Discuss...

I can be called a very baaaad ponder. We don't net.
The pond is not set up to do it, we have two dogs
that I worry about nets around and various other
reasons (lazy gardeners is probably up there, too).
That said - if a hole is kept open in the ice we have
no problems with leaves in the pond. They get
cleaned out in the spring. We've run the pond this
way for over ten years. I like the look of fall leaves
on water, I like my relaxed style of gardening and
all is well.
We keep the pond lightly stocked and we don't
feed. I think this also has a lot to do with a successful
pond in our case.

k :-)
http://tinyurl.com/6bguh ~ new pond keeper info
http://tinyurl.com/yp64db ~ slide show of pond