| Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 72494
Category: Book
Author: Tim Matson
Publisher: Countryman Press
Studio: Countryman Press
Manufacturer: Countryman Press
Label: Countryman Press
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2 Rev Exp
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 152
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 7.8 x 0.5
ISBN: 0881501557
Dewey Decimal Number: 627.86
EAN: 9780881501551
ASIN: 0881501557
Publication Date: May 1991
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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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 Serves a Purpose June 7, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a lovely, dreamy little book with some great black and white photos. It's perfect reading for a winter's night or for fostering fantasies. It's also a pretty good place to start before you call the county agent or start knocking on the doors of pond-owning neighbors.
It's perfectly true that some of Matson's writing is way over the top ("I wake up from a nightmare of valkyries swooping down out of the sun") and the illustrations are not enough to talk you through the whole process, but this could be the book that gets you started and that's worth quite a bit.
 I'd start with another March 30, 2008
Probably worth the price, but unless you are a complete dirt brother, I start with a different book. If you are a complete dirt brother, and are looking for the cheapest pond possible, this may be the only book you need.
Ponds January 22, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is applies to northern ponds more than southern ponds. We do not ice over nor do we put trout in our ponds because of the warm waters. It is a good book for what it applies to.
 Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration March 18, 2006
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
i was looking for a book to help me design and build a pond, this book was more of a story, with a few helpful idea's.
Earth Ponds September 16, 2005
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I was looking for more techinical and not so wordy reading. It was interesting reading in a Walden's Pond sort of way. I want to build a pond myself and have the equipment to do it. But wanted to know How the big boys do it.
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