A pond is attractive way to enhance the landscape if your home and have l large area you wish to landscape. So what do you do? Consider an area where the pond would be attractive and practical.
Why create a pond, you ask? Ponds increase the value or your property, and would be a way to attract a prospective buyer. A well designed and functional pond also adds a peaceful effect to your yard. Ponds create an ideal ecosystem beneficial not only plants but wildlife as well. If you are fond of fish and water plants, a pond would be ideal.
This article will not go into details on creating your pond, but will furnish information about the landscaping aspect…
Landscaping your pond starts at the pond itself. Create a border by adding stones, plants and statuary that will create a great view. You should also create a walkway from your pond to your house. Access is important and easily accomplished by using stepping stones, etc.
Trees are both beneficial and harmful to your pond. Trees provide shade that will be good for your pond but they will also add to debris such as branches and leaves or fallen fruit The key is to strike a balance between the two.
Shrubs will also play a role in maintaining unity between the tall trees and the low pond. They will create continuity from your pond to the trees. You may also add some flowers to provide some color. Be sure to cut the off the old blossoms to prevent debris that can make your area unsightly.
Water plants are a must for ponds and should be added immediately after your pond has been finished. Use similar colored plants as their surroundings to create some balance and harmony between the two. Be creative and do some research on different kinds of water plants to use.
A finishing touch for a pond is adding some fish. Add them after everything else has been finished. Always select appropriate species of fish that will not out-grow the size of your pond.
Creating a pond for your yard will both be tiring, but the fun of creating it will be rewarding. Be sure that do regular maintenance to so it will always be free from debris. After all of your work is finished, enjoy your pond and marvel the harmony you have created in your yard.
Joshua Santor
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Gardener's, Botonists, Biologists, I need your help!!!?
Hello all,
I am undertaking an ambitious project of creating a Japanese garden in my backyard in South Central Canada.
I would like to have a small sitting pond area to accentuate the decorum however where I live mosquitoes can be a huge issue. I don’t want the pond to become a huge breeding ground for them. Is there anything you can mix into the water so that the water still looks normal, doesn’t smell, and prevents mosquitoes from breeding there?
It would also be nice if it prevented algae growth as well but wasn’t toxic enough to kill a dog if it may have a lap of the water once (I don’t own a dog and have no idea how one would get into my yard but I’m paranoid some times).
Any ideas?
Fish may be a problem since it gets to be -40 F (or -40 C) here during the winter…
I am thinking specifically of some sort of toxin. I am not planning on:
a. Having pumps
b. Having the water move.
c. Make the water run anywhere.
d. Make the water move, run, or do anything but sit there.
Does this make it more clear?
1) Keep the water moving with a high-throughput pump.
2) Use mosquito fish. I don’t know if they’re available in your area, but here in California many cities give them away for free to people who have standing ponds.
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They breed in stale, sitting water. So I’d imagine if you kept the water moving (maybe a waterfall?) you might avoid misquitoes.
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I am in Montana so understand about the temps…I also have a pond and I do not use pumps. I DO use goldfish to control mosquitoes and bring them into an aquarium for winter after it starts freezing the water. They eat everything that moves in the water and I’ve neevr had mosquitoe larva in it.
If fish just aren’t going to do it for you.You can buy mosquito pond "doughnuts" of a baccillis that eats larva. Click the link below and I think you will find all need ever need to know.
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Mosquitoe Control for Ponds:
http://www.mosquitoes.org/fpconst.html