Landscape Management, December 2014

i Design BuilD installation Pond pointers Q Winter is here Any tips for mAintAining A pond in the frigid temperAtures A Have a hole open in the ice for carbon dioxide to be released and have a supplemental aeration system If theres a big fish in there theyre going to need extra air With bottom aeration or a waterfall you add oxygen in and allow carbon dioxide to be released Q should every pond hAve Wildlife in it A The No 1 thing and this is such a critical element is to design ecosystems A pond should be self balancing This is something thats very rarely achieved because the vast majority of water features are improperly constructed There are fve elements that need to be in proper order in proper balance for an ecosystem 1 rocks and gravel 2 plants 3 fsh 4 mechanical and biological fltration and 5 pump plumbing If you have those five parts in the proper balance you will have a low maintenance ecosystem pond see Web Extra Thats how I built the worlds largest company in my space Q WhAt Are some of the most common mistAkes you see in pond instAllAtions A Think assembly line cookie cutter when you LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET December 2014 26 think water features They all should be built the same way You should not deviate from your set methodology Just follow the plan Stan When you do that you can have success The way to make money is to do every pond with exactly the same construction methodology Every setting is unique and every design is different but the process to build it should never change Q cAn you expAnd on thAt process A Aquascape has a set methodology for construction of water features This is polar opposite of the way most water features are built Most water features are built differently every time A landscape contractor wouldnt dream of putting a patio down planting a tree or putting in an irrigation system differently But when it comes to ponds they do all sorts of ways whatever suits their fancy Subsequently they never get good at it When I think ponds when I think water features I think cookie cutter assembly line It allows you to spend all of your time on the creative Tweel Takes off michelin expanded its airless radial tires for use on skid steers with the release a 12N165 X Tweel SSL All Terrain and a 12N165 X Tweel SSL Hard Surface With the growing demand for the Tweel michelin also recently opened a manufacturing plant for the tires in Piedmont S c free evenTs Techo bloc mapped out its 2015 contractor Showcase comprising 38 free hardscape events across the nation The showcase kicks off Jan 6 in Frederick md skid sTeer upgrades bobcat added the S450 to its m Series skid steer lineup The unit replaces the manufacturers K Series S130 skidsteer as the Ceo of Chicago based aquascape and the face of nat geo Wilds Pond stars greg Wittstock offers his expertise on pond installations and maintenance By sarah PfleDDerer greg Wittstock A set method think cookie cutter assembly line during pond installs Wittstock says use a set methodology each time that adapts to different dimensions