be getting rid of.

http://www.britsintheus.com/backgarden.jpg


Lisa

If I am looking at the picture correctly, the sloped section appears to be
fairly well sloped over a very narrow area. This would lend itself to the
veggie filter flowing into a short stream into the pond with the veggie
filter at the top of the slope and the pond at the bottom of the slope.
Both areas, top and bottom appear to be reasonably level, so the edge of the
pond would be nearly even around the perimeter. I would locate it as far
away from the pine as possible. The leaves can be caught by netting, but
needles just seem to orient themselves to go right through.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"Steve and Lisa" wrote in message
. ..
Hi everyone. We just purchased a new home and I know it's too late to dig
our pond this year, but we're not sure where to put it in the spring. The
back is southern exposure, with a small slope 1/4 way into it and several
trees including one very large Pine.

Here is a pic of the back garden, any ideas on where is best? (The kiddy
stuff is going as our son is 13.) Oh and the big vegetation to the left of
the arbor that goes nowhere is the previous owners veggie garden which
we'll
be getting rid of.

http://www.britsintheus.com/backgarden.jpg


Lisa

One thing that I see a lot of people mess up on with placement is that they
place it in some back corner somewhere. You should place it where you can
see it all the time and from sitting on your porch. If you have one of those
houses where you can see the back yard from the front door put it so you can
see it (ie your outside, you open the front door and look in, and see
through the house into the back yard) When you go to sell your house nothing
will take the breath away from potential buyers than the front door view
looking into a beautiful pond.

"Steve and Lisa" wrote in message
. ..
Hi everyone. We just purchased a new home and I know it's too late to dig
our pond this year, but we're not sure where to put it in the spring. The
back is southern exposure, with a small slope 1/4 way into it and several
trees including one very large Pine.

Here is a pic of the back garden, any ideas on where is best? (The kiddy
stuff is going as our son is 13.) Oh and the big vegetation to the left of
the arbor that goes nowhere is the previous owners veggie garden which
we'll
be getting rid of.

http://www.britsintheus.com/backgarden.jpg


Lisa

I want to thank you all for your great ideas. I guess one top priority will
be getting an electrician out to run an electrical line to the pond with GFI
outlets.


Lisa