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By Jeff Schnaufer, CTW Features
outdoor
LANDSCAPING| DECKS | POOLS
GARDEN PONDS
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When it comes to creating a pond or water
garden for your home, the question isn’t how
deep you want it, it’s how deep you do your
research.
“You gotta do your legwork,” says Bob
Malik, president of the Illiana Garden Pond
Society. “Research how deep, what do you do
for plants, what do you do for fish, what do
you do to keep the water from turning green
and what makes it maintenance free.”
Malik, who has seven ponds, learned through
experience. His first pond was pre-fabricated –
one that dropped right into a hole he dug – and
purchased for $35 from an aquatic store.
“The first one is never big enough,” Malik
says. “It doesn’t fulfill your wishes. Ninety-nine
percent of the time, that’s the most common
mistake.”
A true pond, experts say, is one that you
design yourself and is made of rubber lining.
Size is limited to your imagination and budget,
which also determines what you put inside and
out. Experts suggest exploring your options
through research, whether it be the Internet,
magazines, joining a local pond club or pondhopping.
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