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Ponds Table of Contents - Summer 2007
Make & Maintain
Take Control of Summer Color
If you want the job doen right, do it yourself. Take control of your pond this summer by creating the most spectacular season of blooms you've ever seen. Masquerading as Mother Nature is simpler and a lot more fun than you might think.
Instant Pond
When people want to start water gardening, they usually turn to easy-to-install, widely available, pre-formed ponds. Add a few filtration devices to create a healthier ecosyystem within the pond and reduce the time and cost of maintenance throughout the year. Looks nicer and involves less work -- what could be better?
Q&A: Equipment
The simplest plans are the best-laid.
Pond Life
Verdant Verticals
Imagine for a moment that you are resting beside the pond of your dreams. What do you see? For many, a vision of brilliantly colored waterlilies will be the first scene to come into focus. Perhaps a school of goldfish or koi swims lazily beneat the surface.
What plants will you use to create the perfect backdrop for this oasis? By broadenins your plant palette to include taller aquatics and marginals, you can make your ideal water feature a reality and sidestep a few nightmares in the process.
Petal Palette
If life were simple, we could describe flower colors in a concise and elementary fashion. We could say a flower was red, blue, green, orange, yellow or white. We are blessed, however, with an entire rainbow of colors -- varying shades of the above that require more precise ovservation and description. While environmental factors change the actual color of a waterlily or iris flower, communication factors color our individual descriptive language.
Your Fish is on my List
Any gardener can tell you that the possibilities for flower and plant combinations are endless. Water gardeners can say the same: The dizzying amount of lilies, plants, water features and fish can keep an enthusiast busy for years.
Q&A: Fish
Outsmart the Great Blue Heron and friends.
Q&A: Plants
Keep the frog, and ditch the kiddie pool.
Backyard Living
Garden Carnivores
Carnivorous plants do exist, and many can be grown by the pond gardener. How do you create this garden? A good place to start is by building a bog.
Ponds for Kids
Summer is here, and kids are out of school. Liberation from schedules makes them happy for a couple of weeks, but the thrill gradually wears thin, and instigation and energy levels grow. Getting your kids outdoors and in the garden will keep boredom at bay.
Know Before You Grow
Ponds Magazine talks about some non-beginner topics in water gardening -- plant propagation, water chemistry and exotic flower varieties to name a few. What about gardening basics? If you don'e know a thing about plants, no need to worry. Helpful classes and teachers abound.
Culture & Community
Koi Collectibles
More than a decade ago, collectors began telling the ever-growing koi community about pin collecting. Koi clubs create strikingly beautiful works of art as memorabilia for shows and awards and to recognize members. It gives collectors the opportunity to make friends, build relationships and share a passion for the art -- and it's now in full bloom.
Sensational Gardens
Gardens can heal. In institutions, rehabilitation centers and back yards alike, the layout and construction of key elements yield gardens that bring calm, joy or healthy introspection to onlookers.
Million Dollar Dreams
More fish? Bigger falls? Readers share their water garden wish lists with us.
Pond Products
Bookshelf
Pondsmagazine.com
Extended Event Calendar
Ad Index
Classifieds
Photo Contest Announcement
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