"Gail Futoran" wrote:

We've had a lot of such posts because some ponders
have natural ponds or, like me, have ponds that were
designed to attract local wildlife - frogs, toads, snakes.
The ng is called rec.ponds, not rec.fish.

Like me- my pond is about 2/3 acre, infested with too many large mouth bass
and one very well-fed koi, unoriginally named "Walter."

I do have various hardy lilies in plastic pails, and the occasional lotus
in a big Rubbermaid bushel tub.

As for attracting wildlife, it just turned out that way. My favorite is
the June pickeral frog orgy.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G