Friday, February 29, 2008

Digging the hole

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When you are digging your hole, dig straight down. If you dig a bowl shape you will slide down into the water every time you try to get in y...
Thursday, February 28, 2008

My pond has air under it

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When the water table rises and pond liners are floating up to the top of the pond, pushing the water out, you think that is air under your l...
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Pond hardware

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So often when we are buying hardware for pond fittings, we buy the first ones we see or the cheapest. When you are buying hose clamps, do...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Liner damage

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Always cover your liner with rocks or water. Liner exposed to the sun can incur damage quickly. Rubber or EPDM liner lasts much longer. Expo...
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Making the pond bigger

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I want a bigger pond. Can I just glue a new liner to my old one? Pondlady sez: You will have disastrous results if you try to make a pon...
Saturday, February 16, 2008

preformed v. liner ponds

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I live in Memphis, TN. I am considering putting a
pond in my back yard---possibly this weekend if I get real energetic! 
My question is thi...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008

More letters

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Mark from Florida writes: I saw something on T.V. the other day and I thought you might know where I can buy it. The best way to describe i...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Letters, we get letters

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Dear Pondlady, I want to use heavy duty visqueen for my pond. It's cheap and I don't see why it wouldn't work. I also need to ...
Monday, February 11, 2008

Spring questions

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I get questions via email constantly. I like to feature the most common ones so all can see. Here's one I get often: Hi Jan, I lov...
Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Mardi Gras

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Mardi Gras was yesterday in New Orleans. It was early this year and this gardener, for one is glad it's over. We saw 80º weather yeste...
Monday, February 04, 2008

Birds need a bath

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Here in New Orleans, we are in the midst of Mardi Gras partying that all stops at midnight tomorrow, Fat Tuesday, the day before Lent. T...
Thursday, January 31, 2008

Water Gardens International

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Water Gardens International This is a great online organization. I have found wonderful articles in here about water gardening around ...
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Northern Ponds

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I was going to talk about airstones for you folks in the North. You had a bit of January thaw, so an airstone could have been a good idea t...
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Monday, January 28, 2008

Southern Ponds

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Days are starting to get longer. In the South, ponds are beginning to know spring is coming. If your water is getting cloudy from sitting i...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Feeding your fish

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Here in the South, although we are having some cold weather right now, we often have 70º+ days. When this happens, you will probably go out...
Friday, January 18, 2008

Ice on the pond

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In some parts of the country, ponds are frozen over. If yours is, you must open a hole so gasses can be exchanged. Do NOT hit the ice with ...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

What happens when it rains?

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I was often asked if a pond would overflow if it rained. I suppose so, but the water would only go into the surrounding landscape. I ran i...
Friday, January 11, 2008

Large pond pumps

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When a pump moves over 3000 gph, it is a large pump for waterfalls where you want lots and lots of drama. I love large pumps and used them ...
Thursday, January 10, 2008

Medium sized pumps

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Medium sized pumps are normally used for spitters or fountains The head will usually be from 300 gph to 660 gph, with the larger one used ...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Let's talk Pumps

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As we struggle through winter toward spring, I thought we could take this down time to talk about pond pumps, what kinds are available and w...