You’re going to need to pump out the water somehow.
You can either use a pump, or you can use a siphon.
If you use a pump, you can pump the water out in any direction you want, whereas if you use a siphon, you’ll have to drain the water to a lower elevation.
That’s the only difference between using a pump and using a siphon to drain a pond, so if you have a pond on a slope, you’re not going to want to use a pump.
The Pump Method
The pump method is by far the easiest method, so long as you can get hold of a pump.
If you’re buying a new pump, then you’ll want to make sure you get a submersible one that can handle dirty water.
Don’t worry, pretty much all of them can.
The Siphon Method
To make a siphon, you’re going to need to get the flow of water started first.
To do that, you’ll need a hose a good deal longer than the depth of your pond.
If your pond is 3 feet deep, for example, then you’ll want a hose that’s at least 10 feet long.
Now, all you have to do is fill the hose completely with water, and then cap off one end with your thumb.
You can do this by putting one end of the hose into the pond, and sucking on the other end to get the water flowing.
If you don’t want to get any pond water in your mouth, you can use a vacuum cleaner to start the flow of water. Just put the hose of the vacuum cleaner up to the end of the hose, and the suction will get the water flowing. Make sure that you’re using a wet/dry vacuum, though, so that you can vacuum up the water as it comes out.
Once you’ve started the flow of water, put the capped end of the hose into the pond, and undo your thumb.
The water will keep flowing out of the hose, and the siphon will be established.
The only problem with this method is that you’ll have to have a long enough “fall” for the water to flow down.
Ideally, you’ll want to drain the water into a natural depression or a storm drain, or something like that. It’s usually not too hard to find a place to drain it to, even if your garden isn’t on a slope.
If you’re really stuck for places to drain it to, you might be able to get away with draining it to a heavily mulched area of your garden. This will help prevent erosion from all the water coming out of the hose.
If you’re going to do this, you’ll want to spread the water out coming out of the hose as much as possible, so that you don’t get a concentrated jet of water that will erode everything.
You can do this by either using a wide enough hose, or by putting the hose in a Y shape with a joint at the end. This will split the water into two, and spread it out enough so that it won’t cause any damage.
The Bucket Method
This is the only method you can use if you don’t have a pump and you can’t drain the water to a lower elevation.
The bucket method is pretty simple and straightforward.
All you have to do is fill up a bucket with pond water, and pour it over the edge of the pond.
Keep doing this until your pond is empty.
It should go without saying, but this is by far the slowest method.
