How to Kill Cattails

How to Kill cattails and or controlling cattails could be a full time job as these guys are fairly aggressive with a root system that pops up a new stalk just about anywhere. Cattails may take their time getting to your pond or show up in the first year. These guys don’t take long once [...]

Summer Fish Kill

How does a summer fish kill happen? Wow what a year, spring seemed to last forever and the rain seemed never ending. Then all the sudden the faucet was turned off and hasn’t turned back on again. At the same time the rain stopped it turned into summer temps’ and has been here since. Now [...]

Hot Weather Pond

How about this nice warm weather? Some think it UN bearable while others are soaking it up, too bad we couldn’t save it for February when the digits on the thermometer are single or negative and the pond is iced over with white stuff piling up all around. No rain, no wind, high humidity and [...]

Spring Storms plus

We are just wrapping up our C.E.R.T. live training, graduation and leaving the 911 building when all our phones started going off with the warnings. First was severe Thunderstorm and minutes after that was tornado warnings. We did end up in hail but no “cows” if you remember that movie.  What a spectacular scene with [...]

Pond Nutrient

With the last post about Spring, Geese and Nutrients in the pond I ruffled some feathers of a reader and was reminded not all ponds are built for the same reason. In the Definitive Guide and beginning with the pond building endeavor it was brought up about different type ponds and are built for many [...]

Spring Pond & Nutrients

Spring is coming…and so are the nutrients that create algae in our ponds. All winter long the pond has been frozen over and covered with snow. No sunlight entering the pond and very cold water temperatures has left the water column in a clear state. Meaning the nutrients and plants that had been in the [...]

Shows and Expo

Just a quick post after a couple weeks of getting ready and recuperating from three back to back shows lasting over a week and a half. Starting off with the Home and Garden Expo then traveling down to State College for the Pennsylvania Lake Management Society conference and back to Erie Bayfront for the Sport [...]

Erie Home and Garden Expo

See You at the Erie Home and Garden Expo? February 24-27. Visit our booth for a few reasons. Check this out, register to win a Free Evolution Fountain rental for a weekend, having a wedding, picnic or party at a pond, this is a great way to add soothing sound of water and lighting at [...]

Aquaponics

What is AquaPonics? In short it is a marriage of fish and plants and a way to become self sustaining for food producing fish and greens from a small area in your home, garage, basement or green house. This is green, organic and fun for the whole family while providing nutritional healthy food for your [...]

Ponds and Projects

Thank You again for all the wonderful pictures and questions of your Pond and Projects. Here we are at the top of the calender again with a brand new year ahead of us. Any resolutions set for this year? I’m working on system to answer your questions and provide an easier way to get information, [...]