Now that you have a pond, you need a pond shelf in your garage, or a pond place in your outdoor shed to store your pond gadgets. We accumulate pond gadgets that we find we cannot be without. For those of you just starting, this is a beginning list of pond gadgets to have around the house. Stock up in case you need them when stores are closed or during the winter months, when pond supplies aren't always available.

Hip boots for getting in the pond to fertilize water lilies or to trim plants. If the pond is deeper than hip boots are tall, you either need a boat because you have a lake or a bucket and rope because you have a well.

Of course, you can go in the pond barefoot unless you think there may be critters in there you would rather not encounter without foot and leg protection.

Aqua Gloves. You can fertilize lilies or cut back plants with clippers in your bare hands or you can use aqua gloves, a glove with long plastic sleeves if you are afraid of pond critters. There certainly is no reason to be afraid unless you live where poisonous water snakes also live.

Hand Pond Pruners. These are made with ultra-long handles so you can clip plants while standing next to your pond, but if you have your hip boots on and are already in the pond, you can use regular clippers. Your bare hands will work pretty good here too.

Power Nozzle. What on Earth is a power nozzle? It will become your most valuable pond accessory. Here's how to make one: Get a hose cutoff valve and a separate nozzle with a small hole at the end. It fits on the cutoff valve. Get both at your local hardware or big box store. Screw the pieces together and to your hose. You now can spray a stronger stream of water than you can with any one-piece nozzle. Buy several of these because everyone will like it, borrow it and you will never see it again. Use the nozzle to get dirt and algae off the waterfall, the rocks and to clean the filter. Do not wring out filter material…it breaks down, gets smaller and smaller and soon you will have to buy more.