Most natural style pond builders may have started with a knack for the job.Like a painter he usually honed his skill over many hours of study and practice. The same is true for all the great natural style pond builders. A common statement you will hear when pond builders congregate is ” I learn something every time “.

One of the ultimate compliments a natural style pond builder can hear is ” I thought the pond was real” This usually means that the viewer con-not tell the difference between the man made pond and the nature made pond. This pond builders goal usually was in fact just that. If his creation can pass for natural ,then he has built a perfect forgery!

We recently went back for a little look and update on a pond that we help build in murrieta, This pond was built as a demonstration with other pond builders to show the process to others in the trade

We have been doing a bunch of different pond related things lately. recently we have been doing a bunch of pump repairs and pond maintenance in general. I like this type of work because it brings us in contact with other peoples ways of doing ponds, sometimes we learn a new or better way of doing something or a way we never want to do something either way it is always a learning experience.

Some fun and interesting things have come our way this month , like the 100ft X 300ft fish pond in DeLuz or the tripple waterfalls into the pond next to the swimming pool in Fallbrook. I hope to get some pictures up soon.

This is the place to go fer professional help on ponds and fish stuff       www.drjohnson.com

Today we did a clean out on a pond that was built by the home owners friend. All in all not a bad job,but now 4 years later some things are showing up.We were told that the previous people that did the clean out some how killed all the fish after the fish were put back in the pond.A couple things come to mind first and the most common cause is dechlorination is always required on municipal water second and more specific to this pond, we found 8 inches plus of gravel on the bottom of this pond , it would be easy if the cleaning person didn’t know any better to decide that cleaning all the way down to the liner is not needed ( no one can see under the top layer of gravel anyway) this isn’t the case and is a sure way to get into problems. All that sludge and gunk under the gravel is one of the most natural toxins to your fish out there.When you re-fill the pond and don’t remove all that gunk it will well, or soak into the new water and probably poison the fish.

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This is where you can see some photos of a project we recently completed in the north San Diego area. It was a 35ft + double waterfall into a swimming pool.The project took a couple of weeks work and I’m pretty happy with the way it turnrd out. we will have to wait until all the landscaping takes root a while then I am sure this will be an attention getter at all the parties on this residance.

Ok this is how I imagined it happening. Ed and Ernie are chillin at the beach (Pacific possibly), Now these two Egrets are just checkin out the chicks and grubbin a little on the local beach food, Ed tells Ernia about this great party he heard about the next day, about this time Emma,Edna, and Elloise land next to them, Ernie,Trying to sound cool envites the girls to this great party,As the day goes on everybody is enviting all their friends including Edd, Eunis, Egbert,Euell, Ernest And so on.  When they all meet up at the pond, it was great, lots of room, lots of company, plenty of fresh water and last but not least lots of great sushi . Now I,m not sure how many were involved or how long it took but before everyone left , The partygoers went thu over 800  1.1/2 to 2 inch koi. I think Ed and Ernie must have been the most popular birds in San Diego !

Lets all sing together    THE CIRCLE OF LIFE la la la la  lala   la

Its March already,  This is the time of the year when we are busy with pond clean outs and other types of spring works to get water features ready for another year of beauty.