E/L Week 4

When we started week four, the lower pond was full making it look more complete than it actually was. After pumping water out of the pond to do edge work and repair a damaged area, the lower pond looked like this.The stream liner was in place with some of the larger rocks positioned, but all of the edge work remained to be done.
There are different details for different conditions and often we would pull the liner back, see what we had, talk about what we wanted, often moving onto a more general area while we considered the needs of a more specific area.


Besides the edges, the ledges are very important to the finished believability of a pond. The shelf creates shallow areas for habitat and plants as well as holding rocks and logs which not only looks better than the liner but help to protect it from the sun and animal damage.



Seeping water was a problem with patching the liner so I rigged up a way to clamp and hang the liner. If it's not clean and dry, the mastic won't adhere.



Joe takes a break while we decide where to move rocks and what our next step will be. My intent here was to create a small pond in the stream so I set the large rock on the liner on a bed of sand so it could settle tight against the liner and would create ponding.



After a week of rolling, tucking, moving rocks and talking to frogs and grasses, this is what we have...












The only thing left to do is resolve the outflow. I'm still evaluating different pond heights and edge conditions which has to wait until it rains. Once it is overflowing and I can finalize the outflow into the wetland.