The
pond also requires some attention. I have been spending a day each
week scooping off the algae, removing leaves and fallen twigs along
with gunky smelly stuff in a bucket scoop, and replacing lost water
by can. however, this does not appear to be sufficient. I may either
have to do a complete turnout or do these actions more often than
once a week to ensure the water is no longer smelly.
In
the middle of August, I did a major pond maintenance session. I
scooped out about two dozen buckets of filthy murky water and
wrenched out half the pond-plant and 9/10ths the pond grass. The pond
had not had any serious maintenance done for many years and both
plants were severely overgrown.
I
ended up somewhat splashed and muddy from my efforts, but spotted a
couple of frogs whose heads popped up during my pond-work, to
investigate what I was doing to their home. Hopefully they will
appreciate my spring cleaning!
A
few days later, I scooped the algae off from the surface and
hopefully have now ended any major pond maintenance for the year.
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