Water Gardening: Moving pond to new location, 1 by Dinu

Dinu wrote:
I've put in the fish - the little red ones [name unknown] and also the water lily. Now I must take starting the lotus seed I received from a kind friend seriously. It's time for it. I'll not use a pump. Just allow water and the system to settle itself. Soon, the water will turn green with algae. This location gets more sunlight than the previous one. But I observe that some algae will help to keep the water clean. Here is a shot I took yesterday. Today I've put the two plants down to the bottom using some stones to hold them down. I've also dug out the lilies section you see unclearly in the background of the pond and made a raised bed.

See the house reflecting in the water.

Snakes: It may be true that these reptiles will be happy in thick growth. It has happened to us here a couple of occasions, esp. in summer months when they are spotted out. I'm also a lawn-hater for the reasons that it asks too much attention - weeding out, manuring, pesticides [poison] and too much watering, is of no help to the environment, but just the green look to the eye [to me not worth the effort and time, add to it the time limit]. I prefer the natural growth of grass which does not ask anything, but occasional trimming out.

Merry Christmas to you all.

Dinu