Tuesday, July 22, 2008

The dog days of summer

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Passion Flower in my yard It is not even August yet, but the high temps in the south are reaching the high 90's. Do your fish hav...
Monday, May 19, 2008

Spring housing problems

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I have a garden full of tree frogs. These two love to live in my calla lilies. Unfortunately the callas are fast rotting away, but the frogs...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Fertilizing aquatic plants

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If you have not yet fertilized your water lilies, now is the time. Use aquatic plant tabs and push them into the soil. Use one tab for each ...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Fire Ants and the Pond

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I get many questions about killing ants (especially fire ants) around the pond. They are worried about poisoning the fish if some ant kille...
Monday, May 12, 2008

Koi and Clay

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Koi will scrounge around a pond's natural bottom for food. When they eat the food, they also get some tiny pieces of clay. The clay pro...
Friday, May 09, 2008

Fish spawning

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It's spring and a young male fish's fancy turns to thoughts of female fish. When you see your fish chasing after each other, someti...
Thursday, May 08, 2008

Koi? Illegal?

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Owning or keeping koi is illegal in the state of Maine. Koi are considered a nuisance fish that can invade public waterways and cause native...
Friday, May 02, 2008

Clean out that pump

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The biggest cause of pump failure is the pump getting clogged and dirty. At least once monthly uplug it, remove the tubing that goes out of...
Thursday, May 01, 2008

Louisiana Irises

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Louisiana irises are just finishing blooming in Zone 8b on the North side of Lake Pontchartrain. Our Irises are beautiful plants and l...
Monday, April 28, 2008

Feeding fish

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Do not feed goldfish because it turns the pond into an outdoor aquarium, but here's yet another reason not to feed them. Fish soon re...
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Friday, April 25, 2008

Wild Plants

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If you gather plants from the wild, you will bring in parasites and diseases. If you must harvest from the roadside ditches and swamps, f...
Thursday, April 17, 2008

New Pond Plants

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It's time to pot up plants after you have divided them. If your pond is like mine, you have many more plants coming up this spring that...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Visiting Wildlife

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If you trap visiting wildlife like raccoons, and want to relocate them, check with the Wildlife Commission to see if 1) You have rights ...
Monday, April 14, 2008

Flower pot pond?

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I just got an email asking if a pond could be in a flower pot. I answered that I have had ponds in casserole dishes just to prove it coul...
Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Water lily question

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I recently introduced 6 fully grown water lilies to my 5000 gal pond. The leaves are starting to yellow and some have small brown/black sp...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Fish Fighting?

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If you see your fish chasing each other like they are fighting, don't worry, they are not fighting. What you see is fish spawning. You a...
Saturday, April 05, 2008

Goldfish eggs

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There is no set time for goldfish eggs to hatch. The warmer the water, the faster they hatch, so don't worry if some take longer than ot...
Thursday, April 03, 2008

Turtles and other critters

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Critters and ponds go together. When we have a backyard wildlife habitat, we get the critters that come with it. Let's do the best we ...
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Sunday, March 30, 2008

Feeding Koi

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Give your koi quartered oranges to nibble on. They love them and it gives them vitamin C. They also love red cabbage. Leave it whole and wat...
Friday, March 28, 2008

Too many fish

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Question: We put a pond in 3 years ago and had to put in an ultra voiet light to clear up the pond not working fast enough what is the next...