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Creating a Tabletop Fountain
Do you have the itch to get out in the garden in February? Do you long to hear the gentle burbling of your pond's waterfall in the dead of winter? Here is what Bob Armstrong, a member of Illiana Garden Pond Society, did to keep winter's blues from becoming acute. Click here to read about tabletop fountains that you can build with ordinary household items and a little bit of ingenuity.
Backyard Pond Water Management
This article which was written by Bob Armstrong, discusses in depth how to keep your fish healthy by managing all aspects of your pond and controlling the chemicals that enter into it. Please click here to read the article.
Here is a continuation of information on backyard pond water management.
article 8, article 9, article 10, article 11, article 12
Moving Fish into and out of Your Pond in the Spring
One of our member's, Kevin Clark, gave a nice seminar to our club about how to safely move fish into or out of your pond in the spring. Please click here to read about his interesting technique.
Bernie's Spring Tips
Our spring tips were written by one of our founding members who has a lot of ponding knowledge. Click here to see Bernie's Spring Tips for getting your pond in shape after winter's chilling blast.
Protecting Water Quality Action Plan
To see a listing of things you can do to protect water quality around your home, town and state, click on the PDF below: Protect Water Quality Action Plan
We thank the Audubon Society's "Audubon At Home page for this timely article.
Step by Step Instructions on How to Build a Pond
Click on the link below to be redirected to The Water Garden website to see a very informative and illustrated guide on how to build your water garden.
http://www.watergarden.com/pages/build_wg.html#
How To Build A Creek Pond
There was a lot of information in books and the Internet on how to build backyard ponds, but no information how to build what I wanted, a creek pond. Unlike a round pond which is easy to construct and are typically lower maintenance there are some special considerations with a creek pond. I was able to adapt some of the techniques I have read about and develop a lot of my own. I wish to pass this information on to you. Click here for the article from Bob Armstrong.
TIPS AND TRICKS
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