Learning to build a pond
Evolution Fountain Spray pattern can be changed pretty easily. Before we get to the video showing how to change display patterns let’s back up a little bit and ask a question. What if I don’t have a pond or maybe don’t want a pond? But it would sure be nice to have a display to […]
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WhatPond has been a busy place this summer so far. And what a summer actually warm to very hot and muggy, not like last year when we only had 3 days above 80 degrees. Since the last post of my parents 50th we’ve had another party at the pond. At least this time we did
Now I cannot do it justice but do want to show a nearby dam that is used for flood control. It may not look like much from the video but the area controlled is 222 square miles. So to speak it is like the watershed filling the pond. I wanted to get out to the
What’s in the news about natural resources? Always something about oil popping up in the news, conversations and our daily lives. Look at the prices and makes you think a little more about how to save and cut back on driving. What would happen if the same happens about water? Water is a natural resource
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Ok the pond water quality workshop was a great success. Cary Martin of Aqua Control presented very easy to follow examples in the science of ponds. Decent weather as for being warm but the wind was crazy and made a lot of noise in the camera. We had a small group and everyone learned from
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Wow amazing weather the past few days and hopefully sticks around through the summer. Spring has hit and life is just popping up all over, even at the pond, below is a short video of some of the events going on at the pond. From the Koi surfacing and their first feeding to the frog
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Taking a look at blue pond-dye , What is it? What does it do? Over time your new pond will turn into a green looking water hole and that’s a bummer. I know because I’ve been there done that. One thing I will not do is just start trying things out until I have a
Wow so far so good only one winter storm this season with significant snow fall that dropped close to 3 feet of snow. Now that we have the deck on the pond my concern was ice building up and maybe lifting the deck then being all twisted up in the spring. To prevent this from
WhatPond meet’s the PondBoss Whether you own a pond or planning to build one be sure to read this post and watch the movie at the end of the post. Learning once we start the pond building project, it will be around for many years. And when planning be sure to have long term goals
Happy Holidays Wow what a GREAT year! I hope you had a GREAT year as well and that we all have learned a thing or two. The weather was, well in Erie, PA. We are hoping next year Summer will visit us for more than 3 days. Seemed Spring held on tight and Fall couldn’t
