Container Water Gardening Made Easy
by Cathy Kinser
You don't have to spend countless hours or lots of money installing a pond to enjoy the calming sights and sounds of a water feature. I am going to tell you how to make a few different types of small water features and still enjoy the calming elements of water, fish and blooming water plants.
Urn Bubbler
If you don't have lots of time or money this is a great way to bask in the calming sights and sounds of your very own water feature. This projects features a 3 foot tall urn with a fountain kit installed in it.
1st Simply drill a hole in the bottom of the urn with a carbide tip drill bit.
2nd Snake the fountain kit line through the hole.
3rd Seal around the edge of the hole with Silicone-this is the fish tank glue found in any fish or pet store.
4th Fill the urn with water, plug it in, and enjoy!
Pond in a Tub
This pond just takes a few hours to make and it can be made out of anything from a half whiskey barrel planter, one of the new foam pots ( I got my last year on clearance for $3), old sinks, old metal planters-found at many auctions or garage sales, even old bathtubs! It is really simple gather all your supplies:
Small fountain Pump - If you want the sound of water-I don't have one because my pot is not near a power source and I just enjoy looking at the blooming plants but it's totally up to you.
Container of your choice.
Pea Gravel - enough to cover the bottom of container up to 3 inches deep.
Pond Plants - I like a Water Lily to enjoy blooms all season and a few floaters like Hyacinths which also provide beautiful blooms all summer.
Fish - You just need one or two goldfish or none it's up to you. Just to let you know with the plants in the container you never have to feed the fish, they will get more than enough food from the algae in the water and the bugs that land on top, just like fish in nature!
Simply wash gravel then place in bottom of container, wash dirt off roots of water lily or any other plants and plant in gravel. No pond plants don't need dirt to survive, I have had three ponds in my yards and one in my home for over 10 years and no dirt in any of them but lots of beautiful large blooming plants! Fill with water and then you can either wait 48 hours for chlorine to clear out of water before adding fish or if you are like me and want the fish now just use the chlorine remover found at pet stores. Then add fish and enjoy!
More Tips
Like a natural pond, this one depends on a delicate balance of plants, snails(if you want) and fish. You can experiment with different types of plants including oxygenating grasses to have plenty of oxygen in the water for your wildlife (if you're like me and don't use a pump) and floating plants which give great hiding places for fish. Each year I also seem to end up with a visitor - a cute little frog that always seems to move into my pond for the summer and disappear each fall.
When winter comes, plants stay under water and winter over very well, except for hyacinths which you replace each year. Fish can winter inside in a goldfish bowl.
About the AuthorCathy's website The Garden Room is dedicated to garden lovers. Providing gardeners with the most fabulous Garden Accessories including Angels, Birdbaths, Birdfeeders, Windchimes and more. Cathy has been an avid gardener for the last 20 years and has taken many courses on gardening including completing the Master Gardener Program.
You don't have to spend countless hours or lots of money installing a pond to enjoy the calming sights and sounds of a water feature. I am going to tell you how to make a few different types of small water features and still enjoy the calming elements of water, fish and blooming water plants.
Urn Bubbler
If you don't have lots of time or money this is a great way to bask in the calming sights and sounds of your very own water feature. This projects features a 3 foot tall urn with a fountain kit installed in it.
1st Simply drill a hole in the bottom of the urn with a carbide tip drill bit.
2nd Snake the fountain kit line through the hole.
3rd Seal around the edge of the hole with Silicone-this is the fish tank glue found in any fish or pet store.
4th Fill the urn with water, plug it in, and enjoy!
Pond in a Tub
This pond just takes a few hours to make and it can be made out of anything from a half whiskey barrel planter, one of the new foam pots ( I got my last year on clearance for $3), old sinks, old metal planters-found at many auctions or garage sales, even old bathtubs! It is really simple gather all your supplies:
Small fountain Pump - If you want the sound of water-I don't have one because my pot is not near a power source and I just enjoy looking at the blooming plants but it's totally up to you.
Container of your choice.
Pea Gravel - enough to cover the bottom of container up to 3 inches deep.
Pond Plants - I like a Water Lily to enjoy blooms all season and a few floaters like Hyacinths which also provide beautiful blooms all summer.
Fish - You just need one or two goldfish or none it's up to you. Just to let you know with the plants in the container you never have to feed the fish, they will get more than enough food from the algae in the water and the bugs that land on top, just like fish in nature!
Simply wash gravel then place in bottom of container, wash dirt off roots of water lily or any other plants and plant in gravel. No pond plants don't need dirt to survive, I have had three ponds in my yards and one in my home for over 10 years and no dirt in any of them but lots of beautiful large blooming plants! Fill with water and then you can either wait 48 hours for chlorine to clear out of water before adding fish or if you are like me and want the fish now just use the chlorine remover found at pet stores. Then add fish and enjoy!
More Tips
Like a natural pond, this one depends on a delicate balance of plants, snails(if you want) and fish. You can experiment with different types of plants including oxygenating grasses to have plenty of oxygen in the water for your wildlife (if you're like me and don't use a pump) and floating plants which give great hiding places for fish. Each year I also seem to end up with a visitor - a cute little frog that always seems to move into my pond for the summer and disappear each fall.
When winter comes, plants stay under water and winter over very well, except for hyacinths which you replace each year. Fish can winter inside in a goldfish bowl.
About the AuthorCathy's website The Garden Room is dedicated to garden lovers. Providing gardeners with the most fabulous Garden Accessories including Angels, Birdbaths, Birdfeeders, Windchimes and more. Cathy has been an avid gardener for the last 20 years and has taken many courses on gardening including completing the Master Gardener Program.
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