my two main plants are water celery and cyperus. in winter I drag the
cyperus into the basement and put it in a tank under a light. the
celery I start new every year by digging little plants up that
volunteer next to the pond. wash the roots, stick them in the veggie
filter. in winter I just run a bucket filter, the water lily stays
green and the algae comes back. Ingrid

On Tue, 4 Sep 2007 16:00:25 CST, thorny rose
wrote:

i have quite a few plants in the pond, 4 lillies, parrots feather,
canadian pondweed, various iris, mimulus and a few water soldiers. i
haven't done a water test for ages and i'm due a water change soon. i
will also get the filter media cleaned as soon as poss. can someone
give me some info on veggie filters, what plants do you have in them
and what do you do in winter when the plants die back. thanks.