"RobH" wrote in message
om...
We just bought a house with a beautiful pond filled with a
variety of
fish. Trouble is, the previous owner didn't cut the
grass, and when
the 1 1/2 foot tall grass was mowed, a lot of it went into
the pond.
It's been three weeks now and I removed about half with
this tiny net,
but a lot is still there. Any suggestions on how to
remove the
remaining grass? The pond is between 4 and 8 feet deep.
Is there
some special lightweight net I could use, or vacuum, or
should I just
wade in there with someone else and a large net between us
(where
would you suggest I could get such a net?)?

Thanks a lot. Rob

I have a long-handled, stiff net I bought from
Petsmart in their pond section. I've used that for
netting all kinds of stuff out of the pond, including
grass when my husband used the weed whacker
too close to the pond. The handle is (presumably)
aluminum, and relatively lightweight.

Fish will tend to avoid the net so you should be
able to go fairly deep with it, without accidentally
netting fish, although probably not 8' deep.

There's stuff you can add to the water that's
supposed to help clean up decomposing
plant matter and the like: PondZymePlus, also
available at stores selling pond supplies. Other
ponders here recommend another (similar)
product but I can't find a reference to it, so
maybe someone else will chime in.

Gail