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

by Tim Matson (Author)

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Product Description
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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 152 pages
• Publisher: Countryman Press; 2 Rev Exp edition (May 1991)
• 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.com Sales Rank: #206,477 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

80 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	[e-mail] (Owensboro, Kentucky) - See all my reviews

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.

34 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.