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	Spring 1996	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 20lbs 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 numeroius 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 45-mil EPDM Liner, which can be cut to your exact specifications. 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. Pumps are being downsized in weight and upsized in power, thanks to the newer and more efficient ceramic motors which last more years than the older models did. Clear Ponds. A Primer On State-Of-The-Art Water Gardens For Real Water Gardening Enthusiasts. 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. Actually, 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 (very harmful) 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, doubling and quadroupling daily; soon, bingo, 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 more...	In This Issue: Page1: First Garden Center & Nursery on The World Wide Web! Page2: Getting The Garden Ready Early Season Bloomers Page3: Alpine Trough Gardens Little Gems. Page4: Wildflowers - Do It Now Garden Center Is Available For Meetings & Tours Healthy Ponds. Page5: Healthy Ponds..continued Page6: Healthy Ponds..continued Page7: CATV The Weather Channel - Smart Viewing 1996 Workshops & Seminars Schedule Page8: 1996 Workshops & Seminars Schedule...continued Page9: 1996 Workshops & Seminars Schedule...continued Page10: Water Gardens - New Products Update Clear Ponds. Page11: Clear Ponds...continued Page12: Fertilizing Evergreens & Conifers Fertilizing Gardens Year 'Round Container Herb Gardens INTERESTING INFORMATION IN THE NEXT ISSUE: Spring - Summer - Fall Hours: