Sunday, March 18, 2007

Potting up Plants

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Pot up all the plants in heavy topsoil...no potting soil or anything with vermiculite or perlite in it. That stuff will float all over the...
Saturday, March 17, 2007

My pond looks like pea soup

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An algae bloom is normal when the pond is brand new. If you are patient and the pond is properly balanced, you may not have one, but don...
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Friday, March 16, 2007

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 ...
Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Don't buy a cheap pump

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If you are putting goldfish or koi in your pond, you will need a pump. Going to the nearest big box store for a pump will get you a cheap o...
Monday, March 12, 2007

Pond Pumps

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There are hundreds of pond pumps to choose from. Which one to buy? Inline? (What does that mean?). An inline pump is placed out of the wat...
Friday, March 09, 2007

So you're going to build a pond

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Spring is coming and you want to build a pond. You have just the spot in your yard....or do you? Before you buy a shovel, let's have a...
Thursday, March 08, 2007

Pondless Waterfalls

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Not long ago, I wrote a blog article about pondless waterfalls and why I did not like them. (Because the pump was underneath all those rocks...
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Monday, March 05, 2007

pond Plants, arrowhead, pickerel

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Two of the broadleaf bog plants are Arrowhead (Sagittaria japonica) and Pickerel rushes (Pontederia cordata). Both of these rushes bloom...
Saturday, March 03, 2007

Plants, but not for the pond

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We drove to Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge in LaCombe, Louisiana to see if spring was really here. It is! The camellias, magnolia sou...
Friday, March 02, 2007

Pond Plants, Cannas

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Ah, the magnificent canna, often called canna lily, is not a true lily at all, but a relative of gingers, bananas and heliconias. They hav...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Bog plants - the rushes

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There are more rushes than other emergent pond plants. We have such a grand variety, we can choose most any texture, shape, color and size...
Monday, February 26, 2007

Pond Plants, Taro

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Taros are another emergent plant to use in your pond. Their broad leaves add a shape that contrasts well with the rushes and strap leaf ir...
Thursday, February 22, 2007

Pond Plants, Papyrus

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I love both of these bog plants. Both are placed in the pond with the tops of their pots about a inch under the water and they grow profus...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Pond Plants, Umbrella plants

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Umbrella plants, sometimes called umbrella palms or cyperus grow as full sized plants up to 6' tall or as dwarfs about 10 inches tall....
Sunday, February 18, 2007

The Louisiana Iris

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After we have put one bunch of oxygenating plants in the pond and covered at least 50% of the pond surface with floating plants, we can sta...
Friday, February 16, 2007

Floating Plants

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When we are balancing the pond ecologically, we know we must include oxygenating plants, submerged grasses like anacharis, hornwort or cab...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Spring really is coming

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We are soldiering through February, here in New Orleans with rain and upstate NY with a dozen feet of snow. But spring is coming. I am goi...
Thursday, February 08, 2007

Spring?

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Good grief, for the last two days we have had weather in the 70's. For three days before that we had hard freezes. What's a pond to ...
Monday, February 05, 2007

Pond cleaning questions

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Question from a pond keeper: I have had my pond for three years now. the bottom is covered with small rocks about 3 inches deep for natural ...
Thursday, February 01, 2007

Winter in New Orleans

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New Orleans is having its typical month of simply awful weather. It's raining almost daily. The temperatures are not cold, in the 40...