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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.

Latest Ponds Stories

If rainclouds don't do the filling for you, there are other...
A foamy scum on the surface of your pond could be lethal for animals
Ponds with warm water and overcrowded fish may be at risk for oxygen...
Heat and drought make this problem worse. Your pond could be deadly...
Stratification is a common phenomenon in ponds, but also an integral...

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Latest Blogs

Betsy's Backyard |
5/21/13 | 2:18 PM
Tiny tornadoes danced around central Iowa the past few days, dipping and twirling, but...read more
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During the drought last year, the water level in our pond dropped by several feet. Some...read more

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