As water feature installers, my sons and I are used to hard, dirty, sometimes dangerous work. We enjoy what we do, whether it’s digging ponds, plumbing pumps, rolling boulders or […]
The CICY Project – From Orchids to Cenotes Part 2
The first hurdle was the design. As is common in this part of the world, the architect had specified a smooth sided shallow concrete basin that looked and worked liked […]
Tools That Don’t Suck – Cordless (Liner) Trimmer
As water feature installers, my sons and I are used to hard, dirty, sometimes dangerous work. We enjoy what we do, whether it’s digging ponds, plumbing pumps, rolling boulders or […]
The CICY Project – From Orchids to Cenotes
It all started at the IWGS Symposium, in an orchidarium in a salt mine one hundred feet below Kansas City. I was chatting with a lovely couple, Porfi and Beatriz, […]
Bog Filtration, the perfect complement to Biological Filters
Last month my buddy Jim Chubb talked about the importance of biological filtration, why you’d want to use a biological filtration box, and how to hide a FilterFalls. In this […]
How Many Eco-Blox do I need for my Pond-free Feature?
Pond-free features, where a pond or waterfall recirculates from an underground reservoir, have become very popular because they are easier to build and maintain than fish ponds. The Pond-free basin […]