How to Build a Garden Pond by emma814
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Adding a garden pond to your landscape is an effective way to increase property value and aesthetic appeal to your backyard. The sound of flowing water is naturally soothing and has been proven to reduce stress and improve overall health. Creating this type of water feature looks harder than it actually is. Here are instructions on building a basic garden pond on your land. Once you have mastered the basic construction, you can get creative and employ added touches like fountains, statues or live fish.
 
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Analyze the space you have chosen for a pond. Are there trees, rocks or special soil conditions to think about? Can these items be removed or worked into the landscape? Will this be a small pond with a water feature emerging from a slope, or is it a large pond filled by an incoming stream? When you have considered these factors, chalk an outline on the ground.

sistergldnhair says: Jun 3, 2012. 6:50 AM
cool but what do you use to keep the water in and how mutch was that
madeline.jenny says: Feb 12, 2011. 9:12 PM
thank you for sharing :) i am excited about building a pond!

but plagiarism is no good. *shakes head*
NerdSquad says: May 10, 2010. 10:15 AM
 I have seen this before somewhere; is this your original work?

artworker says: Mar 21, 2010. 11:56 PM
Beautiful!
2 questions: Where are you situated and what plants did you used?
andytt11 says: Dec 19, 2009. 10:06 AM
 you should at least tell us were you "got" your info from 
watergarden.com/pages/build_wg.html
HI! says: Aug 4, 2009. 12:40 AM
How much would you estimate this cost? :) --Devorah
Appox says: Jun 30, 2009. 8:18 AM
Nice and informative, good job. Better than what I see most people do, which is dig a hole, put down some plastic sheets and fill it up.
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