http://www.water-gardens-information.com/water-gardens-blog.html Hi - this is the place to get all the latest water gardens blog articles, gardening questions and answers and notices of photography posted on this site. en-us water gardens Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:25:52 GMT Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:25:52 GMT water-gardens-information.com http://www.water-gardens-information.com/fish-die-after-winter.html all my fish and frog died after blizzards when i lost power and the pond froze over.....is it best to drain and clean all the sludge from the bottom.... Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:25:48 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/building-a-pond-sequence.html First, let me say thank you for site and info. Late summer, '09, I went from 200-10,000 gallon koi pond, with Japanese design and garden, to come, I hope! Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:09:58 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/pondcreatures.html When it comes to beasts and birds and pond creatures in the water garden, there are a few of the good kind and there are a few of the not-so-welcome kind Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:56:44 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/duckweed.html Duckweed is also known as Lemna minor. These small bits of green (one sixteenth to one quarter of an inch across) can blanket... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:50:53 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/turtle-ponds.html Turtle ponds are, quite fortunately, not much harder to construct than fish ponds. In fact, it is going to be very... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:50:53 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/garden-ponds.html As regular readers know, I have a soft spot in my gardening world for garden ponds and last week, I spent a day taking a contractors course... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:50:52 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/herons.html Herons are the bane of larger ponds in suburban or rural areas. These long legged fishers of expensive koi are quite the predator. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:50:52 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/backyard-waterfalls.html One of the things we all love is backyard waterfalls and pictures of them - and there is no finer way to design your own than seeing what other folks have done with theirs. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:50:51 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/howtobuildabog.html You need to know how to build a bog if you want to grow an entire class of plants that many gardeners ignore. Or worse, if they try to grow them, they fail miserably. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:50:50 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/pondsideperennials.html The list below is a good starting list for pond side perennials that will thrive in the wet areas next to ponds. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:50:49 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/pond-snails.html Pond snails and slugs are more a gardening problem in land-based gardens but sometimes a population will get out of control in the home pond. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:50:48 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/building-koi-ponds.html Building Koi ponds (or ponds for other fish for that matter) is similar to building water gardens for plants. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:50:48 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/watergardendesign.html Water garden design is the thing that makes or breaks the total project. It is entirely one thing to have a well-constructed hole in the ground but unless you plant around it properly, well… you have a great hole in the ground. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:43:58 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/water-garden-plants.html There are several classes of water garden plants that are necessary in every pond. The first thing you want to understand about water gardening is that the plants form a complete ecology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:43:57 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/pondwaterfalls.html To get a decent pond waterfalls working , you have to take a few simple things into consideration. To create a valuable addition to your yard, you might want to consider a few other things outlined in this series of articles Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:43:56 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/lotus.html I like having lotus in my water garden areas and luckily they are easy to grow if you follow a few simple rules. <P></p><h3>Don't expect too much from the first few leaves.</h3> <br /><br />The first small leaves were not impressive; they resembled very small water lily leaves. After two or three small leaves, a large leaf spike emerges reaching for the sky. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:29:04 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/water-lilies.html Hardy water lilies are a major class of water garden plants. I’ll describe them here so you’ll be able to grow them successfully. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:29:01 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/pondlilies.html Tropical pond lilies or water lilies are one of the fragrant wonders of the summer water garden but there are a few things you have to be aware of when growing these beauties. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:29:00 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/algae-control.html Algae control depends on what kind of algae you are dealing with. Generally speaking, you know you have algae because the water turns green or there's lots of green stringy stuff in the water. Pretty simple - right? While there can be exceptions to the following thumb rules, the following will eliminate the majority of problems Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:28:59 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/little-triponds.html IF, your 'urban setting', lot-plot doesn't have room for 'both', your in planning trouble. But one thing, I've found with 'homemade' gardener's', they Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:02:03 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/will-a-lily-come-back.html I live in Phoenix, AZ last summer we bought 2 tropical and 1 Hardy lillies. They all did great all summer and even in the fall. The 2 Tropical plants died Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:43:51 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/not-enough-nutrients.html I have a large, above ground pond, with fish and waterlillies. When my water lilies became route bound I emptied them out of their pots directly onto Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:45:41 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/how-far-do-i-cut-back-lillies.html I have been told that I should cut back lillies hard during the winter ready for new growth in the spring. If this is true, how hard should I cut them Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:34:04 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/pond-critters-not-staying-put.html Dear Doug, We have had a pond in our yard for 6 years now and we love it. The pond is roughly 2600-3000 gallons and in the shape of a heart. There Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:11:03 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/backyard-fish-pond.html 5 backyard fish pond advice tipis from garden author Doug Green Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:48:47 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/my-baby-doll-lotus-or-patience-is-a-virtue.html I bought this lotus from a pond store several years ago. I kept it in it's original container for a couple of years with no luck in flowering. It Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:32:25 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/when-can-hardy-lilies-be-planted.html i was thinking of buying some hardy water lilies and planting them and submerging in our pond. can this be done anytime of the year, or should i wait Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:12:41 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/my-modern-pond.html This is my 4th pond over the years. This time I went simple and modern. It is 8x8 and 20 inches deep. Here in South Carolina the fish do fine Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:04:12 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/waterlily-depth-of-water.html I have a waterlilie in a pot in my pond, but pond is not very deep maybe 20cm. there is a deep spot but the sun doesnt gett there. i have lots of big Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:55:23 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/should-i-put-a-heater-in-my-pond.html Hello, I have had a small pond for a couple of years and just recently added some fish. The temperature has recently dropped and I am afraid for the Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:03:07 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/pond-heater1.html Do I need to keep the pond heater on all the time-I have been told it costs a lot for the electicity-Can I just turn it on for a few hours a day or Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:03:49 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/growing-water-lilies-from-seed.html How do I grow water lilies from seed? Doug says you can find an article on growing water lilies from seed right Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:31:55 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/koi-pond-design.html Koi pond design is a matter of making choices. Traditional pond design digs a hole and lays down a... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:23:43 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/water-lilies-grow.html Will my water lilies grow? We have a man made pond, very large with about 50 goldfish???We want to put some water lillies in the pond to help with the algee and shade for fish. But they are very expensive, how do they grow, Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:15:09 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/water-heater-for-tropicals.html We'd like to use a little pond heater in our 3x4x8 fiberglass tub outdoors to overwinter our tropicals. Our temperatures bottom out in the thirties, Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:50:59 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/pond-under-trees.html Today you advised that pond netting could be used over the winter. I have a natural pond site in a rocky hollow but near maple and birch trees. In a Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:43:33 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/winterized-pond-happy-fish.html This is year 3 in zone 4 and I have 3 year old goldfish who have never left my pond. In winter, I place a small aquarium bubbler under a bucket next Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:47:19 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/leaves-in-pond-eastern-wisconsin.html Is is alright to put a tarp over the pond during the time when the leaves fall? Doug says it would be really, really ugly and the pond life might not Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:44:51 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/bluestone-pavers-in-the-pond.html We revised our pond this spring to make it larger, about 2500 gal. In search for somewhat flat stones, my husband was sold bluestone pavers (over a Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:42:47 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/once-a-waterlily-has-died.html should water lilies be cut back in the winter once they have died off or should i just let them die naturally and if so will the debris cause problems Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:46:35 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/winter-deicing.html What is an appropriate bubbler for winter de-icing? Doug says if you're only trying to keep a small section of ice open then you have two options. Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:42:41 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/is-it-a-must-to-clean-your-pond.html I see a lot of advice about cleaning ponds but, even though our pond has a liner and waterfall, we are trying to create a 'natural' environment, i.e. Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:35:55 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/my-piece-of-paradise.html We added a covered patio and just knew it had to include a waterfall. Since my wife and I love traveling to Hawaii and had seen so many waterfalls on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:10:20 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/dead-heading-water-lilies.html This is my first year with water lilys. They are blooming well. Should I be dead heading them to promote more flowers and avoid decay of the old bloom Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:20:43 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/how-do-i-go-about-dividing-papyrus-king-tut.html My King Tut has been marching out of its pot this summer. I just purchased him last spring and plopped him right into my stream above the pond. Can Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:25:15 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/green-water-with-no-plants-or-fish.html My pond recently was drained for some repair work. The entire thing was cleaned before refilling and looked great. Because of the shallow depth, we Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:16:54 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/must-stems-be-submerged.html I have a hardy water lily in a 1-gallon container, which is in a pond. The pond reaches the top of the container (barely) and the leaves reach the Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:47:12 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/overwintering-young-lotus-seedlings.html Started 3 lotus seeds in my pond which is only 2 feet deep. There have been several 2 inch, blue-green leaves come up so far. Don't know what to do Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:42:13 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/natural-pond.html We have an underground stream which feeds our pond, about 7000 gallons (I think). The pond is a big hole in the ground, no liner, does not need Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:40:46 GMT http://www.water-gardens-information.com/the-lilly-root-ball-has-come-to-the-top-of-the-pond.html My pond is about 20ft x 10ft and 4 foot deep. This year the root ball of the lillies (they cover about 90 of the pond surface) has come to the top Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:20:32 GMT