What is AquaPonics? In short it is a marriage of fish and plants and a way to become self sustaining for food producing fish and greens from a small area in your home, garage, basement or green house. This is green, organic and fun for the whole family while providing nutritional healthy food for your […]
DIY- Nature Loving- Pond Enthusiast Darrell Rhoades Prepared, Planned, Created and Completed Not One, But Two Successful Farm Ponds” Without Heavy Equipment Experience -Excavating Knowledge Or The Know How Of Aerating The Water… Finally, All The “Guess Work” Has Been Eliminated! Experience the unlimited wonders of nature… From the backyard farm pond of Darrell
When shopping for a mag drive pump there are a couple things to remember. The amount of water to be moved and when setting up your pump be very sure to use the same size exit piping. So if the pump has an exit of 1” npt. Use 1” pipe or tubing from your local
There comes a time to stop and smell the roses, but I’m allergic to them so every day we spend time at the ponds. Taking time to relax and enjoy the peaceful oasis while listening to the fountain, frogs, feeding fish and our boys (the 4 legged kids) and just plain lose the days stress’s
The morning of the 50th Anniversary party forecast was 70% chance of rain mainly after 2:00 pm, yep that’s when the party started. As 2:00 got closer it got darker and just waiting for the rain to start but after a little while the clouds gave way to sunshine and the weather was perfect for
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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How a little work and a low cost item like a Pond Dye can help your pond water clarity clear up and look awesome. So there you are with a newly dug pond say in the fall. The water is going to look like a big mud puddle with all the fine silt and clay
Fall Pond Now that summer has gone fall is here and the threat of snow is right around the corner what do we do to get the farm pond ready for winter? Wait a minute, what summer, how was your summer? Ours lasted about 3 days in a row with 80 plus degrees, dodging rain
Get out the pond accessories. Wow, could not ask for any better weather than the past couple weekends. Spring may just be here. Got a chance to unload the barn and setup for good weather. Pond accessories are what we use to personalize our taste to the pond. Not allot, just a couple items to
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