tag: ponds

Great Green Solutions to 5 Common Design Mistakes

At the height of our consumer binge (not so long ago), marble and granite seemed to be on every homeowner’s wish list. Ubiquitous in high-end housing, marble and granite require a lot of energy to…

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Help! Baby Turkeys Are Falling Into The Pond

After the wonderful conversation I had with the Green Gardenista, I thought we had totally exhausted the topic of healthy backyard ponds. But, as the plant life grows at an alarming rate, so does …

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Conserve Water With a DIY Rain Chain (with video)

I was sitting enjoying a warm downpour in my garden screened-in porch when my roof gutter gave way. It was like a dam had broken, and the water started to funnel down like an inverted geyser. I watche…

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Pond Secrets: Create Vibrant Ponds With the Green Gardenista (Interview)

It's not really a secret that ponds take on a life of their own. If you've followed my heron and snake backyard pond escapes, it quickly becomes evident how an ecosystem is formed. It's all there – …

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Help, The Snakes Are Eating My Fish!

"Sit quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself." ~ Zen quote The grass is growing and growing. Spring has certainly sprung, but it is hard to "do nothing" as some of the…

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Help, Great Blue Herons Are Eating My Fish! (With Video)

Do you know what comedian, Robin Williams says about springtime? “Spring is nature’s way of saying, Let’s Party!” And, what a fun party it is here in the Northeast. The flowers are blooming, the tem…

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