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Garden Ponds


Garden ponds are one of the most interesting garden features you can build in your backyard garden. You create the specialized conditions necessary to grow a ton of interesting plants and you invite all kinds of really interesting wildlife into your own life.

More importantly, by adding water to your landscaping you are providing the necessary protection for a lot of threatened native species of birds and other small creatures who are threatened by human expansion.

This is fun gardening - - what helps us also helps our environment. Good for you!

Here are the ideas for you.

Pond Plants



Water Garden Plants main linking page will list all the articles on water garden plants as they are developed.

Water Lily slideshow of different colors of water lilies.


Pond Problem Solving



Algae control is a necessity in backyard ponds. There are a wide variety of methods used by organic gardeners. Here are a few of the best.

Barley Straw works if you follow the directions carefully.

Leaks in garden ponds can drive a gardener nuts; here are the steps to take to solve this problem.

Pond Maintenance



Pond cleaning doesn't have to be an ugly job. Here are a few simple tricks to make cleaning out your pond an easier chore.





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