About five years ago, I received an interesting call from someone asking if we were in the business of building ponds from existing swimming pools. This person’s children were now grown and no longer used the pool for swimming. She was paying her pool guy to clean and maintain a pool that was now seldom …
Pool-to-Pond Conversion Transforms Southern California Backyard Read More »
Circulation for ponds is an aspect of design that needs to be addressed early on. Many of us have had to assess a poorly performing pond only to determine that, even with good equipment, one of the main problems is poor circulation. This can be in the form of debris that collects in some areas …
In August 2016, I was contacted by Von Winkel from the Las Vegas Springs Preserve. The Springs Preserve is associated with the Las Vegas Valley Water District and does a lot of work to preserve the original habitat in the ancient springs that rose from the desert floor of the valley where Native Americans and …
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Determining the best skimmer for a particular project and how best to use it can be a challenge. Choices for skimmers come from both the water garden industry and the pool industry. The use of a pond skimmer started with water gardening as a way of moving the submersible pump out of the pond and …
What makes a koi pond a koi pond? (You may be surprised to discover that it’s not just koi.) A true koi pond is designed specifically to accommodate the unique needs of the fish, including dissolved oxygen content, water quality, minimum water volume and even waste management.
Yes aquatic plants can help with algae control. Learn how from long time industry expert. Aquatic plants can be divided into four associated groups, learn what they are and what they do. David makes suggestions on how to build a pond to include aquatic plants. This is a long article that covers many topics and uses for aquatic plants. It is well worth taking the time to read it.
It was early spring 2021 when the client first contacted us at The Pond Gnome. She absolutely loved the pond we had built at a local nursery that she frequents. The nursery owner sent her our way to get one of her own. We love referral leads because they tend to be people who are …
He’s Back … Welcome back, Kent Wallace! It’s been a minute since one of your favorite POND Trade authors has contributed an installment in his bimonthly “Best Practices” series. I think his new article in the November / December 2024 issue will .than make up for his absence. He takes us on a tour of …
Kansas City is known as the City of Fountains. With 200 registered city fountains and many more residential and commercial features in a centralized location, our customers’ expectations are elevated. The techniques, tools and tricks in fountain maintenance used here can be adapted to most regions and can provide a steady stream of income for …
Fountain Maintenance: Tools and Techniques from the City of Fountains Read More »
Fresh water is the most precious natural resource on the planet — because over 97 percent of all water is salt water. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), humanity’s primary source of fresh water — rivers — only make up 0.49 percent of the earth’s surface fresh water supply; surface fresh water only …
Rainwater Harvesting: Conserving Earth’s most precious resource Read More »