"Better late than never." New Jersey zone 7a
Hank here with the DW Lynn.
I've had aquariums since I was a kid, then went to sal****er and
still have one 60 gal. tank.
In 1998 I temporarily lost the use of my right arm in a work
related accident. I decided to keep busy and put up a new fence and
put in a small pond.(Sure I couldn't put jeans on one handed or tie my
own shoes ...... if your righty try brushing your teeth lefty ......
don't rip your lips off .... BUT I COULD build a little pond)
It was a long summer and my neighbors thought I was crazy
laying on the ground with my trusty little gardening shovel digging
three foot deep post-holes for my fence. When I came home with a
pallet of stone and started digging the pond they knew they were
right.
I finished the pond in September just around the time I
regained the use of my arm. So I used BV's method of planting plus a
handful of feeder GF. and I have been PORGed ever since.
It is amazeing how much wildlife is drawn to such a small
puddle of water and how the neiborhood kids are transformed from
monsters into angels (almost) as the GF and koi nibble on thier
fingers.
I have learned alot about ponds and people from this NG and I
think I would be lurking even if I nolonger had a pond
................... Thanks Gang! Hank


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some photos of my little puddle
http://community.webshots.com/user/hankpage1