So my neighbor has had this 18" diameter 7' long oak log drying on his property for over two years and asked if I would like it for my pond. So I dragged it over to the pond's edge and tied a rope around it so that I could observe if it would float and if it didn't I had a way to retrieve it.
After a few days it is still floating, so I move it out in the pond and tie it to two floating fir logs that have been in the pond for 15 years - making a nice addition to some cover for the bass. All is well except a few mornings later I walk out and not only is the oak log gone, so are the two fir logs - the whole works now at the bottom of the pond.
So after extracting the whole mess from the pond with my tractor, I am now wondering - is this typical for an oak log to absorb water and then sink (I presume that is what happened here) - don't want to repeat the same fiasco again.
Last edited by Pond Star; 11/11/19 01:05 PM.
