ponds

Basics of a balanced pond with permaculture in mind. — Unless you are lucky enough to have a pond or lake on your property, one of the only ways you are going to get a full natural ecosystem is to make your own garden pond. This isn’t as tricky it seems, and frankly, starting from scratch has a lot of […]

Dreaming of permaculture and landscaping with water

This entry was posted in Ecosystems Water features and tagged construction projects permaculture ponds water features on 7.September.2015 by Grace Conyers

a8e8f1b99043257d0a714397dce0ccc3 — It is said that the first container ponds were designed in Ming Dynasty, China for viewing fancy goldfish as they swim around in wide mouthed ceramic pots. And, although I can’t find an original citation for this statement, I can say it’s a pleasant enough idea that we’ll go with […]

An Outdoor Fish Tank For Your Garden

This entry was posted in Landscaping Water features and tagged container gardens containers ponds water features on 20.July.2015 by Grace Conyers

Look up "calm mind" and you'll find similar images to these. Most of them have water. (Found at TinyBuddha) — It’s been raining nearly every day since sometime in April here in Indianapolis, Indiana. With all the rain, ponds are on my mind — after all, we have enough free standing, volunteer ponds around. The purpose of ponds beyond annoying us when we drop something in them is three-fold. They […]

Ponds are for more than landscaping

This entry was posted in Ecosystems and tagged ponds water wetlands on 29.June.2015 by Grace Conyers