Pacific Northwest Gardening: Who are your garden helpers?, 1 by

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I had to post this photo from this morning. These are not exactly garden helpers, but they could be if they wanted to be. What they really want is to swim in my pond and cause a great deal of destruction and yucky water. This is the third year in a row that we've been visited by this pair of Mallards. Last year we were worried that the mamma duck would drop eggs as they flew over the fence. They cannot nest here because of our dogs and because the pond is not a good place for ducks. We have a ton of lakes around, so I'm sure they can find a better place.