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jkme, I love your wee garden. What a peaceful place to meditate. Even without my fish, I go out to mine first thing every morning and and just sit there peacefully and think about the beauty of the green plants and the flowing water.
andthen, no my fish were big - the bull frog is just enormous! One of the fish was six inches long - I never thought the frog would get him.
I put some little white christmas lights in the plants and the garden just sparkles at night. Great place to sit on the stoop, listen to the fountain and read a great book
and then there were three, I love your pond. Everything - rocks, shape, size, plants - all blend in so well. I wish my pond were as attractive.
I have a question for you about pond maintenance: Do you completely drain and clean out the muck from your pond every spring? I did when I had a smaller pond, but now that I've enlarged it, it's a time/energy consuming chore. Plus, I hate to disturb the habitat of my fish - one koi and two large comets. If you do clean it, do you capture the fish and put them temporarily in another container filled with water from the old pond?
I didn't get my water lily to bloom last year as I see you did. Any advice on how to accomplish this?
I have been wanting to put a pond with a waterfall in my backyard. Hopefully I will be able to get it done. I found some interesting websites that give some very helpful tips and advice on how to build a pond and making your own bio filter for a fraction of the cost of buying one. For anyone who is interested here are the websites.
and then there were three, I love your pond. Everything - rocks, shape, size, plants - all blend in so well. I wish my pond were as attractive.
I have a question for you about pond maintenance: Do you completely drain and clean out the muck from your pond every spring? I did when I had a smaller pond, but now that I've enlarged it, it's a time/energy consuming chore. Plus, I hate to disturb the habitat of my fish - one koi and two large comets. If you do clean it, do you capture the fish and put them temporarily in another container filled with water from the old pond?
I didn't get my water lily to bloom last year as I see you did. Any advice on how to accomplish this?
Thank you!!
I don't completely drain my pond each spring, but I do usually drain about 1/3-1/2 of it. We also usually get a lot of heavy rains in the spring, and the water overflows through the rocks, (thankfully the fish stay safe in the pond!) and it kind of replenishes itself naturally with fresh water. I let the fish remain in the pond when I do the big water change. I wait for a warm spring day. One thing I have noticed, about in March the water gets nasty, green, and thick. I also have leaves leftover on the bottom of the pond. I add Microbe-lift, a natural, no-chemicals product once a month throughout the year, but I usually skip that in Jan/Feb because of ice. A lot of ponders will tell you just to add lots of plants in the spring, and the water will clear up in time, but the first year I tried that and after months the water was still pea soup.
I have been real lucky with my lilies, they bloomed without me doing anything special. I got the lilies from a kind member on a pond forum I belong to. Unfortunately, I don't get as much sun as I'd like over my pond, and in Connecticut our summers are rather short, so I don't get many repeat blooms on the lilies. I do fertilize them in the spring though, I shove a tomato spike into each pot.
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Some nice pond ideas here I just found!
