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	Fall 1998	Click below to receive the print version!

Home Site Map Guided Tour Website News What's New? Corporate Products Workshops Newsletter Ongoing Projects Trough Gardens Water Gardens Alpine Perennials Hardy Cactus Warranty Affiliations Awards Reviews DIY Greenhouse IPM Composting Reviews Horticulture Links USDA Zones Weather Reports FAQs Register Me Consulting Service Advertising Employment Visitors John's Journal Contact Us	Water Gardens - New Products Update We continue to add to our custom-built repertoire a number of conveniences for you to use in Pond Management of your Water Garden. The 30-gal Bio-Filter with Multiple Water Dispersion Nozzles and Brass Drain-Back Valve is perhaps the best investment you'll make in algae management, coupled with 50lbs of Lava Rock, a Top Hat Filter Bucket and Cal-Pump sized your pond will pay dividends for many years to come. And by signing-up for and attending the free Water Gardening Workshops, you'll learn to become a better Pond Manager, as well as pick-up numerous tips for balancing-out the critical elements such as fish, sunlight and plants, thereby reducing macro- and micro-algae problems. Plus, we're now carrying an even more durable 42-mil EPDM (butyl rubber) Liner, which can be cut to your exact specifications, up to 20ft length and width. Pond Netting for keeping out Fall leaves is available. And new Charcoal Filtration Pads for the Top Hat Filter Bucket make cleaning the pond even easier. Watch for specific new product introductions in the Winter issue of Roots & Shoots; we'll have them available for Spring 1998 purchase. Keeping Your Pond Clear If your Water Garden looks like Split Pea Soup now or anytime soon, it's not time to panic, but it is time for a visit to John Shelley's Garden Center & Nursery, where state- of-the-art pond filtration systems are readily-available and easily-installed, either by you or retrofitted by us. Split Pea Soup is nothing to get upset over. And here's why. All the dead plant matter and fish droppings etc have laid dormant over the Winter and converted itself from ammonia to nitrites (harmful) to nitrates (helpful fertilizer). Since the plants have been asleep and haven't had the chance to convert this fertilizer to themselves through uptake of their roots and make themselves larger and bloom, thereby purifying the water through their own process, it's an explosion waiting to happen. And one warm, sunny day it does. Mother Nature sees to it. The algae grows in geometric proportions, sometimes doubling and quadroupling daily; soon, it's Split Pea Soup time. Actually, the algae is doing you a favor by converting the deadly nitrites to nitrates and safe algae for the plants to uptake through their roots and grow. After cleaning out the pond's bottom of fallen matter (sticks, acorns, leaves etc) with a skimmer net, the smart pond manager allows more...	In This Issue: Page1: ONCE A YEAR EVENT GOOD IDEAS...That don't always work. Corporate Web Site. (http://www.gdnctr.com) Page2: The Weather Channel - Smart Viewing Special Heirloom, High-Quality Gardening Tools Don't Buy Cut, Dead Christmas Trees Page3: Water Gardens - New Products Update Keeping Your Pond Clear Page4: Late Season Bloomers Page5: Color For Your Winter Garden Deadheading and Fertilizing Perennials Wildflowers - Do It Now Page6: Garden Center Is Available For Meetings & Tours Year 'Round Container Herb Gardens Best Time To Plant Large Trees House Plants to Brighten Up Your Home Page7: INTERESTING INFORMATION IN UPCOMING ISSUES: Need A Gift For A Friend?