Garden ponds

[itsbob]

oops....I forgot the link

http://americanlandscapeanddesign.com/index.html

I've got to send that link to BG.. we have a corner on the house right by the front door.. 20' X 20' I want to put in a pond with a water fall coming off the wall of the house.. maybe a small bridge, and one or two cherry trees at the base.. Figure 20X20 I've got potential for a HUGE pond.. and maybe some small mouth bass..

 

[itsbob]

Wow, look at this one!

Can you do a save as to your desktop and post it as an attachment.. I'd like to see it, but photobucket is blocked by NMCI.

 

[rack'm]

Can you do a save as to your desktop and post it as an attachment.. I'd like to see it, but photobucket is blocked by NMCI.

<img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/dborzi/forumpix/websize/Laura_O.jpg">

 

[itsbob]

<img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/dborzi/forumpix/websize/Laura_O.jpg">

Thanks..

That's about the size I'm thinking, maybe a little bigger, with a japanese type of arched bridge oner the top.

And this gives me a GOOD reason to buy the backhoe I want for the tractor!!

 

[Nickel]

Thanks..

That's about the size I'm thinking, maybe a little bigger, with a japanese type of arched bridge oner the top.

And this gives me a GOOD reason to buy the backhoe I want for the tractor!!

I'll have to take a picture of the pond at my local nursery. They have an arched bridge, it's absolutely gorgeous. MiniMe loves it.

 

[BS Gal]

How do you guys keep your pond from growing algae. Mine is horrible. I have to completely drain it, scrub it and re-fill every two weeks. What is the secret? I have a filter with a fountain.

 

[Nickel]

How do you guys keep your pond from growing algae. Mine is horrible. I have to completely drain it, scrub it and re-fill every two weeks. What is the secret? I have a filter with a fountain.

http://www.ehow.com/how_118774_troubleshoot-garden-ponds.html

 

[BS Gal]

http://www.ehow.com/how_118774_troubleshoot-garden-ponds.html

Thanks! I think I need to add plants, based on that info.

 

[camily]

How do you guys keep your pond from growing algae. Mine is horrible. I have to completely drain it, scrub it and re-fill every two weeks. What is the secret? I have a filter with a fountain.

If we told you, it wouldn't be a secret now would it?

 

[desertrat]

Thanks! I think I need to add plants, based on that info.

Not based on what I told you yesterday though, huh?

 

[itsbob]

I'll have to take a picture of the pond at my local nursery. They have an arched bridge, it's absolutely gorgeous. MiniMe loves it.

It's either that or a mock up of the bridge at Remagen Germany, and do a WWII tank on tank battle.. Tank guns blazing over the heads of the peaceful Koi..

 

[desertrat]

It's either that or a mock up of the bridge at Remagen Germany, and do a WWII tank on tank battle.. Tank guns blazing over the heads of the peaceful Koi..

How about a beach assault type of pond? Normandy, maybe? Bunkers, barbed wire, etc, etc.

 

[itsbob]

How about a beach assault type of pond? Normandy, maybe? Bunkers, barbed wire, etc, etc.

But little tanks are so much easier to do then little soldiers..


Even have P-51's screaming down from the roof of the house to buzz the battlefield..

 

[wharf rat]

oops....I forgot the link

http://americanlandscapeanddesign.com/index.html

I don't think they're in business anymore. I think the owners split off to their own companies. One of the former partners started Knee Deep Ponds this past year.

http://www.kneedeepponds.com/ They're located in Calvert.

 

[BS Gal]

Not based on what I told you yesterday though, huh?

You know I don't listen to you.

 

[MMDad]

It's either that or a mock up of the bridge at Remagen Germany, and do a WWII tank on tank battle.. Tank guns blazing over the heads of the peaceful Koi..

How about a Tsunami pond? It could have an occasional wave that washes all the villagers out to sea...

 

[BS Gal]

How about a Tsunami pond? It could have an occasional wave that washes all the villagers out to sea...

DO NOT give DR any ideas.

 

[desertrat]

How about a Tsunami pond? It could have an occasional wave that washes all the villagers out to sea...

Awesome!

 

[Nickel]

It's either that or a mock up of the bridge at Remagen Germany, and do a WWII tank on tank battle.. Tank guns blazing over the heads of the peaceful Koi..

OMG, I hope Dustin doesn't read this. I wanted Koi, but in order to have a decent amount I'd have to have a huge pond, and I'm only interested in about 100 gallons, so goldfish it is.

 

[Cowgirl]

Here is the pond we built at my parents' old house. I miss it.


Dad dug it out by hand....poor guy. It was almost 3' deep at the deepest part (under the waterfall). It had a ledge around it so we could sit plants on it. We also had potted plants sunk it at each end. The lillies would take over...we'd have to keep them in check. We put fantail goldfish in, and within a few years they had gotten rather large and multiplied like crazy. One day a heron discovered the fish and cleaned almost all of them out. We had to put netting over it after that. It was pretty low maintenance...except I'd have to fix the rocks that had fallen in, or pull out plants if they got out of control. We would unplug the waterfall in the winter and just let the pond freeze over. We completely cleaned it out once or twice, but we didn't have to do much other than that.