I live in South Florida and we get large blue crabs at this time of year. I know I have some in the yard right now. I saw one on the bottom of a pool last week. Anyone ever loose fish to these guys. -- ---------------------------------------------------- This mailbox protected from junk email by...

Yep, we have lots of raccoons here in the middle of San Francisco. Last night they feasted on my new Water Hyacinth, leaving mulch. Meanwhile, they disrupted some of my pond liner in the vege filter where the WH was, and the 400 gallon pond was down to about 200. Where is my attack cat when I need...

Hiya I was wondering if anyone could advise me how and when to split a large water lily currently going wild in my garden pond. Any advice gratefully received. Debbie Cornwall, UK

Toxic algae bloom grows off Wash. coast Wednesday, September 29, 2004 AP SEATTLE -- A toxic algae bloom off the coast of Washington state has grown to about 30 miles wide, the largest and most potentially lethal algae yet found by scientists in the region. The algae, about 15 miles from the coast,...

My friend has a 32" deep pond. The lilies have taken over. Now the roots are taking up 24"'s of the pond. Any suggestions on how to get rid of the roots without killing the fish, frogs and everything else? Thanks, Dave

i just dug a pond and put the fish in a while, but for some reason teh water is turning green.

A couple of years ago, when we built the big pond, DH was interested in spraying it with truck bed-liner instead of dropping in a liner. I checked into it, and was told several reasons why it wouldn't be good on a cinder block tank. But, since he was determined to find some kind of good...

I am in the process of shutting down for the year. I have a bunch of plants up for postage. I had hoped to be able to do this via the iheartmypond.com swap site, but I have not gotten it done yet. Anyway, I have... Water Lettuce Some small Water Hyacinth (I don't think the big ones will travel...

I know there atre diehards against this and those that do it. Today when I picked up feed at thelocal feed mill I also picke dup a bag od Feed for catfish. Its folating type and the pellets are approximately the same size as the Satori (sp?) brand of feeds. Comparing the analysis tags on both my...

Been experimenting with some bentonite I had to plant potted pond plants in, and it works great. Kitty litter is commonly used to plant potted plants in ponds, and kitty litter is mainly bentonite. I have mixed bentonite with regular garden soils and bagged soils with good results. (Ratio I have...

Have had folks fishing the pond pretty hard, and while I also have been fishing it, its a slow method. Lately I have been baiting the fish with a scoop of feed tossed out, and then once they (bream and catfish) start to school to feed, I have been using a 10 foot cast net to catch them. Tried a...

Can anyone remmber the web page for rush pond design from texas? Thanks YIP Tim

Can anyone tell me what small plants grow in waterfalls in the uk i am looking for a perinial so i dont have to take it in during the winter, Also i am looking for some winter plants to put with the summer one's to give colour all year round. mostyn.

Damn Squirrels, they're stealing all the creek stones from around my pond. I think they're building a secret fort. Get ready for the squirrel invasion, it's coming.

Researching quotes tonight, found this one and for some reason I thought about rec.ponds... There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."* ~Dave Barry Surely not! kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

Dave, Before you put your lilies on ebay, would you mind telling me what you have? I would be happy to make an offer for them. Ann in Houston

Some of my dopey fish have uprooted a lotus. The tubor has been floating for months, and growing just fine. How you do like them apples, Nedra? Anyway, I don't think these floating tubors will make it through the winter. I was thinking of waiting until the leaves brown out, and then cut the...

Went to pick up feed for the goats today and noticed they just got a shipment of super heavy duty blue poly water tanks for livestock in. Dimensions is 22"deep x 10' diameter. Has a 1 1/2" threaded drain plug on a recess channel on the bottom, and the top lip is really heavy duty and rolled over...

Thanks to photobucket, I will finally put up some pics of the two ponds. go he http://photobucket.com/albums/v176/Ann_in_Houston/ There are some pics of the existing pond, in clearer-water days. Scroll down to the thumbnails, and do the slide show. Hope you like it. The new pond is behind the...

We are considering several ideas for the patio that will go up to and maybe around the new pond that I have been posting about so much. DH picked up a copy of "The Complete Patio and Deck Book" at Lowe's. It's a hard back book. If you have it, or are in the store and they have one, look on...