YOU CAN BUILD A CONCRETE POND IN YOUR BACK YARD (AND HAVE AGREAT TIME DOING IT)!

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July/August 1978
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Once—after water had stood in the mini-lake for several particularly warm weeksmosquito larvae began to appear . . . but according to the folks down at the county Health Department, this wouldn't have happened if we'd made the pond's sides slope more steeply (say 80° or 90°). The Health Department gave us some mosquitofish, and shortly thereafter the insect problem vanished. (The fish are still thriving.)

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All things considered, we couldn't be happier with our pond. The luxury of being able to take a quick, refreshing dip on a scorcher of an afternoon, the beauty of our own fish darting about in their 15,000-gallon home, and the joy of knowing that we'll never have to worry about a drought affecting our crops make every drop of sweat (and every penny of savings) we put into our pond's construction worthwhile. (In late August—when our normal source of water becomes undependable—we can just turn a valve and siphon water out of our reservoir for irrigation.)

A pond is a beautiful, flowing thing . . . not at all unnatural looking, even if it is "man-made" (and even when it's constructed of concrete). Every time I look at our reservoir, I'm impressed by its beauty ... and reminded of the many loving hands that made it possible.

Walden it's not ... but I like my little pond just the same. In fact, I don't know what I'd do without it!

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