What does your pond look like ... Today?

[addy1]

My , goldfish, shubbies, spawn all summer.

 

[KDubU]

Wish we had wrens around. Love their song and how active they are. We do have another bluebird couple and they have five eggs!

Today:

 

[Shell-Fish]

Still maturing and water becoming a lot cleaner thanks to the lilies and pond plants growing.

and other

 

[FountainMan]

Finished adding marginals to the pond. I know it looks a bit cluttered right now but eventually everything will grow into place.
Among the plants I’ve added; Pickerel Weed (Purple and pink varieties) Papyrus, Parrots Feather, Slender Leaf Cattail, Blue Rush, Clover, Marsh Marigold, and Star Grass.

Everything is planted with the tallest plants in back against the wall and the shorter plants up front.

 

[Phaewryn]

I finally have plants in the pond! I am super super happy with the quality of the plants from PondMegastore.com.

Unfortunately, I had a waterfall malfunction overnight (rock fell in and redirected the water) last week and lost almost all my pond water after adding my Lemon Barcopa to the pond and I think it may not survive having dried out. There may be 1 or two viable segments, but they look very pathetic:

Thankfully I had set up my splitter (between the waterfall and the fountain) just by chance in a way that allowed the fountain to spurt the dregs of the pond over the prefilter, so the pump survived. It was quite the panic upon waking up, so now first thing I do when I wake up is panic until I get my glasses on and can see outside to confirm that there's water in the pond. So far so good. I rebuilt that part of the waterfall so it hopefully will not happen again should another animal decide to use it as a bridge. The waterless pond also fried my heater but not before it melted a spot on my prefilter. With no heater, it will now be longer before I can put the guppies out there since it's Vermont and still cold at night. Hoping all the new plants survive the cold night temps with cold water. I could put the indoor aquarium heater out there temporarily I suppose, but it's only 25 watts so not going to do much in 60 gallons at 45-60 degree air temps.

 

[gliebig]

Pergola coming along. Should be done this week. Then it's gooood bye ugly net. This thing looks massive in person. Roughly 20x20

 

[BKHpondcritters]

I finally have plants in the pond! I am super super happy with the quality of the plants from PondMegastore.com.

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Unfortunately, I had a waterfall malfunction overnight (rock fell in and redirected the water) last week and lost almost all my pond water after adding my Lemon Barcopa to the pond and I think it may not survive having dried out. There may be 1 or two viable segments, but they look very pathetic:

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Thankfully I had set up my splitter (between the waterfall and the fountain) just by chance in a way that allowed the fountain to spurt the dregs of the pond over the prefilter, so the pump survived. It was quite the panic upon waking up, so now first thing I do when I wake up is panic until I get my glasses on and can see outside to confirm that there's water in the pond. So far so good. I rebuilt that part of the waterfall so it hopefully will not happen again should another animal decide to use it as a bridge. The waterless pond also fried my heater but not before it melted a spot on my prefilter. With no heater, it will now be longer before I can put the guppies out there since it's Vermont and still cold at night. Hoping all the new plants survive the cold night temps with cold water. I could put the indoor aquarium heater out there temporarily I suppose, but it's only 25 watts so not going to do much in 60 gallons at 45-60 degree air temps.

Oh, dear! I hate those mornings of "We've got a PROBLEM!" Glad things weren't as bad as they could have been. If the plants are perennial, they should be just fine. Overnight low in the mid-40's really isn't that bad.

 

[gliebig]

Getting closer...

 

[j.w]

@gliebig so you could choose white or clear type netting instead of the black if you want to.
https://www.memphisnet.net/product/4772/netting-seine-knotted-15

 

[gliebig]

@gliebig so you could choose white or clear type netting instead of the black if you want to.
https://www.memphisnet.net/product/4772/netting-seine-knotted-15

I'm leaning towards black. Going to take measurements tonight and place my order. I'm thinking about 4 pieces (one for each side) and putting a hook or something up on each post so when I want to hang out and have unrestricted view, I can just lift and hang.

 

[addy1]

Took a few shots today.

The tiny bog in my hot tub pond, totally dried out, no water flow over winter and The water willow is growing like a weed and constantly blooming love the flowers.

One of my lilies

I think this is Indian hemp, took a picture of the plant, the net says it is. It is overgrowing (ground ) the small ponds, sort of hiding them. But it gets to stay until done blooming, the bees love it! Also lightening bugs, wasps, native bees.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Took some video today. My cannibal bullfrog left last week, and ever since, it seems like the younger bullfrogs are more willing to sit out in the open.

 

[BKHpondcritters]

Lots of things blooming & critters enjoying the pond these days!

 

[bagsmom]

 

[bagsmom]

The water is finally clearing up in mine! A couple of weeks ago, it was very murky and you couldn't see the fish clearly, even up close to the surface. Now you can see to the bottom again! Good ol' Mother Nature!