| Description |
xv, 159 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-150) and index. |
| Contents |
Understanding a Balanced Ecosystem -- Oxygen Cycle -- Nutrients -- pH -- Algae -- Animals -- Trees and Shrubs -- Plants -- Microbes -- Maintaining Balance in the Ecosystem -- Environmental Benefits -- Pond Ecosystem -- Breeding Site for Amphibians -- Dragonflies and Mosquitoes -- Birds and Mammals -- Water Conservation -- Environmental Awareness -- Less Lawn -- Permaculture Food Sources -- Natural Looking Designs -- Native Ponds -- Man-made Ponds -- How Natural Can You Get? -- The Borrowed View -- Enjoy the Pond -- Stones, Stones, and More Stones -- Plants Are Key -- Your Final Design -- Planning and Design -- Location -- Legal Issues -- Access to Electrical Power -- Size -- Depth -- Water Source -- Bogs and Rain Gardens -- Trees -- Pond Liners -- Human Access -- Rocks -- Shape of the Pond and Planting Shelves -- Plants -- Excavated Soil -- Building -- Site Evaluation -- Soil Type -- Installing a Preformed Pond -- Flexible Pond Liners -- Digging the Hole for a Flexible Liner -- Preparing the Hole -- Installing the Pond Liner -- Footings for a Dock or Bridge -- Adding Water -- Protecting Planting Shelves -- Stones for the Planting Shelf -- Leveling the Pond Edge -- Adding the Spillway -- Allowing for Inflow -- Edging the Pond -- Adding the Finishing Touches -- Fish -- Fish Care -- Hobby Fish -- Game Fish -- Plants -- Planting -- Fertilizing -- Starting Small -- Too Many Plants -- Plant Pests and Diseases -- Undesirable Pond Plants -- Selection of Water Plants -- Workhorse Water Plants -- Maintenance and Troubleshooting -- Don't Do These Things -- Adding Water -- Removing Organics -- Winter Care -- Pond Leaks -- Large-scale Ponds -- Special Pond Types -- Regulations and Permits -- Water Sources -- Liner Options -- General Construction Considerations -- Aerators and Fountains -- Constructing Dams -- Designing the Inflow -- Designing the Outflow -- Plants -- Eutrophication -- Pools, Bogs, and Rain Gardens -- Natural Swimming Pools -- Bogs -- Rain Gardens. |
| Summary |
"Building Natural Ponds is the first book to walk through the steps required to design and build a natural pond without the need of pumps, filters, and nasty chemicals. Coverage includes pond ecosystems and natural algae control, planning, design, aesthetics, and siting, plus highly illustrated step-by-step construction guidance, plants and fish, maintenance and troubleshooting, and large ponds and pools."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject(S) |
Ponds -- Design and construction.
|
|
Water in landscape architecture.
|
| ISBN |
9780865718456 (paperback) |
|
0865718458 (paperback) |
|
Other Resources
