From what I've been reading here, I have some ponds that seem to be a bit
larger than most here. I've got three on this property, one in the front,
one in the back, and, you guessed it, one by the house in the middle. The
front and back ponds are the biggest, maybe an acre and a half to two acres
each. I'm guestimating from an aerial photograph, both ponds abut into an
overgrown swampy area I haven't been able to penetrate. The middle pond is
about 40-50 feet across, and from 3-5 feet deep, both depending on how much
rain we have had recently. The middle pond is surrounded by brush and
trees, but there are several places cut through the brush (and I'm bush
hogging more) where you can get right down to the water. The middle pond
has been used as a trash heap by the previous occupant. It's more like
yard debris, branches and stuff, but I have seen an old chair and barbecue
in there. There are frogs and snakes and stuff and I've even seen a big
ole turtle in there so it can't be *that* nasty. I don't know if there are
any fish. I do know there are fish in the back pond, I've seen them, lots
and lots of those mosquito eating fish, probably lots of other kinds too,
there is an old hand casting net back there. I'm gonna pull the trash out
of the middle pond and try to rehabilitate it. It is also the only pond I
have a prayer of getting power to. So are there any things I should or
shouldn't be doing in getting the pond ready? I live in Florida near
where I-75 and I-10 cross, so while it does freeze here, it only happens at
night and only a few times a winter.

Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA
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