I'd lay the plants outside the pond and keep them wet enough to
survive until I was done playing with the fish.

Regards,

Hal

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:00:58 -0500, "Pickmaster"
wrote:

May have to drop the level--the pond is very deep proportionately, as it is
only about 15 long, 7 feet wide and 5 feet deep--half of it is covered with
thick water hyacinths