Water lily blooms grace a pond at Willow Pond Aqua Farms. The lilies are one of a variety of plants that help reduce nutrients. Creative use of pond plants helps supplement pond filtration and nutrient reduction in your pond. Desirable pond plants and green algae both compete for [...]

Keep pond algae at bay with barley straw pellets. Apply pellets every six weeks for best results. Algae tend to plague pond owners during the hot, sunny, calm part of the summer. Increased sunlight and rising water temperature create ideal conditions for aggressive algae growth. With a little [...]

Pond pumps are sized according to the number of gallons they can move in one hour.  The best pond pumps are going to have a sizing chart to determine how many gallons of water per hour the pump can push at a particular height.  One of the first steps in [...]

Choosing the right pond pump for your pond, water garden or water feature can be overwhelming.  There are external pumps that operate outside the pond and there are submersible pond pumps that operate in the pond under water.  Among the submersible pond pumps are direct drive pumps, magnetic drive pumps [...]

Barley straw is a natural and inexpensive way to control algae growth in ponds and water gardens. If barley straw is not doing the trick, other pond management plans should be addressed to help you enjoy your pond more. Order online at our Amazon Store or call 585-394-5890 to make [...]

Nearly every commercial and residential development has at least one stormwater management or retention pond.  Stormwater management ponds are designed to collect, store and purify water as it runs through the landscape from rainwater, snow melt or human water use.  Properly maintained stormwater management ponds are beautiful additions to the [...]