From the Pondlady's Pad

Time to time musings about backyard garden pond building, keeping, troubleshooting. Questions and answers from pond keepers and builders. Occasional excerpts from the pondlady's book, "A Practical Guide to Building and Maintaining your Pond."

Friday, November 26, 2010

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Pondlady.com - Resource Center http://ping.fm/dcSV0

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Decorate your pond for the holidays - Pondlady.com http://ping.fm/MyMOQ
Thursday, November 25, 2010

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Happy Thanksgiving - Gardeners Gumbo http://ping.fm/kviQF
Thursday, September 30, 2010

Sick Fish

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As with many animals, when a fish is diseased the other fish will attack and kill it. If you see a sick fish, remove it as soon as you se...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Overflowing ponds

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Building fish pond using pond liner...What to I need to do/know? I have been hearing scary DIY stories like people's pond flooding! H...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Repairing natural bottom ponds

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We just purchased a home and moved in end of July. There is a nice sized pond in the front, and its getting lower and lower every day, to wh...
Monday, September 27, 2010

Build your pond above grade

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If you do nothing else while building your pond, build it above grade. You can use my method or just pile up the soil you removed from th...
Saturday, September 25, 2010

Trapping pond wildlife

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Trapping Wildlife If you trap visiting wildlife like raccoons, and want to relocate them, check with the Wildlife Commission to see if (1)...
Friday, September 24, 2010

Prepping pond plants for winter

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If you have not yet cut back your Louisiana irises, cyperus or papyrus, do so in September so new growth can start freely in the spring. ...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Overwintering water lilies

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I have a lilly in my pond and it seems to be dying off does it die or need to be cut back to over winter ? i bought it this summer and ha...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Pond building cost

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What is the cost of having a little fish pond made in your backyard? Answer: It always depends on the size. A 6' x 9' kidney sha...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Pond liner?

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What is a pond liner? Answer: Anything that holds water indefinitely can be a pond liner. 40 mil butyl rubber is the best. You can cut i...
Monday, September 20, 2010

What size liner do I need?

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I have built a garden pond measuring 3m x1.5m x1m deep can someone tell me what size liner i should get ? i would also be grateful if you...
Saturday, September 18, 2010

Is pond maintenance hard?

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Building a pond? Once it's built, how hard is it to maintain?  I'm looking to make a in ground one with liner.  I wanna know how ...
Friday, September 17, 2010

Peace lily problems

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How do you revive a peace lilly? I was given a peace lilly from my church after my dad passed away. I went on vacation for a couple of days...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Potassium Permanganate

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I need to make a potassium permanganate solution to clean my pond. what is the ratio? I have 50g of Potassium permanganate. how much powder...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Winter plant survival

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Will floating pond plants survive in the pond over the winter? I have a small black plastic pond in my backyard that I keep fish in and th...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Preformed koi pond

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Above ground koi pond using a preformed liner? I want to take an odd shaped preformed plastic liner and place it in my yard but above groun...
Monday, September 13, 2010

Duck pond

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Help me with building a pond? I'm planning on making a pond for my ducks out of either a plastic pond form (not the liner) or a stock t...
Friday, September 10, 2010

What liner is best?

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What is the best, strongest pond liner? Answer:

Buy a Firestone 40 mil butyl rubber liner. It's the best. To find more pond inform...
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