Added 7 brush piles to the long, shallow finger of my pond yesterday. Used dried honeysuckle branches, and dead/dying pine branches and tree tops. Placed them in 2-4 feet of water and anchored with old metal dock post pieces (used jumbo sized zip ties to wrap around the end of the brach bundles, then added one more zip tie as a post connector). Put piles of pea gravel between the branch piles in 1-3 feet of water. I'm hoping to boost the BG production a bit, to ensure my LMB forage chain remains well stocked. I used plastic tubs and my little JD 1025R with a bucket load of gravel. Dumped the gravel in the tubs sitting on the edge of the pond, then put on chest waders and 'kinda' floated them out where I wanted and dumped them. About 4 totes full per bucket; 6 bucket fulls total. Think I'll skip the gym...this month. :-)
