I'm doing something wrong. When I look at our ponds I see grass along the shoreline that needs mowed, bare spots on the drive across the dams that need additional stone, algae and pondweed that require a visit from the pump sprayer, brush growing down to the edge that needs cut back, yoy cattail sprouts that need pulled, a possible fresh muskrat run that warrants a conibear, and minor erosion around one overflow that should have another load of rip-rap placed accordingly. And that was just yesterday. If I'm not mindful of the fact, I will be more stressed after leaving the pond than I was when I arrived. Especially when it rains on Sunday, and I'm unable to accomplish any of that stuff that needs doing.

I love our ponds, and consider myself fortunate to be able to spend a few years as their caretaker. But my idea of what a pond should entail means they will be a constant, time consuming, and expensive endeavor. Not complaining, just contemplating the various ways and viewpoints in which we observe our ponds.

"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"

If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.