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WHAT IS AN EARTH POND? Earth ponds are natural earthen reservoirs, often created by excavation and/or damming up a natural soil-based basin, sometimes with the addition of a clay or artificial membrane liner. Earth ponds can be used for swimming, garden landscaping, raising fish, and more... This site is designed to give you information as well as provide a way to get expert consulting services and consulting designs when planning or constructing your pond or garden pond. THE PONDKEEPER'S SEASONS: SUMMER “Three typical problems come up in summer ponds: overgrowth of aquatic vegetation and algae, low water levels, and dead fish. The emergence of aquatic vegetation and algae is just about inevitable in an earth pond. In fact, a certain amount of vegetation can be good nourishment ... Read more...in the latest Pondology.Read an excerpt from Tim Matson's article for Backhome Magazine. Read A Pond in the Woods an article written by Tim Matson appearing on the Northern Woodlands website.
WHEN THEY GIVE YOU LEMONS, DIG A POND There’s a lake down the road they’re poisoning with chemicals to kill weeds. There’s an ocean down the coast they’re poisoning to drill for oil. Hey, where’s a kid supposed to swim? Get thee to a pond my friend, preferably your very own waterhole so you can keep out anybody with a drill or a jug of algaecide.
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POND PERFECT Landscaping Earth Ponds: Review by Peter Bane This is Tim Matson’s fourth book on ponds and perhaps the most beautiful yet. Showcasing a range of natural features that might enhance the aesthetic of a country pond, he nonetheless manages to include a lot of useful information for pond builders. Handsome color photos throughout illustrate stone embankments, edge vegetation, specimen trees, benches, and mountain backdrops, while including a few buildings, docks, and other bits of built infrastructure. A handful of nicely executed line drawings show design features, plans, bridge variations, underground connections, and other elements not easily photographed. Read more...
"Aside from some particularly thoughtful frogs and phragmites, no one on earth knows more about ponds than Tim Matson." Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma
Read reviews of Tim Matson's books and videos.
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