Saturday, October 31, 2009

Pond Vacuum Cleaners Redux

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I get questions about pond vacs all the time. People want to use a pond vac or a wet vac to clean the bottom of the pond and not have to do...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

Pond still losing water

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You are pulling your hair out trying to figure out why your pond is still losing water.  Do you have a fountain in the pond?  If so, ma...
Thursday, October 29, 2009

Help, My Pond is Still Leaking

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You have checked everything. There are no liner holes, the waterfall water is falling in the pond and not sneaking off the back, all hoses a...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

How to Patch a Liner

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I always recommend using a 40 mil butyl rubber liner when you build a pond.  Unless you walk on them with golf cleats, they survive most ...
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Catching Goldfish

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I have had a few questions about ponds freezing solid.  What to do with the goldfish? You have to catch them and bring them inside.  I hav...
Saturday, October 24, 2009

Leaky liners

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I know we have talked about liner leaks before, but the question keeps getting asked: How do I fix my leaking pond? First of all, your p...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

Concrete Pond Leaks

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I get questions all the time about leaky ponds. Since there are so many kinds of ponds, so many kinds of leaks and so many ways to repair th...
Monday, October 12, 2009

Ponds and the Frost Line

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Because I live in the Deep South, I do not have to bother about a frost line because aside from some chilly weather occasionally, we don...
Sunday, October 11, 2009

Did I mention pond plants?

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Cut back your tropical pond plants now.  If you plan to overwinter them, bring them in the garage or the greenhouse.  Most of them will d...
Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Winter is coming

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From questions I have been getting, it seems as if some spots in the country are headed into winter. We, of course, are still in the l...
Saturday, October 03, 2009

Pond Fish in Winter

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As the nights lengthen and cool, you may notice your fish becoming less active and lying around near the bottom of your pond.  If you do fee...
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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...