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."

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Update!!!

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The woman who stole my website copy has removed it. In fact, she has removed the entire website. (Thanks again, Ruth.)  Why on ear...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

My Website Thief, Fountains and your Kitchen Window

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The woman who stole my copy from my website wrote to me and told me it has been removed.  It has not.  I have written her again citing the...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Internet Theft

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The owner of this website,  http://worldofgardens.ca/water_garden.htm  a woman named Roz, who lives in Ontario has decided the way to mak...
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Monday, May 28, 2012

Thank You

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                    We honor our soldiers today and every day. Thank you, all of you, for your service to our country.
Sunday, May 27, 2012

Felder Rushing and the Spring Garden Show

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Before I sold my pond business and retired, I often did lectures and presentations at the various garden shows in New Orleans. Probably th...
Saturday, May 26, 2012

Summer Pond Maintenance

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It's official.  Regardless of what the calendar says, summer has arrived.  And with it, the pond's maintenance needs change. Rela...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Pond Vacuum Cleaner

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Question: Leaves keep blowing in my pond. Is there an easier way to get them out besides using a net? It keeps getting tangled in the pl...
Thursday, May 24, 2012

Water Lily Planting

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Question Hello, We planted the water lilies in the black square mesh type plastic buckets. Tonight I realize one had fallen over and ...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Pond Disasters

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You finally have your pond in your garden and have been told that maintenance is almost nonexistent. And you are right. There are some po...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Clearing up Green Water

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I started my pond fresh a few months ago. I scrubbed it down (gag!) and cleaned it the best I could without poking a hole in the pre-fab l...
Monday, May 21, 2012

The Pond is too Small

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I live in Orlando, florida and have recently installed a pond on my patio. It is a 25 gal. above the ground barrel pond with 3 anacharis and...
Sunday, May 20, 2012

Water Lily Division

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Questions asked and answered at pondlady.com Question My water lily floats . There are so many roots that it bust out of its...
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Filamentous Algae aka Blanketweed aka String Algae

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We get questions: Hi, It's me again. I worked furiously in March to clean out my pond, and you all were a great help. However my ...
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Friday, May 18, 2012

Snails in Ponds

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Question: My fish(gold fish) winter with a friend, but we bought some more this winter to keep in an aquarium to grow up to be pond fish....
Thursday, May 17, 2012

Spring Pond Care

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Preparing for Spring   Spring has arrived here in New Orleans, where I live, so it's time for spring pond care. I know you f...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Water Lily Question

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Water lily question: I recently introduced 6 fully grown water lillies to my 5000 gal pond. The leaves are starting to yellow ...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Skimmers? Are They Worth the Money

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A skimmer is a plastic box mounted outside the pond and accessed through a hole the liner.  It is underground and mounted just at water le...
Monday, May 14, 2012

Pond Pump Troubleshooting

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If your pump stops pumping, touch it to see if it is running. You will feel it humming.  If it is, check hoses. Unplug the pump and look a...
Sunday, May 13, 2012

How to Build a Waterfall

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The pond question I get asked most frequently is, “How do you build a waterfall?” And it is a hard question to answer. The easy...
Saturday, May 12, 2012

Variegated Acorus

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Acorus, middle of picture, installed in Ocean Springs MS Variegated Acorus is a sweet flag, invasive as hyacinths. It grows natura...
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