Wednesday, July 25, 2007

An Enormous Pond

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Large ponds are so much easier to manage than smaller ones. The water does not get too hot and bake the fish or plants in the summer. The l...
Monday, July 23, 2007

Troubleshooting your pond

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I have a new pond troubleshooting article out. Check it out and always remember to look for the easy problems first Troubleshooting your po...
Sunday, July 22, 2007

Collecting wild plants

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Finding plants If you collect plants from local swamps or trade them with friends, buy from an unfamiliar plant store, please quarantine tho...
Friday, July 20, 2007

Patching a pond liner

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A strong wind toppled your crane statue into the pond and his beak penetrated your rubber liner. Now what? Empty the pond to below the hole....
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Stumps and ponds

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The trials of a pond installer: I will never forget starting an excavation for a pond when I found right in the middle of where the pond was...
Monday, July 16, 2007

Sterile fish?

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Question: Here in California, where the weather is nice all year round. I've been growing Koi for 7 years now, although my fish are heal...
Thursday, July 12, 2007

Gophers and pond liners

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Question: We have gophers!!! They have eaten through my liner. What can I do to stop them? Pondlady sez: Put lots of chicken wire down firs...
Monday, June 25, 2007

Plants for your rain garden

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And if you don't have a rain garden built yet, here are some plants for wet areas in your garden: Arrowwood viburnum shrubs Swamp mil...
Saturday, June 23, 2007

Flowers from the garden

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With the New Orleans heat upon us, the summer flowers are beginning to put on a show. Cuphea Torpedo. I think the common name is bat faced h...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Pond on the cheap

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You can't skimp on a liner or a pump, but you can build your pond without rocks. Use landscape timbers. Build them up like Lincoln Logs ...
Saturday, June 16, 2007

Leeches

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Pond questions - leeches I'm planning to do a bit of pond cleaning one of these days. I'm not looking forward to it though due to me...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Speaking of koi

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Koi ponders have learned the hard way that their fish tear up every plant they try to grow in the pond with them. The plant debris clogs up ...
Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Letters, we get letters

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Question about koi pond construction: I have had several propositions so far this year for a pond. I know where I want it, just not entirely...
Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Pond questions

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I have a pond about 3' wide and about 2 1/2' deep- all fish have died in last 2 months- noticed whitish discoloring on the skin deve...
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Monday, June 04, 2007

Spring garden

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My garden this spring is like all gardens in the deep south - beautiful. In New Orleans, all we have to do is throw seeds on the ground and...
Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Questions over the years

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Dear pondlady, my fish all died overnight. What should I do? Pondlady sez: You could try CPR. I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist. Fir...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

You need submerged vegetation

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If you don't have anacharis, cabomba, or one of the submerged plants that gives off oxygen you cannot have a balanced ecosystem. Most of...
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Monday, May 28, 2007

More than ponds

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I use rocks for lots more than ponds. I always use the same kind of rocks, called Arkansas Moss Rock. It's a fieldstone and can be gotte...
Wednesday, May 23, 2007

My garden

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My garden has been gorgeous lately, so I thought I would share some pictures today. An iris opens The flower garden in the morning The Asian...
Monday, May 21, 2007

pH, important or not

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Generally pH is not something we have to worry about in our ponds. Our New Orleans water pH is so high...about 9....and I never worry about ...