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DIY backyard pond with fountain - for swimming? Strangways 09-08-2008
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Posted by Bob F on September 10, 2008, 12:19 am



> On Tue, 9 Sep 2008 12:22:44 -0700 (PDT), gpsman
>
> >On Sep 8, 3:21 pm, Strangw...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> I had a thought, why not make the basin a bit deeper, maybe
> >> the size of a hottub, then I could jump in it from time to time and
> >> cool off in the summer.
>
> >Really no more effective than lying within reach of a sprinkler, I
> >don't think, but with a little less caché.
>
> Sprinkler is probably cold water. . . can't read there. . . dilutes
> your beer/beverage. . . wastes water. . . can't be home to water
> plants or water-life. . . and of course the caché is worth
> something.
>
> Jim

Best wading pond we ever had was with the black pond liner in the back
of the old mazda pick up. close the tail gate, fill up and the sun
against the black liner heated it up real nice. Water got too putrid -
open tail gate, rinse off and refill. Hard on the coil springs but
this truck was only used to plow the driveway in the winter.

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And it probably got real good traction in the winter.



Posted by Red Green on September 9, 2008, 7:49 pm


Strangways@gmail.com wrote in news:eff3d385-53ff-46d0-b625-0f530ec36243
@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:

> hi,
> At my place of work they had some flowerbeds which they turned into
> small fountain / ponds.. They dug them up, put down liner and rocks,
> installed a pump then hid it, put in a drain if the water gets too
> high and it was done. Looked easy and Im going to do the same in my
> backyard. I had a thought, why not make the basin a bit deeper, maybe
> the size of a hottub, then I could jump in it from time to time and
> cool off in the summer. Would I need a special filter for this? does
> anyone sell a standalone heater and jets to make it a hot tub pond?

Here, in violation of my own comments about scuzzy water, I am using a
rubber ducky wash thingy. Portion of a pond I built over a decade ago.

You should have seen the cat the first spring when the ice thawed to the
point it would no longer support it's weight. I was so fortunate to be
there and see it. I renamed the cat Jesus Christ seeing that I learned it
could walk, well run, on water. Actually I used to break the surface
often to avoid the animal from possibly going under and getting trapped.


http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=dlgrhj&s=4

Posted by KLS on September 10, 2008, 7:11 pm


wrote:

>You should have seen the cat the first spring when the ice thawed to the
>point it would no longer support it's weight. I was so fortunate to be
>there and see it. I renamed the cat Jesus Christ seeing that I learned it
>could walk, well run, on water. Actually I used to break the surface
>often to avoid the animal from possibly going under and getting trapped.
>
>http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=dlgrhj&s=4

I was really disappointed not to find a pic of Jesus Christ the cat.
Bait and switch!

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