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  Growing fruit, vegetables and ornamentals in the highlands of Costa Rica. Follow along with Steve Johnson as he tries to transform one acre of grass, morning glories, and wild turnips into his dream garden. Friday, December 17, 2010 The Pond, Part 1 I'd really like to call this our water garden, because that's what it is. A pond with plants and fish in it is an extension of the land garden, just as beautiful, and as enjoyable. But water garden is a bit long and pretentious sounding, so, for the sake of brevity, I'll just call it a pond. When I was a teenager, living in Alexandria, Virginia, we had a small pond in the middle of our brick patio. It started out with goldfish, and then we added water lilies and water hyacinth, and it became something extra special. A couple of times we drove out to Adamstown, Maryland, to visit the Lily Pons Water Gardens to buy fish and plants ( http://www.lilypons.com/contactus.asp ). We didn't realize it at the time, but Lily Pons is o...