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There's a YouTube video of a Scottish man making a homemade filter for his duck pond, using pond grasses and gravel and I borrowed his idea for my pond and I'm really happy with how clear the water is. I used a large concrete planter rather than his barrel, but similar filter material.

Your ducks can get up because they're not hopping on a straw bale, but a gradually sloping dirt hill that uses a straw bale as fill, right?

12" tall is very doable. Just hill up one side, not the drain side, with a gradually sloping dirt hill. Lay your dirt over straw bales just to save money on dirt fill. I've seen fabulous raised ponds made like this, with the makers eventually putting nice floral material all along the edges. If...

I love the beautiful setting and natural looking pond. Nicely done.

How high are the sides? And how do you drain it? It might be possible to build up the one side, where the drain isn't, maybe using straw bales, rocks or loads of dirt to get it built up to the rim.

Okay where'd you get the spitting frog? Love it!

Haven't read the whole thread yet but I need this info and inspiration so I'm checking in.