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Message: [QUOTE="CountryEscape, post: 191162, member: 3087"] Since it has been so dry here for the last few months, I'm not able to divide and transplant stuff like I wanted to do the last few weekends. So, today I decided to get the lilies all groomed one more time. Water was 62 degrees in the koi pond, probably little warmer in the goldfish pond. Chilly, yes, but not so bad once I was in there. Lots of lily pads and stems to be removed. Probably last time I'll go in to do that chore this year. Also set up the air bubbler (koi pond) and water bubbler (goldfish pond). When I try to lower them into the pond on milk crates, they tend to want to roll and not land with the bubbler on the top. So, this year I got smart and put them in while I was in the pond. MUCH easier! Also, while I was messing in the water, I decided to get rid of all of the cattails in the koi pond. They had gotten to be an eyesore since I can't see past them into the back yard from the deck. So, here are before and after pics. Before and after from the deck view: [ATTACH]59819.IPB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59816.IPB[/ATTACH] And before and after from the back side of the bog, looking toward the house: [ATTACH]59818.IPB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59817.IPB[/ATTACH] Here's what I removed ... I have no idea how many cattails I removed, but while I was in there, I also took advantage of pulling most of the penny wart. Moving all the pea gravel clouded up the pond, but the bog went clear almost immediately when I was done. [ATTACH]59823.IPB[/ATTACH] And, spotted this tiny (less than 1" long) frog on the bog edge rocks. [ATTACH]59821.IPB[/ATTACH] And then this very large leopard frog was a very friendly one, jumped on my foot while I was pulling grass from some day lilies, and then hung around by the skimmer on the koi pond. [ATTACH]59820.IPB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59824.IPB[/ATTACH] And, last but not least, this leopard frog was much smaller than the one above, maybe 1/3 the size. Wondering if a male, or maybe just young. The one above was very fat, so likely a female. Do you think they are the same type of frog? The smaller one is much more vibrant in color, or maybe because it was hiding under the Lamb's Ear it darted to for cover. [ATTACH]59822.IPB[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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