Earth Ponds Sourcebook: The Pond Owner's Manual and Resource Guide [Paperback]

Tim Matson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0881503584 | ISBN-13: 978-0881503586 | Publication Date: January 2003 | Edition: 1st

What else but a pond can simultaneously increase your aesthetic pleasure, offer recreational opportunities, help the environment by providing wildlife habitat, and increase the value of your land? Tim Matson's classic guide Earth Ponds, first published in 1982, remains the standard reference for pond owners and builders. Here is everything you need to know to plan, dig, sculpt, maintain, and enjoy your pond, and how to to keep it healthy for years. The Earth Ponds Source-book presents hundreds of additional tips, techniques, and resources, including how to plan a pond to attract wildlife; where to buy equipment and materials; how to build rafts, docks, and gazebos, and how to deal with common problems like weeds, algae, and crayfish.

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Matson designed this book to serve as a companion to his Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration (Countryman, 1991) by exploring new topics in depth and providing additional bibliographies and lists of suppliers. Topics include pond building and maintenance, activities and uses (including ice skating, fishing, beach building, hydro power, and pond-side structures), ways to attract wildlife and control pests, and small water-lily or goldfish ponds. Resource lists provide addresses and phone numbers, with occasional annotations. Matson balances his enthusiasm for ponds with frequent warnings about legal, structural, and ecological pitfalls?information that may well save readers from costly mistakes. Living in Vermont, Matson focuses to some extent on conditions in the Northeast, but his general guidelines should apply to any U.S. location. Recommended for most public libraries, especially where the original Earth Ponds has proven to be popular.?Beth Clewis Crim, Prince William P.L., Va.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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It's easy to see why he is known as the guru of earth pond building. -- Helen Nash, author of Water Gardening Basics --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Countryman Press; 1st edition (January 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881503584
• ISBN-13: 978-0881503586
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,966,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good resources given., September 10, 2009

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This review is from: Earth Ponds Sourcebook: The Pond Owner's Manual and Resource Guide, Second Edition (Paperback)

A good place to start if considering building a pond. Not that great for renovating a pond, but it does give good resouces in the book that may help you find what you are looking for.

20 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Earth Ponds, June 23, 2000

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This review is from: Earth Ponds Sourcebook: The Pond Owner's Manual and Resource Guide (Paperback)

This is meant as a companion for his other book on ponds but does a very nice job by itself.