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"Finding peace in the water garden"
Finding peace in the water garden
Life: Gardening with water can bring an added element to an outdoor setting. From birdbaths and small fountains to waterfalls, ponds and streams, water can give extra sparkle to any yard. It also helps create a peaceful atmosphere. http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20030...2317-6733r.htm |
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"Finding peace in the water garden"
There are actually some very interesting concepts in this article:
"To create the pond, workers dug the shape and put sand in its base. Then a rubber liner was installed to keep the water from seeping into the soil." Owner of above pond says "maintaining the pond is relatively little work" just draining it every year and scooping out the debris, also adding Mosquito Dunks in the summer. Another pond owner is "adding two more ponds to the first 9-foot-deep, 60,000-gallon pond" -- forget snorkeling in your pond, you could probably SCUBA dive in that one! Then, there's the "250-foot stream......about 18 inches deep and about 5 feet wide. The water feature culminates in a 7-foot waterfall into a 2 1/2-foot-deep pond of koi. The stream bed....consists of 800 tons of boulders and rocks. ..... [the creator of the pond] built an underground vault to house the pumps and filter systems that keep the stream clean. There also is an automatic filling system, which activates when the water level decreases by as little as a quarter-inch." And my personal favorite [not clear whether it's describing above water feature]: "Ideally, the setting will still look good when the water is turned off during the winter"??? (Yep, you gotta watch out for those harsh winters in Washington, DC allrighty. But, here's a thought -- is a water garden with no water just another hole in the ground?) "Wherever the water garden is placed, it will bring a cooling effect to the area...... The water evaporates into the air. It makes the hot summer nights more bearable.........Everyone is drawn to water. The thought of bending over and putting your hand in a pond is a nice feature." Well, at least I can agree with the idea that one can find peace looking at a water garden! (You'll notice I said "looking at" not "dealing with") Anne Lurie Raleigh, NC "Mike" wrote in message om... Finding peace in the water garden Life: Gardening with water can bring an added element to an outdoor setting. From birdbaths and small fountains to waterfalls, ponds and streams, water can give extra sparkle to any yard. It also helps create a peaceful atmosphere. http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20030...2317-6733r.htm |
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"Finding peace in the water garden"
Same old grumble - nothing about fish care or fish health. Nothing about biological filters. And nothing about predators. Just sit back and relax. Sooner or later they will show up here whining about their green water and sushi bar. ;-) k30a and the watergardening labradors http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html |
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"Finding peace in the water garden"
Same old grumble - nothing about fish care or
fish health. Tell me about it LOL ! I am currently stressed to the max with this pond thing. Trichodina infection, netting fish, having the pond doc come over, learning about PP treatments, microscopes (ooh great, more $$$) ... yeah, really finding peace. At the moment finding peace would be filling the damned thing with concrete ;-) The "nice days" at the pond of course still outweigh the "running around like a headless chicken" ones, but ask my wife: she will confirm that this pond thing is NOT reducing my stress levels. Someone should invent carbon fibre slimecoats for these critters ;-) |
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