What does your pond look like ... Today?

[j.w]

Beautiful photo's @BKHpondcritters
Love your pup soaking up the rays

 

[mrsclem]

This is one tough plant!

I planted two in the bog, thalia's and put one in a lowes bucket, full of holes, stuck in a shallow stream pond, like a foot deep, just a turn in the stream. The two in bog did not come back at least yet.

But the one that was stuck in a bucket, no water flow, no protection from the cold, may have really dried out, is growing! The red line.
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Love the thalia! I had the non-hardy version growing in my window box bogs several years ago. It got over 7 feet tall and bloomed. I cut it back in fall to bring in and ended up with a nasty contact dermatitis from handling the leaves. No more thalia for me. Don't know if the hardy plant has the same effect.

 

[addy1]

ended up with a nasty contact dermatitis from handling the leaves.

Thanks for the warning! Mine never got going last year, it was a late in the year gift. I will be aware of the contact dermatitis, I get a horrible case if I get near black eyed susan flowers. The only and only time both arms swollen to twice their size, sick for over a week.

It is a hardy, came from a pond 1/2 mile from our house. They do nothing to protect their plants over winter.

 

[addy1]

Place looks great Addy I love when lants grow and MINGLE

lol my entire yard is that way. I am a casual gardener and casual ponder. Sort of let things just grow. Then do a chop back when you can't want through the yard. I do kill off poison ivy and all the darn vines that just grow everywhere!

 

[cas]

@BKHpondcritters your pond looks great! That last picture made me giggle.....

 

[BKHpondcritters]

@BKHpondcritters your pond looks great! That last picture made me giggle.....

Thanks! We're pretty sure Abby's solar powered, so she really needs to recharge her panels after a prolonged cloudy/rainy period.

 

[GBBUDD]

My pond looks...... full. We've had three straight days of rain, totaling over 7.5" (2.5 Tues., 3.5 Wed., 1.5 Thurs) But the sun came blazing out for most of the day today and everyone was loving it - fish, frogs, lizards, dogs, ME! lol

The place looks great BK EVERYTHING LOOKS BEYOND HEALTHY and very natural looking . how old is your pond ?

 

[GBBUDD]

Some serious spawning happening today with the goldfish and koi.

Don't know how deep the water is in those pics but seeing how clear the fish look i take it the bog continues to do well. The pond is looking real nice!!

How many gph do you have on your pump ? do you push water any where else besides the waterfall?

 

[GBBUDD]

got some yard work done but sun went in and some darker clouds .fish like the sun

Love that big fish at the bottom of your pic looks to be a real nice fish.

 

[BKHpondcritters]

The place looks great BK EVERYTHING LOOKS BEYOND HEALTHY and very natural looking . how old is your pond ?

Thank you. It was fired up over memorial Day weekend in 2012, so going on 8 years now.

 

[rubyduby]

My pond looks...... full. We've had three straight days of rain, totaling over 7.5" (2.5 Tues., 3.5 Wed., 1.5 Thurs) But the sun came blazing out for most of the day today and everyone was loving it - fish, frogs, lizards, dogs, ME! lol
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Your pictures are always fantastic. That WAS some rain spell you had. We got a lot (charlottesville, va ) but not as much as you. I can’t believe how clear your water is after so much rain. Mine would have been a cloudy mess. Love your girl soaking up the rays..mine are sun seekers too

 

[pondering_life]

Some serious spawning happening today with the goldfish and koi.View attachment 128820
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Looks great! Do you get many fry each year?

 

[Troutredds]

Lots of heron, raccoon, coyote etc. visits here this spring. Frosty, our snowman/scarecrow has been moving around a lot.

 

[Troutredds]

The herons around here have a rookery a few miles away in a stand of big Alder trees. They are my joy and nightmare.

 

[addy1]

utoh, our rookery is about 10 miles west of us, but they fly over every day. I love watching the little ones. Yep hard on a pond.