I just want to build ponds. That’s all I want to do. Cool. This is a statement many newcomers to the pond world make — a pure, honest goal that captures the heart of this trade. But anyone who’s been around long enough knows that building ponds is never just about digging holes and filling […]
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Why Contractors Feel Like Frauds and What To Do About It Have you ever stood on a job site, glanced at your crew, your equipment, and your packed schedule, and still thought to yourself, “I don’t know what I’m doing”? Maybe you’ve hit a big milestone, your calendar’s booked out for months, you’ve added trucks
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Finding connection, purpose and peace Some things in life you can plan for. Others, you can’t. When I started building water features, I thought I was simply creating beautiful landscapes. I didn’t fully understand at the time that I was creating connection between families, between people and nature, and between the past and present. Over
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Being a woman in landscaping and waterscaping — industries traditionally dominated by men — has been an empowering, challenging and ultimately rewarding journey. Over the past 25 years, running a woman-owned company like Earth & Waterscapes Inc., has redefined what it means to thrive in a profession that often values strength and endurance over creativity
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The 2024-2025 Atlantic-Oase Winter Water Feature Training dates are out! Join us for our two-day hands-on training events at the Atlantic-Oase headquarters in Aurora, Ohio! Designed specifically for the professional contractor, these sessions showcase all Atlantic-Oase has to offer. Learn about water feature products, best installation practices and the profitability of water features. Choose from
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Writing my first book was an adventure filled with challenges, revelations and personal growth. As a solopreneur for decades, I understand the struggles of finding certainty and the right opportunities in life. My new water-feature business book, Pond Passion to Profit, aims to provide significance to others in the water-feature industry and people in the
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We all know that over time, life takes many turns — in school, relationships, family and careers, for example. Who we were when we were 10 and 18 years old are typically not the same people we grow into during our 30s, 50s and beyond. Ever since I was young and growing up in suburban
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Why grow giant pumpkins? I ask myself this every year. I started gardening more than 30 years ago, about the same time I built my first pond.
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UDSA APHIS veterinarians from all across the country and Canada participated in multi-day training exercises at the Kloubec farm and USDA laboratory. Along with workshops the training curriculum included a “mock-investigation” of a fish disease outbreak.
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This is a new series that showcases what pond builders like to do in their free time when they’re not building ponds. Since my childhood in the suburbs of Ohio, I have possessed an unwavering passion for water. As far back as 1984, I remember when I pleasantly surprised my parents by creating a 3-foot-wide
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