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Reading this week. Rock and Water Gardening: A Practical Guide to Construction and Planting. Description: Whether you want a small water feature of a series of waterfalls, this practical and extensive guide provides a host of inspirational ideas for using … Continue reading →

Posted on March 6, 2011 by esearing | Comments Off on Book: Rock and Water Gardening

The beginning of spring

Posted on March 5, 2011 by esearing

A few warm days in February seems to have caused the trees and early blooming flowers to pop up in the garden. The crocus and hyacinth bulbs that were not removed during pond renovation have come up and look extremely … Continue reading →

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Japanese Maple – Crimson Queen

Posted on February 28, 2011 by esearing

I purchased my first Japanese maple for the pond this weekend. It is a variety known as Crimson Queen. CQ is a mounding style maple which gets up to 6 feet tall and 8 feet around. I plan to keep … Continue reading →

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Epcot Japan Gardens and Pond

Posted on February 26, 2011 by esearing

I took my family on a little winter get-away to Universal Studios and Epcot last weekend. I spent a fair amount of time in Epcot Japan. they had a great koi pond and other interesting Japanese garden items like lanterns, … Continue reading →

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Reading and still leaking

Posted on February 17, 2011 by esearing

Got a deal on a book on ebay for $.01 + shipping. Japanese-Inspired Gardens: Adapting Japan’s Design Traditions for Your Garden (21st Century Gardening Series). Its a good guide for beginners and westerners who may be planning a garden. One … Continue reading →

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Pipe cutting

Posted on February 13, 2011 by esearing

I simplified the plumbing near the pre-filter today as I had planned. I tossed away about $60 in plumbing parts including a check valve I couldn’t get unscrewed from its threaded piping. While at the store I finally found a … Continue reading →

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More leaks

Posted on February 13, 2011 by esearing

The changes in weather seem to be wreaking havoc on the plumbing parts. I have a couple of new leaks in the piping above ground and some hidden ones that only seem to happen when the pump is running. I … Continue reading →

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First plants for the pond

Posted on February 7, 2011 by esearing

I stumbled into Pike’s nursery yesterday just to look around. They had a great Japanese temple lantern on sale for $250 but I didn’t buy it. I also saw a nicely formed Japanese maple but the price was a bit … Continue reading →

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Plants for the pond and garden

Posted on February 1, 2011 by esearing

I went to a nursery yesterday to begin my search for plants for the pond area. Things I like so far: Mugo Pine, a mound of pine needles that gets about 5x5x3 high. Japanese Black Pine Weeping hemlock Lilly of … Continue reading →

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Multicyclone installed

Posted on January 30, 2011 by esearing

We had nice weather for January with a high of 68 today. So I used it as an excuse to install the multicyclone prefilter. I cut off the check valve and made another cut on the side plumbing. There were … Continue reading →

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