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How-to advice on getting the most out of your ponds and water gardens, including algae and weed control, building dams, adding water plants, stocking fish, and more.

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Latest Ponds Stories

Lawn maintenance around ponds
Take steps to keep fertilizers and lawn products from entering the...
Summer Farm Pond Fish Kills
Dead fish usually means the water needs more oxygen in it
Pond Advice: Swim ponds
Need help with an issue related to life in the country? We’ve got...
Pond Advice: Controlling Algae
Sunlight, warm water, and fertilizer cause this problem to grow.
Controlling duckweed
Learn how to stop it from taking over your whole pond
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More on Pond Management

Fee fishing
Make some money by charging folks to fish in your pond
Testing the pond pH level
When fish die off gradually, the cause may be the pond's pH level
Drawing down the pond
Winter is a good time to manage fish populations, kill vegetation,...
Controlling pond vegetation with fish
Mow down weeds on top of and below the water surface
Controlling muskrats in the pond
Water seepage and erosion could be the work of a muskrat
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