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Finding Pond Plants Online
Buying pond and bog plants like lilies and iris online increases the availability of interesting species. Think about when to ship and what pond plants to buy online.
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Water Hyacinth
The pros and cons of Water Hyacinth for your pond
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A Thalia by any other Name
One of the most popular perennial plants for a medium size pond is also very easy to grow.
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Fish Pond Maintenance for Fall
Maintaining a Koi pond or goldfish pond takes extra effort in the fall of the year to help the fish and plants transition to a dormant state for the winter months.
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Pond Plants In Summer
Early summer is normally the best time to organise the plants in and around your garden pond.
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Snowflakes in July
Is your pond only a foot deep? Or do you have a shallow area you just don't know what to do with? I'll show you why yellow water snowflakes just might fit the bill.
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A Bit of Bog
Expand the borders of your pond with a bog garden.
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Chores, chores and more chores!
Here it is, the list of spring chores. . . .now get busy!
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Common Garden Issues
Gardeners frequent face these common issues: ponds, no place to garden, and too much shade. The books reviewed this week discuss these issues.
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Fall is in the Air
Well, the end of another year is in site, so what do you do to prepare? Here are a few words of advice.
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Get Those Pumps Started!
With the heat increasing in many areas it is time to start setting up those water features! Bring that sound of water back to your garden.
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Hardy Water Lilies for your Pond
Easy to care for and lovely to look at. Once you read this, you will wonder why you didn't plant water lilies sooner.
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How to Fight Pond Algae
Pond algae can be fought in a number of ways, and the sooner you take steps to control algae, the better the chances will be that your pond stays clear all summer long.
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How to Grow Waterlilies
A simple to follow tutorial on the care and culture of waterlilies Nymphaea.
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The Best Gifts for Pond Lovers
Choose a present for a gardener who loves ponds! Landscaping and design services, pond accessories, and pond plants are some just a few gift ideas for water gardeners.
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Waterfalls. . . .cont.
Here is how I built my latest waterfall, hope it inspires or at least gives food for thought.
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Winterize your Pond
Easy-to-follow pointers for a stress-free transition into winter.
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Create a Pond Garden
Once water gardening was a novelty. Now, any gardener can have a garden pond with water plants and fish, even in container gardens.
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The Trade
Do you have extra to share? If so, doing plant trades can provide many opportunities to experiment with new plants.
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Backyard Pond Basics
Building a water garden is a wonderful hobby, but it can take several seasons to get the balance right to create the perfect atmosphere. Patience is the key to success.
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Cardinal Flower Lobelia
Learn the uses, care and varieties of perennial lobelia in the garden. Cardinal flowers are a popular choice for many gardeners; find out why.
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False Lily of the Valley
Maianthemum species have heart shaped leaves and edible berries. They are a shade-loving spring flower for the water garden.
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Online Shopping
Shopping for your water garden needs online? Here is a collection of links to get you started.
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Wintering Plants Indoors
Don't let your tropical and subtropical plants die, try wintering them indoors for a head start next season!
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Water Features in a Kid's Garden
Water fountains and water gardens are lots of fun for kids in the garden. Safe and easy water features for a kid's and grown-ups gardens. © <a href="/profile.cfm/Linda">Linda Mazar</a>
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Grow Water Hyacinth in a Pot
Water Hyacinth is a showy floater that doesn't need anything but H20...perfect for a container water garden.
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How to Build a Waterfall in Your Garden
Modern garden pond pumps and preformed pond liners or flexible liners make it easy to create water features like streams, waterfalls and cascades for your water garden.
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Single Oil Look: Mint
Discover the wonders of mint.
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Canada Goose
Have you ever wondered why Canada Geese are sometimes called "honkers?" Where they go when they migrate south for the winter? What they love to eat, or how they talk to each other? Find out the answers to all these questions in this article.
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Create a Wildlife Pond
A wildlife pond is an excellent addition to a garden. Frogs will eat common garden pests like slugs. Birds like robins and blue tits will appreciate the insect activity.
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Garden Design for Winter
Although most gardeners are ready for a break as winter approaches, the garden does not have to be lackluster during the winter months. Simple ideas can add interest.
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How to Build a Pond Using a Flexible Liner
Good quality EPDM and PVC pond liners, and butyl rubber liners, are easy to use and make it easy to build a pond or garden water feature of almost any shape or size.
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How to Grow Perennial Iris Plants
Whatever landscape a gardener has to work with, there is sure to be an iris he can grow to enjoy months of colorful flowers and attractive foliage.
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Islands in the Pond
Floating pond islands and planters from companies like Biohaven and Islandscapes provide wildlife habitat, a natural filter, and new space for water plants.
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Japanese Zen Garden Plants
These plants are authentic choices for a Japanese garden and provide color, contrast of form and a meditative beauty to a reflection garden area.
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Koi Ponds
Koi ponds have some different characteristics from more general ponds, specifically geared to keeping koi fish.
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The Best Pond Pump for Your Water Feature
Pumps vary in water flow and capacity, power supply, filtration, possible uses, durability, size, maintenance and cost. All these matter when choosing a pool pump.
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The Garden Pool
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The Hardy Cattail
The cattail is an excellent choice for the water garden. It is a hardy, useful food plant with beautiful foliage.
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THE STORMS COME.
Calm before the storm.

Water gardening in January?
Don't let the cold winds of winter fool you! Now's the time to read, dream, plan, and weather permitting, build your water garden.
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Adaptations of Living Things - Part 1
Because plants and animals are adapted to their environments, it is important to preserve those habitats. Learn how plants have characteristics that suit them to their particular homes.
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Composting Hints
Composting need not be difficult nor make the organic gardener a neighbourhood pariah. Most problems can be overcome quite simply.
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Filtration
The hot dry summer we had this year had quite an impact on my pond and it's inhabitants. I am assuming others had similar problems. If you have fish in your pond, you were no doubt forced to consider the matter of filtration, what kind, and how much.
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Gardening In The Low Desert April 2001
Gardening in the low desert in April: what to do and how to do it.
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My Wildlife Pond
A wildlife pond is an oasis, a sanctuary teaming with life. At a wildlife pond, all the plants, animals and insects depend on one another to survive. It not only enhances the planet Earth for us humans, but also for its other inhabitants as well.
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Ponding Under Trees-- It's a Shady Practice, but not Illegal!
Can you enjoy a water garden under the trees? I certainly do! This article will consider location, building, and plants. Future articles will discuss the filter and cleaning needs of the shady pond.
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Tadpoles
Go hunting for frog eggs and house the eggs and tadpoles that hatch from them in glass containers. Watch them grow! A great science project for kids.
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Winter in the Pond
Get your pond ready for the cold season ahead.
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'chilly finger'd spring'
Spring is a busy time for all gardeners. Staking, weeding and much else besides. Make your bit of 'paradise' in the city and don't forget to sit down and enjoy it!
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