Friday, March 30, 2007

Tiny pond

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I call this the tiniest pond I have ever done. It is simply a casserole dish balanced ecologically so the water will not be stagnant. Now I ...
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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Pond Conversation Overheard

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Pre Katrina, my office overlooked our front yard where the pond was. One unusual New Orleans day when we could have our windows open, I over...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Wild Plants

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Spring is arriving quickly in all parts of the country and we want our ponds to look great. So we are starting to replace plants that did...
Sunday, March 25, 2007

One way to overwinter a pond

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Dear Jan, I have successfully overwintered a "temporary" pond in an 18" deep, 8 foot diameter plastic kiddy pool (plants, f...
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Friday, March 23, 2007

Pond Filtration?

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If you have Koi or if you feed your goldfish, you MUST have filtration of some sort. There are many filters on the market from a plain spon...
Thursday, March 22, 2007

Fish question

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I get emails with questions. I try to answer the best I can. This is an example: Question: My next door neighbor had a mosquito killing...
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

The Shade Pond

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Ponds in the shade are prettier than in full sun, I think. There are some aquatic plants that won't do well, of course, just like any ...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Plants and Fish

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IF YOU HAVE KOI, DISREGARD THIS POST! Koi eat plants, all plants, all the time. You can screen off your koi or your plants, but if you allo...
Monday, March 19, 2007

Pond Depth

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Dear Pond Lady, We live in Pennsylvania and it does get pretty cold here in the winter. We are planning to build our first lily pond this su...
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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...