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15 - Friday, June 9, 1989 - North Shore News

Yard pond enhances home, garden

IF YOU really enjoy being in your
yard and would iike to give your
yard that extra dimension to make
it even more enjoyable, as well as
the envy of your neighborhood,
here’s a great suggestion — put in
your own yard pool!

Too much worry? Don’t know
how to do it? Through new tech-
nology, all these worries are
neediess. :

Installing your own garden pond
is simple, Inaintaining your own
yard pool is easy and, best of all,
your yard pond can provide year
after year of trouble-free enjoy-
meat.

European gardens, particularly
in Great Britain, southern France,
northern Italy, Holland and West
Germany, are almost always pic-
tured with a yard pond.

Select a location on your prop-
erty where the ground is fairly
even, although, because of the
flexibility of liner, some leveling
can be achieved when digging your
pond. The pond should be placed
where it will get approximately six
hours of sunlight per day.

While you can place your pond ©

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to place it directly under trees since
falling leaves can foul the water
and tree roots will make digging
difficult.

Using a heavy garden hose or a
rope, free-form your pond design
to conform to your landscape
scheme.

When constructing your pond,
you should dig both a shallow area
and a deep area. Fish benefit from
the shallow area to feed on insects
and the shallow area can also be
used to place potted plants such as
lilies.

The deep
rity for your fish and protect them
from birds and smali animals.
Depending on your climate, the
deep area of your pond should be
anywhere from 24 to 40 inches,
and the shallow area from four to
12 inches.

When constructing your pond,
you should line the ground with
sand, cerpet padding or even old
newspapers before laying the liner.
This will protect your pond liner
against sharp, protruding objects
such as roots or rocks.

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pond, allowing the rocks to
overlap the edge of the pond by
one or two inches. You can Jand-
scape back around the pond and
even build a patio if you so desire.

What kind of fish should you
put in your pond? The hardiest are
large Common or Comet goldfish.

ing on the size of your
pond, these hardy fish will grow
rapidly and can withstand the
worst weather.

As long as the water in your
pond does not freeze to its lowest
depth, these fish can survive the
cruelest winters.

If you live in a warmer climate,
you can select from the most priz-
ed pond fish: The beautiful and
exotic Koi from Japan.

These are increasingly available
throughout Canada and, although
they are not quite as hardy as the
common goldfish, they are a
treasured pond fish.

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What should you do in the
winter? After the first frost,
remove your filter and Ieave your
pond alone until the onset of spr-
ing (as soon as the water
temperature reaches 56°F).

Never feed your fish during the
winter as their metabolism directly
relates to the water temperature,

and when the water temperature
drops below 50°F they will not eat.
In the spring, simply reinstall your
filter and begin feeding your fish.

Your yard pond can provide
years of enjoyment and truly make
you the envy of your
neighborhood.

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