What does your pond look like ... Today?

[addy1]

This lotus is a miniature one that took over one of my loop ponds. The lilies are in a different pond. Playing with my new phone camera

 

[Mike in Vermont]

It takes very nice pictures.

 

[pecan]

I haven't taken a lot of pictures this year, but here are the ponds today.

 

[pecan]

And some of a hummingbird on the Hyssop.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Monarch caterpillar chomping on milkweed at the edge of my pond.

In fact, I've got a lot of Monarch Caterpillars right now.

I've also got tons of Large Milkweed Bugs. It's good to see I'm helping them out as well, but it also means I'll be lucky to get any milkweed seeds this year.

This year, I began transforming my pond area into a native garden. It's not there yet, but I'd say about 85% of the plants around my pond are native, and even some of the plants in my pond and bog are native. This fall I'll be making more adjustments and will continue adding more natives next year.

 

[j.w]

My fish are always hungry. They come running to me begging for food

 

[sissy]

been so busy pond has to fend for it's self .Today storm rolled in with 50 mph winds and heavy rain .i just got home 20 minutes before it hit .It was so black out coming home around 2 pm that you needed headlights to see the road

 

[peter hillman]

Too lazy to upload pic, but pond looks fantastic. I still run a carbon pad even tho the carbons been gone for a few years it still has a finer mesh than just the single open cell pad and the results are crystal clear. Temps have been coming down last few days, especially at night. Ran out of Tetra sticks a couple weeks ago so they've been dieting, bought them some premium Tetra sticks yesterday...$4 more than 'regular' pond sticks, and some blood worms, spoiled brats, they'll be dieting for a while longer.

 

[Troutredds]

I always love all the great shots of everyone's pond on this thread! I was up on the roof a couple days ago and got this view of things here...

 

[j.w]

A couple of days ago it was blazing hot up on your roof @Troutredds
Didn't you burn your buns

 

[Troutredds]

A couple of days ago it was blazing hot up on your roof @Troutredds
Didn't you burn your buns

I made sure to not stay in one place too long, that's for sure. It was in the 90s and I was the proverbial cat on a hot tin roof!

 

[addy1]

The wandering obedience plant is growing great. Those elephant ears are over my head in size.

 

[Troutredds]

Water hyacinths are finally blooming for us this year.

 

[j.w]

Had a nice bloom in the bathtub pond. Took this pic yesterday but it did not open as much as it did the day before when I of course did not grab my camera
It was quite a large bloom when it opened fully at about 5" or 6" across.

 

[tbendl]

Good grief Red they are beautiful!