My pond outside gets pretty gross looking by this time of year. Usually the floating plants I’ve put in there have completely covered the surface of the water. Leaves blow in and algae grows. This year the algae was particularly bad. It’s “hair algae” that has been my big battle this year. I’ve had to pull it out by hand, and it really does feel like hair under water. Once you pull it out it’s just a slimy mess, but I see why they call it “hair algae”.
Usually I leave the pond looking awful all winter and then clean it in the spring. This year I’m trying something different. I’ve given it a good ol’ spring cleaning in October. I’m hoping that this will save me some effort in the spring. We’ll see.
I was a little nervous cleaning it out, because of the leech incident. I actually did this cleaning on Wednesday when I came back from the field trip. I was already dirty with Chesapeake Bay water, so I just left on my shoes and socks and cleaned out my pond. I throroughly checked my ankles and toes when I was done. No leeches! Yay! Because of the early dark, I wasn’t able to get an “After” picture until yesterday. Thus the delayed post…
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AFTER
Is this the Sister Beth Honorarium Bog and Pond??? You even shaped it in my favorite number – 8!!!
I am sure you are mistaken, Sister Beth. The 8 reference is to Hall of Fame Baltimore Oriole, Cal Ripken Jr. We are all aware of how much Brad loves baseball.
Cal who?
Mmm…Cal Ripken Jr…so handsome…
I’m sorry…What was that??? I can’t hear you….
Wow – it’s crystal clear! Since you’re right by a bank you could put up a sign that said ‘Wishing Well’ and collect all the profits!
I like the difference in the waterfall. Nice water feature. Dude.
Are there any fish that got trapped under that gunk?