Been wondering....
Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:18 pm
I've been thinking about building a pond/waterfall in my yard for some time now and only after reading these threads, have I decided to go ahead with it but I have a few questions:
1- Does the location of it really matter to the prosperity of the pond and it's wildlife and plantings? (This is important to me because I want to build it behind my garage which gets the morning and early afternoon sun only, then it's shady.)
2- How deep should it be to protect the creatures that may take up residence there during the winter should they hibernate? I'm not thinking of Koi, but maybe frogs and whatever else may decide to move in and I certainly don't want them to freeze solid.
3- What about diameter?
4- I live very close to a very large park and have trouble now with raccoons and possums defecating all over the place in an effort to mark their territory. How will this affect my pond. (I keep them at bay now with motion sensitive sprinklers - man they work great!)
5- I feed the birds heavily because they need to eat and they liven up the place and a watering hole for them seems nice.
I'm on Long Island, New York
Red.
1- Does the location of it really matter to the prosperity of the pond and it's wildlife and plantings? (This is important to me because I want to build it behind my garage which gets the morning and early afternoon sun only, then it's shady.)
2- How deep should it be to protect the creatures that may take up residence there during the winter should they hibernate? I'm not thinking of Koi, but maybe frogs and whatever else may decide to move in and I certainly don't want them to freeze solid.
3- What about diameter?
4- I live very close to a very large park and have trouble now with raccoons and possums defecating all over the place in an effort to mark their territory. How will this affect my pond. (I keep them at bay now with motion sensitive sprinklers - man they work great!)
5- I feed the birds heavily because they need to eat and they liven up the place and a watering hole for them seems nice.
I'm on Long Island, New York
Red.