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Elm Cottage Landscapes
New to Angi
Water Feature - Install a Fountain or Waterfall

Serving Minier, IL and surrounding areas

In business since 2010

We work with the end result in mind. Not the end of the job, but the next season, and the season after that. If it is only one tree, that tree will be hand-selected from quality nursery stock, pruned, and prepared for proper placement and appropriate growth. \n\n You want the right design, the right tree, the right patio, the right lawn and the right guy for the job. That is who we are. Trees. Path and Patio. Walls. Mulch. Maintenance. Lawns. Lighting. Outdoor Living Construction...Landscape solutions. With a background in construction and customer service & artistic design and a love for horticulture, we offer you experience and knowledge that will save you from future headaches. What we offer is Creative Design. Solid Construction. \n\n Elm Cottage Landscapes has solutions for you. With a thorough knowledge of the landscape industry, and plant and hardscape materials, we will assist you in accomplishing your goals, with the ability to see your project to completion. \n\n\n\n\n\n

Fountains questions, answered by experts

After you fill in your pool, you can add trees and plants that help stabilize the soil. You might decide not to fill it in at all and find another use for the sunken area instead. A few ideas include creating a seating area or garden inside the empty pool. Depending on its size, you could create a place to roller-skate or install basketball hoops for an unconventional court.

While they’re popular and have a lot of pros, the cons of river rocks include the following:

  • River rocks don’t break down or provide nutrients to plants. 

  • These stones can get hot and scorch nearby plants. 

  • River stones may heat the surrounding soil to inhospitable temperatures. 

  • Rocks can block rainwater from seeping into the ground if installations are too thick or tightly packed.

Most downsides occur when using river rock as mulch in gardens and flower beds. However, you can still incorporate river rocks into your landscape as long as you use them in the correct ways.

Smaller, pondless water features like bird baths, self-contained fountains, and bubbling rocks are much lower maintenance than their counterparts that include ponds. Pondless features help you avoid high pond maintenance costs and allow you to spend more time enjoying the water feature and less time on upkeep.

Algae growth is a common issue for misters, but you can do several things to prevent it. First, use a sealed water tank with distilled or filtered water to fuel your misters. Second, blow out the misters after every use so no water is left in the tubing. Third, thoroughly clean the misting system every several weeks of use at minimum during the warmest months. Third, wherever possible positioning tubing and the water tank away from direct sunlight and in the coolest areas possible.

Though there are a lot of factors that go into caring for a koi pond, the most important maintenance you can do is frequent water checks using a koi pond test strip that checks the water for dangerous conditions.  In addition to regular pond maintenance costs, you’ll also need to winterize your koi pond if you live in a colder area.

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