Pondologies

Each month a new essay about pond keeping, pond building, wetlands use and/or misuse appears here. These are writings exclusive to earthponds.com and may not be reprinted or used without written permission from Tim Matson.  

January -  The Super Versatile Tiny Pond House

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April - 

May - 

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July - 

August - 

September -

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November - 

December - 

January - Clean-outs: Is 2020 Pond Start-over Time?

February - The Lowdown on Drawdowns

March - Test Pits: Your Best Measure of Pond Success

April - Quarantine and Ponds

May - Mayday! Fish to the Rescue!

June - Mapping Your Pond

July - Ponds Grow More Than Fish!

August - How to Buy a Used or Unseen Pond

September - How to Buy a Used or Unseen Pond, Part Two

October - Ponds and Drought

November - Fall Pond Maintenance & Improvements

December -  Getting Along with Beavers

January - Skating on Fields or Ponds: Just Add Ice  

February - The Tale of Pork Barrel Pond

March -  Rites of Spring, Climate Change, and Your Pond 

April - Fill 'er Up: A Pond Owner's Guide to Water Sources

May - Controlling Stream Erosion and Sediment Loading in Ponds

June -  POND ROOTS: Origins of THE passion for ponds

July - Lupines at the Pond

August - Clean-out Time in Pondville

September - Is Your Pond Spillway Flood Ready?

October - In Praise of Small Ponds

November - Best Fish Ponds

December - Pond Ice Alert

January - A Pondkeeper's Season:  Winter

February - A Rinkmaster's Primer

March - A Pondkeeper's Season:  Spring

April - Time for a Spring Pond Tuneup

May - Getting Started with Pond Landscaping

June - Getting to Great Pond Water

July -  Getting to Great Pond Water, Part 2

August - Life's a Pond Beach

September - More Water, Please!

October - When Ponds Go Bust

November - Getting Along With Beavers

December - Pondering Beavers