How To Make A Container Pond In A Stock Tank

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“Over the years of blogging about my stock-tank ponds (a 100-gallon container pond in my former garden, and this new 717-gallon one), I’ve been asked many times how I constructed them. I finished the new pond yesterday evening, so I’ll explain how I did it, from start to finish.

If you live in the Austin area, go to Callahan’s General Store to pick out your stock tank.

If you live elsewhere, I suggest searching for farm – or ranch – supply stores on the outskirts of town or looking for a mail-order source.

Stock tanks come in many sizes and can be either circular or oval. I recommend a 2-foot-deep tank if you plan to grow water lilies and keep fish…”

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