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Backyard Home Design - Outdoor Ponds Add Intrigue To A Landscape
Thu 14 Jun 2007 - 16:13
Backyard Home Design - Outdoor Ponds Add Intrigue To A Landscape
By Thomas Fyrd
One water feature growing in popularity is the backyard pond. It
is not uncommon today the find a well cared for lawn and a small
pond to add some landscape design intrigue. Not only are these
ponds a great addition to the backyard visually, but also can
sooth the senses and be filled year round with plant and animal
life.
The biggest obstacle many new comers to water gardening or ponds
face is keeping the pond clean and clear. If a pond in not
designed correctly or taken care of properly in can quickly
become a smelly, ugly eyesore people do not want to get near.
As in most things in life a garden pond needs balance creating an
ecosystem as close to natural as possible. When done this way,
the pond can be enjoyed much more as the pond cleans itself.
Excessive algae growth is one of the biggest causes of a pond
failure. Without enough plants or animals to keep everything in
natural balance, algae will begin to growth out of control. This
murky, stagnant and usually bad smelling pond makes a great home
and breeding ground for mosquitoes and other bugs creating a pond
of frustration.
Controlling algae growth is a matter of using specific types of
plants in your pond to help keep balance. Algae is a plant and
needs sun to thrive, one way to help keep algae under control is
to place water plants like water lilies in your pond which float
on the surface. This helps block sunlight for the algae below in
the water. Water lilies are the most popular of the surface
floating plants that help block the sunlight from encouraging
algae growth. Water lilies also have some very beautiful flowers
as well, not floating leaves only!
Fish is another item to include in your pond. Fish love to nibble
away on algae and helps keep it's growing from getting out of
control. Cleaning debris like dropped leaves and decaying matter
from your pond is another way to control algae growth. Planting
or placing plants in or around the edge of the pond can help keep
debris from blowing in. Anyway to "starve" the algae stopping it
from growing is the purpose.
Plants around the outside edge of the pond will help create a
larger ecosystem. In turn this can attract a variety of wildlife
like birds, squirrels, frogs and other wildlife will naturally
help with pest control and help keep the pond clean and
beautiful.
Thomas Fryd over at
http://www.plant-care.com offers ideas on
pool plants and gives some tips and
ideas on pool landscaping to increase and add entertainment value to a home pool or deck area.
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