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Water Hyacinths Are Great For Your Backyard Pond

Wondering about pond plants?  Well Water Hyacinths are great for your backyard pond.  Not only do they add plenty of beauty to it, they also give your fish needed shade and protection as well as nutrients. During the summer months, Water Hyacinths are one of the best pond plants you can get for your pond.  [...]

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The Turtle Has Left

Well from my previous post, I told you how my wife got a new turtle for our pond, well… it didn’t stick around very long.  It stayed a couple days and moved on.  I think maybe it went looking for some companionship. Someone told us that if you get a male and female together that [...]

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A Turtle For Our Backyard Pond

Well we got a turtle for our backyard pond a few days ago.  As you can see in the picture below that it’s pretty good size.  We had one a few years ago and had it for two or three years before it left.  My wife ended up finding it in our front yard under [...]

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