Valentine’s Day usually brings to mind overpriced roses and frantic dinner reservations. But if you’re a homeowner with a water feature, you know that true “romance” is actually found in those quiet, early mornings spent by the water. There is something incredibly grounding about the sound of a trickling waterfall and the sight of your koi surfacing for a morning snack. However, it’s hard to feel the love when your pond is looking more like a muddy puddle. If you’re constantly dragging the garden hose out to top off the water level, or if those...

Finding a leak in your pond during the dead of winter is enough to make any homeowner want to retreat under the covers. There is a specific kind of dread that hits when you walk out on a frosty morning and realize the ice on your pond looks “off.” Maybe it’s sagging in the middle, or perhaps there’s a wide gap between the ice sheet and the stone perimeter that wasn’t there yesterday.   Most pond owners are told that if a leak happens in the winter, they’re just stuck until the spring thaw. We’ve heard it all: “You can’t patch in the cold,” or “It’s probably...