pond

This is my proof on concept... I'm converting my koi pond to a gold fish pond. Ideal I want to create a steam punk attitude with this. Already the sound of it is quite relaxing, and the blue provides a nightlight for when I come in to refill the humidifiers too early in the morning and keep...

Is there anything that can be used for an above ground bog besides pond liner? That stuff is bit expensive...

I took some photos of a few plants yesterday. U. livida from Merrivale, Natal, South Africa has got to be one of the most prolific utrics I have ever grown (Jimscott, how's yours doing?) : Some U. calycifida: My indoor colony of U. gibba: My outdoor colony of U. gibba...

So, I have found some wild utrics in a manmade pond (feed by a natural stream, the town just blocked the exit to make a fishing spot) recently and I believe that they may be U. purpurea. I was wondering how hard they are to grow and what your opions are on collecting. Also would they need to go...

Hello - My name is Chuck and I live in Duluth, MN (the Siberia of the USA). I've had a life long passion for unusual plants and am actually most interested in plant structure over beauty. Although, structure and beauty go hand in hand. About six years ago, I took my interest in plants to a...

i present: Bear in Camp! Ken Howell "Bear in camp!" I yelled as I shucked my sleeping bag. Some camp -- each of us lay wherever he could find two trees to string his mosquito bar between. Still, it was our home on the trail, and nobody wanted to share it with the bear that was trying to...

We have a pond in our backyard. It used to have about 8 frogs living in it, a combination of Leopard and Bull frogs. We noticed that gradually over the last few months, they were dissapearing, one by one. Now there are only two. One Leopard and one Bull. We've never had an issue before where our...

So today I am cleaning out the ponds at my parent’s house this weekend in preparation for winter while I am visiting home before the weather gets nasty and there is a TON of water lettuce. Normally I save some to put in my fish tanks to overwinter but since there is so much I thought maybe...

Well went out to check on the Sarr's yes it was 3am this morn, PITCH PITCH black, freeeeezing cold, rainy nasty windy night. Wanted to make sure all was ok found some small tree branches had fallen by the pond and a tiny stick fell on the Danas Delight but no harm done to it. So just befour i...

I have no idea what Sarr this one is, it was at Meijers and when Jen and I came across the poor thing in its pot, was in a tiny tin bucket for looks, no water was completely BONE DRY and was starting to turn borwnish. It has some purpleish color with alittle white. I think it would have been...

I was playing around with Photoshop and my camera, and came up with this pic of my goldfish in the pond in the back: Capslock

Just wanted to share some pics i took recently, first is a REAL BAD storm front that came in while we just got to the track for trophey races, gates just opened and we just got situated in our pit when this bad storm blew in, it had a wall to it that reminded me of a hurricane, along with this...

The past week has been one that I won't forget in a long time. During vacation I planned to update my original post as I went though the days. That quickly surfaced to be quite difficult. There was simply too much that I wanted to share, I couldn't put it to words fast enough and be ready for...

Last year i decided to build a bog garden in front of my house, it was a much larger project than i thought it would be. I started by digging out a flower bed that nothing would grow in, i dug the entire bed out to 18 inches deep, the Bed is 25 feet long and 6 feet wide. I then used material...

I have these little guys all around my pond, but as soon as they get their feet and lose their tails, they hang out on my lawn. Are they frogs? Toads? I'm in Central Florida. I've looked on many websites that show different species of frogs in Central Florida, but I can't find these guys. My...

Here is a plant package that would be great to help kick off a new pond to a fantastic start or to help fill in an existing pond with a variety of plants for all levels of the pond. This plant package will contain a total of five different plant divisions: 1. Hardy Water Lily (1). Either...

Hey, I thought I would offer some divisions of some of my pond plants and see if anyone would be interested in trading for them. I have several divisions of both hardy water lilies and Japanese Sweet Rush (Acorus gramineus 'Ogon'). Both are winter hardy to at least zone 5. Water lilies are of...

Even though my carnivorous plant collection is nothing spectacular to post pics of I figured others must have ponds too. As a result I could at least post some pictures of my pond and the fish and plants in it. Yellow Water Lily Flower White Water Lily Shubunkin Comet Sarasa Comet...

A few days ago I was needed to go to the store. About 1/4 mile from my house is a pond. Right infront of the pond I saw a large turtle crossing the road. Of course I stopped. It was a yellow bellied slider. I picked it up and put it in the back of my van. I went on to the store. While I was in...

Hi, I've been building bogs for years raised, buried, half/half. Does anyone know a cheaper alternative to pond liner that you buy at lowes or home depot. Pond liner works great and last for years however I'm tired of paying for it. I'm looking for ideas concerning a cheaper alternative that...