Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration
Average Rating: out of 11 Reviews
Price: $21.95
Sale: $8.88
Manufacturer: Countryman Press
EAN (European Article Number): 9780881501551
Number of Items: 1
Binding: Paperback
Author: Tim Matson
Publisher: Countryman Press
Edition: 2 Rev Exp
Dewey Decimal Number: 627.86
Publication Date: 1991-05
Reading Level: 152
Description: There is nothing like a pond! What else can simultaneously increase your aesthetic pleasure, offer recreational opportunities, help the environment, and increase the value of your land? This is the recognized standard on ponds, now expanded to include a comprehensive guide to living happily with your completed pond and keeping it perpetually healthy. Here is everything you need to know about planning, digging, sculpting, and maintaining your pond.
Details: This is a lovely, dreamy little book with some great black and white photos. It's perfect reading for a winter's night or for fostering fantasies. It's also a pretty good place to start before you call the county agent or start knocking on the doors of pond-owning neighbors.
It's perfectly true that some of Matson's writing is way over the top ("I wake up from a nightmare of valkyries swooping down out of the sun") and the illustrations are not enough to talk you through the whole process, but this could be the book that gets you started and that's worth quite a bit.
Review Summary: I'd start with another
Date: 2008-03-30
Details: Probably worth the price, but unless you are a complete dirt brother, I start with a different book. If you are a complete dirt brother, and are looking for the cheapest pond possible, this may be the only book you need.
Review Summary: Ponds
Date: 2007-01-22
Details: This book is applies to northern ponds more than southern ponds. We do not ice over nor do we put trout in our ponds because of the warm waters. It is a good book for what it applies to.
Review Summary: Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration
Date: 2006-03-18
Details: i was looking for a book to help me design and build a pond, this book was more of a story, with a few helpful idea's.
Review Summary: Earth Ponds
Date: 2005-09-16
Details: I was looking for more techinical and not so wordy reading. It was interesting reading in a Walden's Pond sort of way. I want to build a pond myself and have the equipment to do it. But wanted to know How the big boys do it.
out of 11 Reviews
