Ingrid,

I think this is the first time I've ever seen your pond, and I really like
the set-up -- not to mention the totally cool hanging fish (copper?
terracotta?)

Is that a walkway between the pond & the house? (I couldn't quite tell from
the pix.)

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC





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there is nothing complicated at all.. just get plants that will live in
the filter.
they do need quite a bit of sun, but for a start water celery will grow
anywhere. I
was advised to use different plants as they each pull out different
things.
http://users.megapathdsl.net/~solo/ponds/8-2003.html
there is one roll of filtering material in the first part of the veggie
filter, it
and the whole filter gets cleaned in fall when I take most of the plants
in. the
water celery is not taken in. I start a new bunch each year. it grows
like crazy.
it is the big green batch in the lower right picture. Ingrid

I tried a veggie filter before this and I just wasted a bunch of money
on plants that died. I'm not saying veggie filters don't work but I
think it's more complicated than what people say.

Matt



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