Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Fish are cannibals

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I get questions at my pondlady.com website and occasionally share them here.  Here's one that you may not know or have forgotten: ...
Saturday, September 26, 2009

More about irises

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I forgot to mention yesterday that it's time to cut back irises.  Many people do it in the early summer right after the plants bloom,...
Friday, September 25, 2009

Irises and Cannas

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Here in the South, it's time to start dividing pond plants.  For blooms next spring, divide Louisiana irises and cannas now.  They ar...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Pond liner problems

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I have a website at pondlady.com People ask and answer pond questions there. Occasionally I get an common question and share it here. Her...
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...