Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Mower Options for Slopes and Edge of Pond.

I was out mowing the top of the dam on the Gizmow today contemplating whether I wanted to take on the slope of the back side. All of a sudden six shadows crossed my path at high speed. I looked up, and there was a flock of six pure white doves flying over the pond in formation. A minute or so later they flew back across in the opposite direction. When they made their third pass I decided this must be a sign from above that today is not the day to take on the slope.

Seriously, I have never seen birds like those before. Wonder if they were native birds or perhaps some captive pigeons that got away.

Dave I love my little Ford Ferguson, almost like an 8N, and bought it used in 1975. It has a bucket and grader I keep on it all the time. I also have a two bottom plow, disk, bush hog and I used to have a vertical hydraulic wood splitter. Kind of like a Swiss army knife, it has almost everything.

I used to mow around the pond with a DR electric start stinger on wheels but later I decided just to have a natural pond. So now I mow one walking strip around the pond. That takes about two minutes and makes my life a lot easier. But I used to mow around every young tree I planted in the 5½ acres surrounding the pond with a riding mower, and I mulched each and every young tree with semi truck loads of tree mulching my tree surgeon neighbor would give me. As I think back now I have no idea how I could have done all that work.

Amen to that. Even here in NE Texas, and during a drought, the greenery just keeps on growing.

A nice growth of duckweed, et al is good around the pond. I notice it catches some of the leaves and debris that would ultimately end up in the pond.

That's my story...and, you know,..