What does your pond look like ... Today?

[Lisak1]

I'm amazed you have lilies blooming already @addy1 - we just had our first pads hit the surface last week. I haven't even seen a bud yet. Soon though with the weather in the 80s all weekend and into this week!

Here's my "skimmer free" lifestyle - the crab apple bloomed and dropped all the blossoms all in a few days time. That will fill a five gallon bucket. My little friend will miss his floating perch!

 

[addy1]

I'm amazed you have lilies blooming already @addy1 - we just had our first pads hit the surface last week.

With our February temperatures all of April and part of May the lilies were stalled. Minimal pad growth. They just started going crazy, when we climbed up to the mid 60's-70's and a few days we hit 90, We are back to the high 60-low 70 again

 

[sissy]

I missed my first flower on my lily and the second and third flowers ,This darn weather has put me behind in yard work and every time I catch up the bad weather comes again .I got half caught up and now rain the rest of the week .I need a rest but the rain does get me caught up inside .

 

[BobDE]

Finally have everything open, running, and ready for the season!

 

[mrsclem]

First Colorado lily bloom! Thought all my lilies were changed to white this year. Iris are going crazy in the bog.

 

[sissy]

and ready for all this rain .Still raining here but dinner has to be made .

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Here's the pond today. I usually have algae on the surface this time of year, but it seems like more than usual. Usually disappears as the lily pads fill in, so hopefully that will be the case. I know I also need to scoop debris off the bottom. It's been a while.

 

[Tula]

First water lily bloomer today

 

[j.w]

First water lily bloomer today

Where, where, where I can't see it

 

[JBtheExplorer]

The pond.

Smooth Black Sedge

The shade garden along my garage.

 

[Tula]

Where, where, where I can't see it

Just for you @j.w Also, first red bloom on my new Major Wheeler !

 

[j.w]

Oh it's such a bright white pretty one @Tula
Pretty pink bloom, never heard of Major Wheeler. Is it a kind of Clematis?

 

[sissy]

have 3 buds on my lily that may bloom soon

 

[j.w]

have 3 buds on my lily that may bloom soon

Well you better post those blooms when they open! It's the rules

 

[BKHpondcritters]

I am sad. My pond looks a total mess today. Thanks (or, more accurately, NO thanks) to our resident moles. They tunnel through our hill garden & sometimes cause areas that severely erode when heavy rains fall & run down through the mole tunnels like some sort of garden super-highway.

Well, yesterday evening we had a rainstorm that dumped over 2" on us in just an hour or so. This morning I got up & looked out at the pond. "Oh, crap! Houston, we've got a problem!!" This is what I saw:

Ugg! Apparently we had a major blow-out in the hill directly behind our big biofall & the upper pool. Sigh...

Yup! Major blow out! (the worst part is, I knew this area was getting problematic & had just mentioned to my husband a couple days ago "We really need to re-do that area before it causes problems." Yeah, day late & a dollar short as always! There was a couple extra inches of dirt piled up that needed to be shoveled out, some rocks & a log that needed to be removed & a bit of raking done. That's got it 'band-aid fixed' until this weekend when we can get in there & really FIX the area so this will not happen again!

The 'exit hole' -

How much extra dirt was piled up! Yikes!

All raked & shoveled out as a temporary fix

What's this?? Must be the work of my able bodied assistant.

Yup!

How many times can you apologize to fish? "Sorry guys! It'll settle & clear soon!"

Abby's face so clearly expresses the way I was feeling about the entire endeavor.