Posted by Diane on June 01, 2002 at 05:01:46:
We are in the planning stages of building a new deck. We would like to include a pond in the center with benches built around. We would like to have the surface of the water end up at the same height as the surface of the deck, which means that the body of the pond would actually be in the vacant space between the deck and the soil. Any ideas about what we can build it out of? The sides would need to be self-supporting since there would be no soil around the outside. My other concern is about how to maintain the temperature so that fish, frogs, turtles can live there. It's new construction and we will not have trees big enough to shade it well for many years. I plan to bring the fish, etc. indoors for the winter. It's the harsh summer sun that concerns me.
