Water Gardening: Happy Ponds- the upside of ponding, 1 by BeaHive

BeaHive wrote:
Elaine, glad to made it through this thread. Most of my frogs have found my pond. I am not sure how or why as there are plenty of lakes,rivers and culverts for them to choose from around here. I did have some tadpoles brought to my home last year by my daughters boyfriends as they need to be relocated from dried up culverts. The fence does not seem to deter them. They can squeeze under I suppose! LOL . It does get cold here in the winter but i am sure not as cold as MD. The lowest I recall in the 3 years I have lived here is 11 deg.(only a few days at that temp.) Normal winter temps are in the low 30's. Yuck! (coming from CA it is a big change for me) I keep my pond running year round to keep it from freezing. On those real cold days, I do get some ice so I put in a de-icer to keep the water flowing. I have 20+ Koi and they all seem to be doing great. They all survived the winter. They were all placed into a large plastic tub when the pond was cleaned up. Racoons can be a big problem for some ponds. Mine does not have much "shoreline" so it would be hard for them to get in and catch mine. A heron was a problem until I bought a plastic decoy Heron and that seems to have worked. It is always sad when you find a dead frog. I had a huge frog named Big Mama who I loved so much. I have a thread about her. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/985971
I also rescued one this week and I have posted a few pictures & story on this forum. It is called frog 911. Here she is looking a bit dazed from her ordeal.

This message was edited May 1, 2010 2:00 PM

This message was edited May 1, 2010 2:00 PM