{"id":6454,"date":"2012-01-13T02:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T10:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blitransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6454"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:19:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T19:19:59","slug":"six-reasons-to-get-a-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/01\/13\/six-reasons-to-get-a-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Reasons to Get a Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Backyard-Pond.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6455\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/01\/13\/six-reasons-to-get-a-pond\/backyard-pond\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Backyard-Pond.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,334\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Backyard Pond\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Backyard Pond&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Backyard-Pond-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Backyard-Pond.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6455\" title=\"Backyard Pond\" src=\"http:\/\/bluelivingidea.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Backyard-Pond.jpg\" alt=\"backyard pond\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Backyard-Pond.jpg 500w, https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Backyard-Pond-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;ve been thinking about getting a pond, but haven&#8217;t quite decided, the Permaculture Artisans Network offers these six reasons to get a pond.<\/p>\n<p>Permaculture is a holistic approach to landscaping. It incorporates ecology, agriculture, and appropriate technology to create a self-sustaining ecosystem that supplies food, shelter, and other necessities to the humans who live there.<\/p>\n<p>A pond can be a vital part of an ecosystem, supplying pest management, mulch and fertilizer, and relaxation. The video goes into more detail.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Clvg0hedu_E?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Backyard Pond\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/cat.mhtml?lang=en&amp;search_source=search_form&amp;version=llv1&amp;anyorall=all&amp;safesearch=1&amp;searchterm=backyard+pond&amp;search_group=&amp;orient=&amp;search_cat=&amp;searchtermx=&amp;photographer_name=&amp;people_gender=&amp;people_age=&amp;people_ethnicity=&amp;people_number=&amp;commercial_ok=&amp;color=&amp;show_color_wheel=1#id=689902&amp;src=bdb779cfd5f6dc2e325bf363e46d4490-1-33\" target=\"_blank\">Pond<\/a> photo via Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>Related:\u00a0 <a title=\"Touring a Frog Pond\" href=\"http:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/2012\/04\/25\/touring-a-frog-pond\/\">Touring a Frog Pond<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been thinking about getting a pond, but haven&#8217;t quite decided, the Permaculture Artisans Network offers these six reasons to get a pond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":6455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[2854,1642,1643,1701],"yst_prominent_words":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Backyard-Pond.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6454"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelivingideas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=6454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}