Digging pond - dirt and grass

"Koi-Lo" ¤?¤@ö½.Õ..Õ¢ wrote in message
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We left the sod to rot on the bottom. It was buried under several feet of
dirt when we were finished.

Hey, I was 51 when I dug our first 900g pond. It was the heat of summer
no less, July! I took my time. As I recall it took less than a week. I
hauled the soil and sod to a side of our property with a Gardenway Cart.
It was later used as fill (not around pond #1). The 2000g pond we did have
help with. A young man from this NG came over and spent the day digging.
He didn't want cash. He took fish and a load of pond plants, plus a
pot-roast dinner. :-)
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KL....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
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LOL - My son is taking money for the job to spend in Italy for his study
abroad next semester. He already gets all that he can eat plus his mother
(me) being tricked into cooking and cleaning up after him (including folding
his freshly washed laundry). I have spent the last 6 years telling him I'm
not going to do his laundry, cooking, or cleaning. He basically is very
good at outwaiting me and has more charm that he knows what to do with.

I was around 43 when I dug my first pond. The last one I dug was at about
53. I was actually going to do this one but when the 20 year old wanted
money it seemed the perfect solution for both of us. As I said, I do envy
him his youth on this particular case (most of the time I don't - I really
like being near 60).

DK

P.S. are you going to try the google group?

"~ janj" wrote in message
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So my question is - has
anyone else just piled the excess dirt and grass on top of the grass
next to the pond and left that as a hill. If so, what were the
consequences? Did the grass just compost away after you put plants in
the hill of soil or what?

DK

No problems here with the above. 40 when the first ponds went in, but my
sons, 10 & 13 at the time, helped quite a bit. ~ jan
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(Do you know where your water quality is?)

Long Island puts enough chemicals in it's water to kill a fish. I can only
add new water at a really slow trickle and for the new pond the fish won't
be transfered without the water setting for a good while (a week) and lots
of stuff added (dechlorinator, good bios, etc.). Ph has never been a
problem though.

DK

P.S. thanks for the link. I'm glad to find a good room again.


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