Author: GREG KAZ.

Nothing kills the excitement of the first warm spring day like seeing your pond’s water level drop six inches overnight. After winter’s ice, shifting soil, and freezing temperatures, leak season has arrived. Spring is the best time to check your backyard ecosystem. Catch a problem now to fix it before your fish get active and your plants bloom. Ignore a slow drip, and you’ll face high water bills and a dying landscape all summer. Based on years of helping folks rescue their water features at pond pro 2000, we’ve put together this “no-nonsense” checklist to...

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...