Ken I have beds in varied depths from 3-5' - that photo was taken as I was refilling the pond so I could still provide a good shot of the beds. My steep 2:1 slopes had vegetation and GBHs in mind when we engineered my ponds - still I have a resident GBH I've given up trying to eliminate. Unless I sat in a blind all day I have no chance of, um, discouraging him permanently from the premises. Every time I get close enough, even with my 10/22, he takes off.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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