Water Gardening: Want to buy a pond from Lowe's need help, 0 by CountryGardens

CountryGardens wrote:
We've had this pond in for years. It developed a slow leak a couple years ago. We used a pump for a year or two then gave up. It works perfectly fine without a pump. I swing by once in a while & add some water.
We have various pond plants & some waterlilies in there. We stop at Wal-Mart & buy some 18¢ goldfish in the spring. Last year they got to about 4" long by fall. We took then into the basement in an aquarium for the winter. They will go out soon.
The whole thing is self sustaining. Don't even need to feed the fish! A frog hung around most of the summer last year. Our cats go out there for a drink now & then. I notice birds around there also.
Some of the plants around the edges get out on the water. Very natural looking.

I think the fun part is adding things as the years go along. Makes it look different every year.

Bernie

I should add, the water stays clear all the time.

This message was edited Apr 28, 2008 10:44 PM