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Pond Maintenance Part 1
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Winterizing Your Garden Pond
Watching as winter transforms your garden pond from clear crystal waters and upright green luscious marginal plants to a white opaque frozen often snow covered expanse of water and brown frost tumbled plants can cause a little distress or even sadness in the heart of many a garden pond owner [...] -
Submersible Pond Pumps vs. External Pond Pumps
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
“Submersible pond pumps are best suited to small to medium sized garden ponds with approximately 200 – 800 gallons of water The superior and better choice in pond pumps is one of the external kind as over all they are more powerful and less costly to run on a yearly basis. Submersible pond pumps are [...]
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The Correct Sizing of Pond Pumps Is Never an Easy Task
Monday, September 21st, 2009
Just as your heart is vital for circulating your blood around your body the pond pump is the heart of your garden pond system, it is the mechanism that circulates and filters the pond water. So choosing the correct size of pond pump is paramount to the health and beauty of your garden pond [...]
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Will your Garden Pond be a Water Garden or koi Pond
Monday, September 14th, 2009
Water Garden or koi Pond ,you must make that decision before you build your garden pond after wards it will be too late to change your mind. In any kind of garden pond filtration is the most important aspect, usually this is accomplished by setting up an ecosystem where fish, plants, and beneficial bacteria [...]
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Choosing Fish for Your Garden Pond
Saturday, September 12th, 2009
Before Fish are Added to a New Garden Pond
A word of caution to the proud brand new garden pond owner I realize your eager to get your garden pond fully finished by adding fishy inhabitants to it, eager for it to become the wonderful colorful garden focal point and the key feature of your garden [...]