Water Gardening: Shutting down soon, 1 by Carolyn22

Carolyn22 wrote:
River

Thank you for your kind words. Hubby and Iive out in the backyard during the summer.

There is no reason you cannot set up a nice water garden. Mary Stella (Oberon) is one of our forum participants and she has a pond in Alaska. I know with the cold they have in Alaska, that she has tried to have koi. The koi have not done well for her, however, she has done very well with goldfish. You may be relegated to goldfish, but you may do alright with koi. Mary should be along at some point to tell us about ponding in colder climates.

One thing about putting in a pond is everyone always says they didn't go big enough, so go as big as your budget will allow.

The pond I currently have, was put in about 7 years ago. Before you know it, your plantings will take off. I have bogs surrounding the outer edges of my pond that help with the filtration, so alot of the plants you see on the edge of my pond die back every winter and come back ever spring. Even if you need to wait for plantings to fill in, you can still enjoy the sound of your waterfalls and some gorgeous waterflowers - not to mention the wildlife that a pond brings.

Definitely -don't rule out having a pond.

Bonnie - I wish I was feeding my fish - I am assuming you saw the picture I posted this morning on a different thread. I was snowblowing earlier today thinking about you and Merry Mary.

I have fed my fish cheerios before and the seemed to like it. I also tried fruit loops and the fish seemed to enjoy the fruit loops as well.