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Garden Ponds: Basic Pond Setup and MaintenanceA Guide to Choosing a Location, Drawing Up Blueprints, Digging and Shaping, Selecting Plants, and More
Author(s): Dennis Kelsey-Wood (Author), Tom Barthel (Author)
- Publisher: CompanionHouse Books
- Publication Date: May 1, 2006
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 128 pages
- ISBN-10: 1931993696
- ISBN-13: 9781931993692
Book Description
Transform your backyard into an oasis of beauty and tranquility! Learn all about:
- Equipment and materials, including preformed, liners, concrete, and fiberglass
- Water cycles, water chemistry, pond surface area, and volume
- Pond styles, choosing a location, and how to add waterfalls, fountains, and watercourses
- Selecting fish and water plants including varieties, care, feeding, and troubleshooting
- Construction from A to Z including excavation, leveling, placing components, electricity, lighting, aeration, filtration, drainage, skimmers, pumps, and more
- Seasonal pond care to ensure you’re applying proper maintenance all year-round
In this colorful Garden Ponds Made Easy title, authors Dennis Kelsey-Wood and Tom Barthell have provided an essential guide for first-time pond enthusiasts!
Inside this 128-page resource, the authors outline all the considerations for starting out with a new pond, including determining the site, style, and size of your pond, and deciding on the construction of the pond (whether preformed, concrete, or fiberglass). Garden Ponds offers a chapter on water which discusses water chemistry factors, volume of the pond, and pond surface. Other important factors involve the aeration, filtration, drainage, and maintenance of a clean (algae-free) pond.
Special features, including waterfalls, fountains, and watercourses, electricity, and landscaping are addressed in detail, all accompanied by color photographs and drawings. A chapter on pond construction details every step of the project from creating a blueprint to securing the foundation, with an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to digging out and shaping the pond itself.
The infinite choices involved with stocking the pond with fish and plants can be overwhelming for the first-time pond owner, and the authors give excellent advice about making smart choices for a harmonious, beautiful garden pond. A special chapter on seasonal pond care gives you recommendations for maintaining your pond all year long. A resources section and comprehensive glossary are included.
Create the garden pond you’ve always dreamed of, with Garden Ponds!
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
Garden Ponds
Basic Pond Setup and Maintenance
From the Publisher of Ponds Magazine
Transform your backyard into an oasis of beauty and tranquility. This latest volume in the Made Easy (TM) series will help you create the garden pond you’ve always dreamed of. The authors explain how to choose a pond location, determine which style of pond complements your home, draw up a blueprint, and pick out the right equipment. They offer an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to digging out and shaping the pond itself. Finally, they discuss which fish and water plants will make the best residents for your newly created garden pond.
- Up-to-Date Information on Pond Equipment
- Helpful Tips about Water Cycles
- How to Choose the Right Pond Styles
- Guidance on Selecting Fish and Plants
- A to Z Instructions on Creating a Stunning Pond
- Facts about Proper Maintenance
- More than 70 Full-Color Photos and Illustrations
Look for other essential Made Easy (TM) titles such as
Freshwater Aquariums, Marine Aquariums, Livebearers,
Bettas and Gouramis, and Cichlids, and many more to come.
The late Dennis Kelsey-Wood was a well-known naturalist and widely published author.
Tom Barthel is managing editor of Water Garden News and Koi World magazines and a certified master gardener.
About the Author
Dennis Kelsey-Wood was a well-known naturalist and widely published author.
Tom Barthel is managing editor of Water Garden News and Koi World magazines. A certified master gardener and journalist specializing in animal topics, he has authored numerous articles on fish, birds, small mammals, reptiles, and other subjects. He lives in Long Beach, California, with his wife Rachel, where he enjoys his formal Spanish-Mediterranean garden pond.
