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  • From: Marsha Hanzi <hanzibra@svn.com.br>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Pond construction ideas needed: more questions...
  • Date: Tue, 03 Aug 1999 17:08:29 -0300


I'll take advantage of this thread to ask about planting trees near pond
banks, when
making self-feed aquaculture systems ( for fruit-eating fish). The dam
areas get very
hot in the summer, and I wonder if one can safely plant trees on them , or
would this
increase seepage?

Marsha

FranksFarm@aol.com escreveu:

> G'day mates
>
> Seems like we have a few talented Aussie pond mavens on the list. Fantastic.
>
> Just visited Peter's pages <A
> HREF="http://www.krtf.mtx.net/page13.html";>KRTF
> water pages</A>. Lots of good ideas. Thanks Peter...lok forward to your
> input.
>
> I noticed though you were planting trees fairly close to the banks...is this
> primarily to stabilize the banks? or for shade, beauty etc.
>
> I thought it was best to keep most of pond in sunlight, or dappled
> shade...and not have deciduous trees placed so that leaves do not accumulate
> at bottom of the pond?
>
> Also if yo go with a 3:1 slope can you cut a shelf in at spots to set
> cerytain water plants in containers to get varying heights...will shelf
> hold?
>
> Thanks. Best to all. Frank
>
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