http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/ swimming-ponds Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:50:27 GMT anaturallearner http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/495 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/495 Thanks for your post Jeff - it answered the question I've been pondering for some time. We're on a stand alone solar/wind system and were considering a wind Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:52:20 GMT jeff http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/494 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/494 ... Gidday Graeme, most answers will depend on whether you want to build a 'pond' to swim in OR a swimming pond/natural swimming pool. They are two very Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:44:20 GMT Graeme GEE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/493 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/493 Hi Graeme, We live southside brisbane, want to do a swimming pond in a few years time ourselves but still learning the ways and means.. we would be interested Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:03:41 GMT graeme.yates http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/492 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/492 Hi, I am looking for details of what kind of plants are best for a fiter in Australia. I am trying to filter the water coming in from a creek that runs into a Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:09:36 GMT bob davy http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/491 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/491 I am in Racine Missouri- I am estimating the depression to be somewhere in the neighborhood of an acre and a half. Bob D ... From: noyopacific Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:59:42 GMT noyopacific http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/490 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/490 ... Sounds like you may need some kind of liner such as a heavy plastic pond liner, cement or maybe bentonite, which is a type of clay. Depending on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:23:48 GMT davhue68 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/489 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/489 I have just aquired some new property that has a depression in the middle of it. I am told that it fills with water after every rain but drains off right Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:02:17 GMT Dave Keenan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/488 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/488 Hi Carl, If you want to remove the nutrients from the system, there is nothing better for doing it than algae itself. The only problems are how to make it easy Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:10:44 GMT Kevin Ison http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/487 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/487 Hi there, we did a pool in Gambia and had similar problems. The dust from inland storms carries nutrients and combined with the sunshine we had a green pool Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:05:33 GMT carlbauer2000 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/486 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/486 I have been running my pool water through an external gravel filter bed planted with reeds and other plants for the last 6 months now and not using any Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:29:48 GMT gardner1797farm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/485 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/485 ... Hi everyone -- I'm new here. I am building a natural pool at my home in Upstate NY. Sarah, I don't think you are too far off the mark in your estimate. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:27:28 GMT noyopacific http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/484 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/484 Sarah, If you are going to buy a house in the Sacramento area, you can get a built-in-ground pool for free (or perhaps less.) Let me explain. My brother used Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:53:33 GMT Sarah Hafer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/483 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/483 Brendan, Thanks for your reply! So, an above ground pool would be something like we see on many properties where they are the flexible kind or not really Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:40:30 GMT Brendan Lee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/482 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/482 Hi Sarah,If you are happy building an above ground pool, keep an eye out in your local classifieds for a second hand one and then have a look at Dave's plans Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:51:08 GMT Sarah Hafer http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/481 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swimming-ponds/message/481 Howdy everybody, I just joined this listserve and i am aiming to purchase my first house sometime this year in or around Sacramento, California. While being on