Swim Ponds- Nature’s Answer to Chemical-Free Backyard Luxury

Have you been dreaming of a backyard pool that doesn’t have all the chemicals? A pool that doesn’t dry your skin out, burn your eyes, and turn blonde hair that lovely shade of green? I know it seems impossible, but they do exist. They’re called recreational ponds, and they work hand in hand with Mother Nature using plants and beneficial bacteria to keep the water clean and clear rather than harsh chemicals. A beautiful, clean and clear water feature like this, can also increase the value of your property. 

EasyPro Pond Products has put together a recreational pond system that is a snap to install. Designed with real rocks, gravel, and aquatic plants, they can look like you found a pond while out on a nature walk and built your house next to it. These natural swim ponds look like they belong in the middle of a primeval forest where elves and fairies cavort in crystalline waters, dancing to the harmonious music of a beautiful waterfall. They look too good to be true, but I can tell you, they are just as real as the rocks they are made from.

These chlorine free wonders of nature can be built in just a few short weeks, so you’re not waiting inside the house all summer long, wishing you could be relaxing by the pool, instead of watching cement trucks dump tons of cement in your backyard for months on end.

Ideally, there are no fish in your recreational pond, just you, your family, and friends floating in the water, soaking up the sunshine while those gentle summer breezes tease at your hair, and your music lulls you into a peaceful and relaxing afternoon.

The main filtration for these recreational ponds is a wetlands filter full of beautiful plants that will provide you with beautiful greenery, and delightful blooms during the summer, with no watering or weeding necessary!  That’s right, you heard me, no watering, no weeding, and a summer full of beautiful blooms. The roots of the plants are in the water of the pond itself.

Having plants in the pond provides a couple of benefits. First, you don’t have to water them, they are always in the water. Second, because they are not in the soil, just the gravel in the wetlands, there shouldn’t be any weeds for you to worry about. Third, and most important, those wonderful, beautiful plants are pulling debris in the form of; pollens, leaf debris, and more from your water twenty-four hours a day. They then turn this waste into leaves and blooms with no help from you. It’s like having a maid in your pond twenty-four hours a day.

This is a big difference from a standard swimming pool filter your swimming pool filter only gets cleaned when you physically open it up and clean it. The plants are consuming debris constantly, which removes it from your pond entirely.  Another big difference is that pond pumps are running twenty-four hours a day. In a pool, the pump only runs four to six hours a day which means neither the filter or the skimmer are working for the other eighteen to twenty hours each day. That’s why you get leaves and other debris on the bottom of your swimming pool.  This won’t happen in your pond.

Keeping the recreational pond looking good for years to come is easy too. There are pits in both the wetland filter and the intake bay with a vault in them. Simply drop a sump pump into this vault a couple of times a year and suck the water out. It’s sort of like vacuuming your living room, except you don’t even have to push the vacuum around. We do add beneficial bacteria, just like a pond, weekly to help keep up the “worker bees” in the water.

That’s it. That’s the long and the short of a recreational swim pond. Beautiful clear water, filtered by EasyBog Cubes and amazing plants with gorgeous blooms, and exceptionally low maintenance. All thanks to the fine folks at EasyPro Pond Products.

So, if you’re ready to take the plunge, we’re ready to give you a hand. Call us today for your own private, little slice of heaven in your own backyard.