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low maintenance ponding
I thought I would start this up under its own thread. (Galen, you need to post your low maintenance solution to weeding here. DH thinks it has possibilities and fits in well with his flame thrower solution to weeds.) We do pond work once a year. DH rounds up one of the boys, both of them if he can catch them. I supervise :-) Pond is drained. Fish captured and put in the waterfall pool (150 gallon stock tank hidden in behind the waterfall). Dump as much hornwort as we would like on the ground. Lily baskets and pump basket lifted out. Lilies divided, only if needed. Fertilized. Iris island trimmed around the edges. Pump hosed off, pump basket hosed off. 90-ish% of gunk on the floor of the pond shoveled out, distributed to happy trees. Pond refilled, very slowly. Dechlor added. Fish put back in (and any frogs and turtles wandering around). Put back hornwort. Waterfall turned back on. Ignore pond the rest of the year. Winter care - turn off waterfall, add bubbler to keep a hole open in the ice. Go back to ignoring. k :-) |
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