Friday, June 05, 2009

From my inbox

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Dear Jan, I don't know if you remember me but I wrote to you last fall and we talked about Gregg Wittstock and Aquascape and their CAC...
Monday, April 13, 2009

Filter question

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The first canna of 2009 starts to open in my bog garden. I get email with pond questions. I got this one a few days ago and thought I w...
Monday, April 06, 2009

Koi and Goldfish eat their babies

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Question I received lately: I have Koi and Goldfish. I feed them daily. Why don't I have babies? Pondladay sez: Chances are the fi...
Thursday, March 19, 2009

Tea Colored Water

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Often we try dozens of filters to try to get tea colored water clear and nothing works. The water is turned that color by leaves usually fro...
Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Irises mean spring

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Louisiana irises are starting to bloom. This one is in my front garden today and more bloom stalks are evident and about to burst. Call...
Monday, December 22, 2008

Fish Feeding in Winter

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Question: I was wondering what one should do with the fluctuating temperatures in coastal NC right now....last week or so the pond water wa...
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...