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A Garden Pond in Your Landscape - Want Water in Your Yard?
A Garden Pond in your Landscape - Want Water in your Yard? Thought about adding a garden pond? Should you?Here are the pros and cons to consider: On the pro side: A garden pond adds an entirely new dimension to your garden!Where before the living things were limited to plant life,the pond will have fish (must does not need to). The water will attract birds and other animals which makefor wonderful watching and viewing. This aspect of the waterfeature can be enhanced by adding landscaping attractive tobirds. The water noise generated by a waterfall, fountain or creekis very relaxing and the visual beauty of the water featureadds much enjoyment to the outdoor space. Aquatic plants such as water lilies and lotus are absolutelyspectacular, do not need much care once established and provide blooms all summer long. Aquatic plants never need to be watered! A garden pond actually needs less water than a lawn. This isan important consideration in areas with water restrictions. Pond fish do not need to be taken for walk, they do not makenoise and they can be left for a week or two on their own andwill do just fine. A pond contributes important living space for critters thathave been impacted greatly by development of subdivisions andshopping centers. Frogs, toads and newts will make a pondtheir new home. A well designed water feature will add to the resale value ofthe home by greatly enhancing its landscape. On the con side: Building a garden pond requires a bit of an initial investment. Good equipment should be used, because once apond is installed it will last many, many years. Pond equipment does have to be mainted: Good equipment needsvery little maintenance, lower end equipment needs muchmore. A water feature has to made secure if small children areclose by. This article provided courtesy of http://www.pondmarket.com - a site dedicated to garden ponds and water features providing free information including e-books and a newsletter for water gardening hobbyists as well as a complete online catalog. This article is copyright of The PondMarket, but may befreely published without any changes to article or byline.
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