Moon's Graden

The pond fad is over where I live.  Several pond stores closed and the pet
stores have cut way back on their pond supplies.  No flea market dealers are
selling pond plants anymore.  People I know have filled their ponds in or
just let nature take them over. The economy may have contributed to this, I
don't know.  Our ponds are still there but we've let nature take them over.
I pull out excess Canadian pond weed a few times over the season.  My ponds
are full of newts and frogs and small populations of minnows from the bait
store near the lake.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6.  Middle TN USA
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That could well be nationwide.
I will intend to expand more on this later
(but I'm not promising!)

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It may well be nationwide.  These fads come and go.

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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6.  Middle TN USA
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Our pond is thriving.  The industry appears not to be.  

Our two ponds are also thriving. The only fish I have right now are minnows
from the bait shop. The herons and other predators ignore them. The ponds
are chuck full of frogs and newts.  I sold the filters and just have a pump
in each pond to keep the water moving.  Only a few of the neglected water
lilies have survived.

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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6.  Middle TN USA
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