Water Gardening: Finally figured out a more appealing way to cover my pond , 1 by rose_hip

rose_hip wrote:
Yeah Bea, the Winter and early Spring months are the worst for us too, till the big Sycimore near the pond leaves out
the pond is far too open! And we too used to get "scarecrow'd" ourselves now and then, we just use it mostly when we're not going to be outside or at home at all. ( has an on/off switch) Be careful with that Heron(!!) you scared him
one day but they never forget a watering (feeding) hole! (morning and evening always seemed to be their favorite
visiting times here) Most of our problems seemed to be with one perticular crane re-visiting every few days!!
Well Bea, our pond is very oddley shaped, two almost oval pools linked by a small pass through or strait. The best we can figure is it's between 1000 and 1200 gallons. The fish love it, we;ve worked very hard to give it a very naturalized setting with the waterfall blending in with or coming out of the surrounding plantings.(like a rockey bubbling spring)
And there is a huge Angels Trumpet (Eq.Pink) growing and hanging over 3/4's of the pond, with a added bonus for the
Koi, they Love (LOVE) ot eat the Trumpet Blooms and fallen leaves(!!) Yes I know they are harmful to us but not to
the fish for some reason, they've been eating them for years when they fall, and actually fight for them, go figure...
Let's see the largest is "Gorby" and he must be about 18" then there are 4 in the 14" range a few smaller Koi too
and half a dozen 7" to 9" Comets or Goldfish, oh plus dozens of Swordtails and Mollies also, they keep the
Mosquito larve down. Here;s a picture of the waterfall and some of the Tropicals around it. Terry.