Some prospective home buyers are wooed by a move-in-ready kitchen or expansive picture windows. For Mark Vander Linden, the selling point for the Des Moines house he wound up buying was a small koi ...

Enhance your garden with a backyard wildlife pond. Learn how to build a backyard pond and get tips for pond plants and wildlife pond-edging ideas. Having a water source, especially a pond, on your ...

Even small ponds will attract a wide range of wildlife to a garden, so long as they contain a good balance of aquatic plants, ...

A thriving backyard pond is more than just a pretty view—it’s a living ecosystem that needs year-round attention. From seasonal maintenance to water quality testing and plant selection, small steps ...

The sound of water gently lapping or cascading down a waterfall is soothing to your soul and it doesn't have to be big to make a difference. Building a pond is a relaxing feature to add to your ...

These mesocosms are simple: no water circulation and no electrical power. That means you have to manage them wisely. For example, you can only add about half a dozen small goldfish, and you can’t feed ...

When Joan Doyle was a little girl, her Lakeview home featured a fish pond so large and elaborate that she and her siblings named the house after it. “When my sisters and I talk about our old family ...