Water Gardening: Covering pond for winter, 1 by art_n_garden

art_n_garden wrote:
I have it propped open for the sunshine right now. You can kind of see how the 2x4s elevate the plastic above the water surface.


I had so much trouble with surface deicers last year that I would wake up in the middle of the night during a snow storm and throw on a robe, galoshes, and a head lamp to go check on my fish. A good chuckle for DH, but it was too much...so I'm hoping this will ease my nerves a little bit.
Do you think it will even help with keeping the pond thawed? This morning the water temp was 52, which is about 10 degrees warmer than it has been in the mornings for a week or so.