New Pond Cleaning Idea?

Not sure if this is an original idea or not, but I am pretty impressed with
results, so I thought I would post it. I decided not to net my pond last
fall so I could see how bad it would get, and to see how bad the cleaning
would be. I have TONS of leaves in the pond, as would be expected. The
cleaning as not been too difficult, but it will be some work. I have gotten
a lot out so far, and the water is just about gin clear already. Yesterday,
I decided to take a smallish (200 gph or so) pump...I placed it in the
shallows of the pond with the output pointing towards the edge of the pond.
This very quickly got a small whirlpool going in the pond. The minnows love
the current, BTW. Anyway, all of the debris, leaves, etc. are all collecting
behind one of the containers I have plants in, and they are all at the
bottom of the pond! Instead of cleaning Everywhere, I now have a small area
where the leaves and such are all densely piled. It's making cleaning a lot
easier.


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BenignVanilla
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