"GrannyGrump" wrote in message
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Gareee wrote When you are using Barley
straw, does the green turn to brown before it finally fades away? We both
noticed here today, that the pond no longer looks green, but looks a
murky
dark brown.

Yes.

Short answer, but what I was hoping for.
No ponding for a while.. our kitty of 15 years passed on overnight, and we
are just down.