Building Natural Ponds : Create a Clean, Algae-Free Pond Without Pumps, Filters, or Chemicals

Author(s): Robert Pavlis

Gardening

Typical backyard ponds are a complicated mess of pipes, pumps, filters, and nasty chemicals designed to adjust pH and keep algae at bay. Hardly the bucolic, natural ecosystem beloved by dragonflies, frogs, and songbirds.
The antidote is a natural pond, free of hassle, cost, and complexity and designed as a fully functional ecosystem, ideal for biodiversity, swimming, irrigation, and quiet contemplation.
Building Natural Ponds is the first step-by-step guide to designing and building natural ponds that use no pumps, filters, chemicals, or electricity and mimic native ponds in both aesthetics and functionality. Highly illustrated with how-to drawings and photographs, coverage includes:


* Understanding pond ecosystems and natural algae control


* Planning, design, siting, and pond aesthetics 


* Step-by-step guidance for construction, plants and fish, and maintenance and trouble shooting


* Scaling up to large ponds, pools, bogs, and rain gardens.


Whether you're a backyard gardener looking to add a small serene natural water feature or a homesteader with visions of a large pond for fish, swimming, and irrigation, Building Natural Ponds is the complete guide to building ponds in tune with nature, where plants, insects, and amphibians thrive in blissful serenity.

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Robert Pavlis, a Master Gardener with over 40 years of gardening experience, is owner and developer of Aspen Grove Gardens, a six-acre botanical garden featuring over 3,000 varieties of plants. A well-respected speaker and teacher, Robert is the author of Garden Myths, has published articles in Mother Earth NewsOntario Gardening magazine, the widely read blog GardenMyths.com, which explodes common gardening myths and gardening information site GardenFundamentals.com.

General Fields

  • : 9780865718456
  • : New Society Publishers, Limited
  • : New Society Publishers
  • : 0.78
  • : April 2017
  • : 0.50000mm X 7.50000mm X 9.00000mm
  • : September 2016
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Robert Pavlis
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 635
  • : General Adult
  • : 160