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I have a variation of a dog bone layout and would like to add some water effects. My yard slopes at about a 4% grade towards the R2 radius at one end of the bone. There is about a 30' straight section ahead of the R2 loop where I would like to have a brook, that babbles, travel along side and perhaps cross under the track and back again, emptying into a pond in the center of the R2 loop. The track through this straight area gradually raises on rock bed and gravel to keep the road more level compensating for the grade. I live in Southwestern PA, if weather is a factor. I have laid a french drain consisting of 4" straight perforated drainage pipe covered with gravel the length of the straight area and exiting just below the R2 loop into my driveway. Not sure where the best place to purchase pumping and stream bed media. My thoughts are to place a submergable pump at the pond and run a hose up throught the existing drainage pipe (30') exiting at the top to form the mouth of the stream. I don't know what would be best to use for stream bed given the freeze/thaw factor. The stream would only need to be aprox. 6-8 inches wide and only a couple of inches deep. I think Lowes sells some pond equipment. Any suggestions on what, and what not to do would be appreciated. I'd like to start out economically as possible and upgrade as money and/or motivation happens. Please advise if there are any good threads (anywhere) that cover this topic. Or is this another one of those "just do it" trial and error type projects? I just don't want to waste money on mistakes that have already been made. Been there, done that, more times than I'd like to admit to! <br /> <br />Thanks, <br />Rich F.
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