Monday, July 31, 2006

The New Pond

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Hi Pondlady I am a new pond owner and it has been established for about a month , I have added a few fish at first they were very active no...
Sunday, July 30, 2006

11 months out: Dateline New Orleans

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Yesterday was the 11 month anniversary of Katrina. The time has both crawled and flown. It is hard to believe that we evacuated, returned, f...
Friday, July 28, 2006

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Rich Sacher, my long time friend and owner of American Aquatic Gardens in New Orleans has a new book out. See it at the International Water...
Thursday, July 27, 2006

Nifty new thing

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I have found what I think is just the neatest thing. Attach it to your hose and top off your pond without worrying about adding dechlori...
Wednesday, July 26, 2006

How big should my pump be?

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I often get asked how big a pump has to be. I generally use as big a pump as I can afford to get maximum sound from the waterfall without s...
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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

My water lilies have stopped blooming and look funny

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Lilies and other aquatic plants begin to go dormant about the first of September. If they stop blooming in the summer check fertilization sc...
Monday, July 24, 2006

Monday, Monday

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And the livin' is still hot hot hot. Not anything we are not used to like the rest of the country. How do you folks handle our weather,...
Friday, July 21, 2006

Algae Blues

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Algae can easily be controlled. 1. Balance your vegetation, marginals (with good root systems such as Pickerel, Iris), oxygenators (parrot...
Thursday, July 20, 2006

How much does it cost to run a submersible pump?

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Electric costs are easy to compute. I am often asked how much it costs to run a submersible pump and if there is a difference between brands...
Wednesday, July 19, 2006

How Much Water do I Have?

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I get asked one question more than any other. How much water do I have? And you need to know this, at least approximately, so you can add ...
Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Raccoons

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It has always seemed strange to me that we build beautiful wildlife resorts in our yards and then we want to restrict the population. Most ...
Monday, July 17, 2006

I wonder why

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From the time I decided to put a pond in my back yard, I have wondered what it is about water that makes us want ponds in our lives. Ponds ...
Sunday, July 16, 2006

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Welcome to the pondlady's occasional musings, philosophies, pond tips, troubleshooting, maintenance and spotlighting of great new produc...