Garden Ponds
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.
Got a Question about Garden Ponds
If you have a question about garden ponds, this is a good place to ask it.
Please understand that I get hundreds of questions every week from readers and I simply can't answer them all. I do my best and print quite a few in my free newsletter
Do give me as many details as possible.
What Other Visitors Have Asked About Garden Ponds
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Freezing Fish
What happens to a fish if the pond freezes solid? Does the fish thaw out and start swimming when the pond thaws?
Doug says most of the time when ...
Galvanized tank water feature.
Hi Doug
I would like to utilized the ground water pumped from my basement sump in a water feature containing aquatic plants and maybe some Koi. My ideal ...
Worried about pond in winter My koi pond has been great all summer now fall is here and winter is coming. I have read numerous differnt things about leaving pump on and some say leave ...
legal issues and building codes for backyard ponds are there legal issues and building codes you have to deal with when building a backyard pond? the internet is NO help when trying to search city codes ...
algae control
what is the best bacterial enzyme for preventing algae growth?
Doug says the best algae control is not adding enzymes but rather having a healthy pond....
cats on the pond
Do cats eat the fish, or do they only catch them and leave them there?
Doug says that any cat he ever saw catch or was given a fish (not very often ...
Where on earth do I obtain a victoria waterlily?
Where on earth do I obtain a Victora Waterlily? My boss wants to buy one for his wife and I can not find them anywhere.
You're going to have to join ...
winterizing fountain depth We need to close our pond (1000 gallons; 30" at deep part; 10 feet square) as our falls froze up and water was diverting out. We have taken the pump out ...
what time of year is best to clean pond?
When is the best time to clean pond? After all leaves have fallen is it not to cold for the fish?
Doug says the best time of year is right after the ...
Poisonous flowers to fish
Are the flowers on Silver Lace Vines poisonous to fish (Koi) if they fall into pond water? .... (if fish eat them).
Doug says he's not aware that Silver ...
how to flower my waterlilies?
I have yellow waterlilies growing for about 3 years now.
Unfortunately they have not flowered yet. Everytime I give a fertiliser feed, repot, spray with ...
