Wow, it seems this got a little out of hand. I agreed on the first page I would not use homemade weed killer. I just never heard of making it and was curious if it would work. I had a company from another state come and put in some grass carp( white amur )this past Spring. They seem to be feeding on the plants in the pond as I haven't had to use any treatments this year. Just using Aquashade. Got all the banks sprayed and my weeds are dead for now. I feel bad about the pond frog. He was very adamant in his dislike for salt around ponds. I like a great debate and hearing both sides. Not sure how we ended up discussing headcheese. My gramps use to eat that stuff and loved it. I was never brave enough to even try it. Could be great tasting but can't get past the looks of it.