A pond, simply put, is a hole filled with water. An ornamental pond is a hole filled with water plus an assortment of plants, some fish and a pump, which filters the water and causes it to bubble or ...

About this time of year, Lee Neiman walks outside to his backyard every morning and impatiently counts the days. It's not until late March or early April that the backyard paradise at his Pittsburgh ...

Q: I’ve been trying to convince my husband to build a small garden pond that has a waterfall. He says it’s too hard and talks about all the challenges. What does it take to build one? A: Let’s assume ...

When fall arrives, pond owners need to start thinking about preparing their small backyard pond for the winter temperatures. This isn’t a large natural water runoff pond that can fend for itself.

When Joan Doyle was a little girl, her Lakeview home featured a fish pond so large and elaborate that she and her siblings named the house after it. “When my sisters and I talk about our old family ...

Q: I just bought a property that has a small pond on it. I thought the pond was covered in algae. I was told that it is covered in duckweed. The duckweed is apparently protecting the fish and frogs ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — It would be an understatement to say the landscape across the state bears little resemblance to a so-called "normal" Minnesota winter. Snow is either totally gone or scattered in ...

It’s April, and the backyard paradise at Lee Neiman’s Pittsburgh home has returned to life. The cascading waterfall has started running again, and the pond catching it has thawed. The fish that went ...