May 2, 2011

Bring on the fishes



Last Monday I promised that the next dry day would be spent making the backyard summertime-ready. In light of that promise, I spent three and a half hours mucking out the pond. It had nearly an entire brown leaf bag-full of wet half-rotted oak leaves (that STINK!) which needed to be removed, then the swampy water bailed, followed by rinsing and scrubbing the filter, re-aligning the rocks that shifted over the winter, refilling, and finally starting the pump.


While I'm doing the work, I HATE the pond. When I'm all finished, I love it.

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