Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Edible pond plants

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In case you are ever stranded while camping or otherwise in need of survival food, the pods of yellow hardy pond lilies and pickerel rus...
Sunday, November 23, 2008

Your UV Light in Winter

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If you live where the temps drop below 40 degrees F in the winter and use a UV light, you can remove it until the weather warms again. Algae...
Friday, November 14, 2008

Epoxy Pond Liners

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Epoxy pond liners were around when I started building ponds back in 1987. There was not a market for the epoxy for the small residential con...
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Saturday, November 08, 2008

How to Build a Koi Pond

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Koi and goldfish? There's a difference? Koi? What are koi and why must I build a koi pond differently than any other pond? Can't I...
Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Decorate Your Pond for the Holidays

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Our holiday season is upon us, ready or not. Some folks just barely get through the season and others think it the best time of all the ye...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Ponds across the Curriculum

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Over the years, I have been involved with several schools with ponds and several schools wanting the students to build a pond. Usually in ...
Thursday, October 09, 2008

Winter Pond Equipment Care

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Pumps, filters and UV lights When temperatures drop, winter pond care is necessary. Algae growth stop, so you can disconnect your filter and...
Friday, October 03, 2008

Winter pond care - plants and fish

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Winter pond care requires some special care, not much, but just a few things to watch. If you have not done all the nasty fall care, you mus...
Thursday, October 02, 2008

How to build a pondless Waterfall

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Pondless waterfalls have become all the rage in the past few years. They have all the good parts of a water garden, but none of the green...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Pond Gadgets

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Now that you have a pond, you need a pond shelf in your garage, or a pond place in your outdoor shed to store your pond gadgets. We accumula...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Pond Pumps and Filters

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Early pond building When I built my own pond in my back yard in 1987, filters and skimmers were used on swimming pools, not ponds. Flexibl...
Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Choosing a Backyard Pond Pump

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So many backyard pond pumps to choose from: Which one is best for me? Backyard Pond pumps do one thing: They move the water in your pond f...
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Fall Pond Care

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Special fall pond care is necessary when our plants and fish begin going dormant in cooler weather. When temperatures start dropping and we ...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Pond Troubleshooting - a Case Study

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Pond troubleshooting is something all pondkeepers must do. Things can go wrong in our ponds and we must know what to look for, so we can kee...
Sunday, August 31, 2008

Summertime Pond Care

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Summertime pond care is important when summer arrives, We are already breaking heat records in New Orleans and it's not even officially ...
Saturday, August 30, 2008

How to Fix a Pond Leak

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Before you read this, remember, for this and for more pond info, go to Pondlady's forum For gardening info, join us at Gardeners Gumb...
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Friday, August 29, 2008

The Shade Pond

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When choosing a location for your pond or water garden, trees in your landscape can be a big problem or their presence can make your pond a ...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

How to Control Pond Algae

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Pond Algae: Green Pond Blues Pond algae are pretty easy to control. If you have koi, you must have an extensive filtration system to cont...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Spring pond care

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Keep this until spring in your part of the world. This is part of the continuing series of my articles that number over 40 now. I will be ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Pond Disasters

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Pond Disasters You finally have your pond in your garden and have been told that maintenance is almost nonexistent. And you are right. The...