Fall Cleaning And Winterization
1. Clean your pond of fallen leaves and trim foliage from hardy marginals. If you have pond marginals or terrestrial pondside plants that you want to leave standing for winter […]
Department of Summer Doldrums
Question: Hypoxia is . . . A. One of the nine Delphic muses B. A principality in Bavaria C. Something you’d rather not have in your pond. Answer: The answer […]
Disease Control in the Water Garden
Plants such as the nymphaeas and the nelumbos, for the most part, are fairly free of diseases. Large numbers of plants are being relocated from one part of the world […]
Aphid Season
Are you noticing tiny black bugs on your lily pads and flowers? Those are probably aphids making a meal of your aquatic plants. Aphids are tiny, but in large numbers […]
Early Spring Pond Care
“Maintenance in spring plays an important role in general pond health and enhances enjoyment throughout the growing season. Spring is a transition time in the pond. Sunlight is increasing, temperatures […]
Salt, Hold the Pepper . . . and Maybe Hold the Salt (Addint Salt to Your Pond for Pest Control)
Questions, if not controversy, surround the use of salt in garden ponds. Salt (sodium chloride) has long been used for treating sick or injured fish in temporary “hospital” tanks, but […]
Leafy Issues, Leaky Ponds
Leaky pond issues seem pretty common during Autumn and times of heavy leaf fall. The leaves might be causing the water loss. Many pond and water feature owners in my […]
Give Your Pond a Spring Cleaning
The following article was reprinted with permission from the IWGS Journal archives, Spring 2014, Vol. 29, No.1 ? Spring is simply the most exciting time of year. As things slowly […]
The Dilemma of Spring Gardening in Colorado
Just when temperatures are warming up and you get the itch to go outside and work in your pond, a spring snow storm hits, and the next thing you know […]
How to Prepare Your Pond for the Upcoming Winter
With the summer winding down, our thoughts begin to turn to autumn. Even though the current weather seems more summer-like than fall-like, the fall and ensuing winter will be here […]