Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration (Second Edition) [Paperback]

Tim Matson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 17, 1982

There is nothing like a pond!

What else can simultaneously increase your aesthetic pleasure, offer recreational opportunities, help the environment, and increase the value of your land? This is the recognized standard on ponds, now expanded to include a comprehensive guide to living happily with your completed pond and keeping it perpetually healthy. Here is everything you need to know about planning, digging, sculpting, and maintaining your pond.

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About the Author

Tim Matson, a writer and aquaculture consultant, has been advising people how to build and maintain ponds and wetlands for more than 25 years through Earth Ponds, his pond design and restoration consulting firm. He has written numerous magazine articles on ponds and aquaculture for Yankee, Harrowsmith Country Life, Country Journal, and Vermont Life. He is also the author of the Earth Ponds books and video and The Earth Ponds Sourcebook. He lives in Thetford Center, Vermont.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Countryman Press; Second Edition edition (August 17, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881501557
• ISBN-13: 978-0881501551
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Books > Science & Math > Nature & Ecology > Lakes & Ponds

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85 of 87 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It is a good start, August 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration (Second Edition) (Paperback)

This book is a good start to building your own pond. I would suggest it as a inexpensive first step to pond building. What I learned in my experience was there is just too much to consider when you want a high quality pond. I used a professional biologist to design my pond and got terrific results. I was happy I knew the basics from this book so I could speak somewhat intelligently with the fishery biologist. After investing tens of thousands of dollars, I learned that the small amount I spent on this book and the professional advice was well worth it. I was so happy I got a nice clear fishing and swimming pond instead of a muddy mess or one that was weed infested.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good start for pond builders!, September 13, 1998

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This review is from: Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration (Second Edition) (Paperback)

A great book for novice pond buidlers. If you are looking to move earth or referbish an old pond or lake this book will give ideas and help to make a pond for livestock or pleasure. Some in picture detail but good basic writing in foundation.

39 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Prose......No nuts and bolts., September 12, 2002

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"fehelix" (Anna, Il USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration (Second Edition) (Paperback)

All those pages, all those words............yet if you are looking to satiate an appetite for information that will allow the building and managing of a pond...you will go hungry.

It's an average book for an average day for an average consumer, but not for construction or problem solution.
I will sell my copy or leave it as a "coffee table" book.

Sorry, but I made a bad purchase choice.