Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Koi: Did you know?

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Fancy, different colored carp are called "nishikigoi," which literally means "brocaded carp" in Japanese. Koi is short ...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Building a waterfall

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Building a Waterfall Building a waterfall is either simple or difficult depending on the point of view of the builder. We want them to loo...
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Saturday, December 16, 2006

Repairing a preformed pond

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Usually when a preformed pond springs a leak, it is where the pond has ledges. We tend to step on the ledge when we get in the pond and bec...
Friday, December 15, 2006

Concrete ponds

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I get calls from folks with pond problems. Here's one I got recently. A woman has a concrete pond with a huge crack in it. She hired ...
Thursday, December 14, 2006

Pond vacuum cleaners

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I get letters about pond vacs. There are some that work great, but they are not cheap, nor are they perfect. Most of the letters I receive ...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Ponds in a Warm Winter

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We had a cold snap a week or so ago and the entire upper half of the US was hammered with snow, ice, high winds and just horrible weather. H...
Monday, December 11, 2006

Plant parasites

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Pond plants can be infected with so many parasites. And the best way to find them is to get fish or plants from the wild. If you have the ...
Thursday, December 07, 2006

Winter pond days

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When the temps are below freezing, or at least were last night, no one is out relaxing and enjoying their pond. Check your water lily corms...
Wednesday, December 06, 2006

If your pond freezes

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You woke up this morning and your pond was iced over. You forgot to throw a semi filled water jug in the pond last night and now you have n...
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Tuesday, December 05, 2006

In the 20s this morning

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Good grief, it's cold for Southern Louisiana. My zinnias bit the dust, my mums are brown. The Louisiana Iris loves this weather and st...
Monday, December 04, 2006

Here we go again

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It's not even 40 degrees outside. And there's a wind, so it feel even colder. The pond is doing fine all by itself. I have removed...
Saturday, December 02, 2006

It's cold this morning

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Ponds are not frozen here, but at 40 degrees outside this morning, I have no desire to be outside tending to one. So today will be pictures...
Friday, December 01, 2006

Winter plants

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Now that winter is here, you can liven up your pond with artificial plants until your real ones return in the spring.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Decorating the pond for the holidays

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Have a great holiday, no matter which one you celebrate.
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

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We are still in the 70's here in New Orleans, so we still have water lilies blooming. I stopped feeding a month ago. I hear from the w...
Monday, November 27, 2006

just pictures

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Water lilies from a pond I built several years ago. Victoria water lilies at Oxford University in England.
Saturday, November 25, 2006

water lily pics

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I thought I would brighten your weekend with water lily pictures I have taken throughout the summer:
Friday, November 24, 2006

Pond Letters

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I have a plan for 2 ponds connected by a waterfall on the side of a steep north facing slope. I have 2 different pond builders bidding on t...
Thursday, November 23, 2006

roofing material as pond liner

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I had an inquiry about using roofing material as a pond liner. I looked it up online and found the following from a manufacturer of roofing ...
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Cheap pumps

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Lots of us want to buy cheap pumps from a big box store. While they usually perform as expected, they don't perform as long as more expe...
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