To me, the perfect pond, is usually one with fertile soils, good management, a dependable water supply and a liberal application of cash.
My report card:
Fertile soils = check
Good management = not even in my wildest imagination (and that's pretty wild).
dependable water supply = yea, right, third drought year in a row.
Liberal application of cash = you've got to be kidding. I stocked $1,000 of fish three years ago, plus probably $500 in chemicals over a three year period. So that's $1,500 spend on a three acre pond in almost four years of ownership, or $375 per year or about $125 per acre of pond per year. Dang my fish are almost abused.
Ok so I'm 1 for 4.
So perhaps a D- if the grading is liberal.
