I recall that back in March Cecil posted some terrific pictures of algae in his pond -- I believe he mentioned they were mats of dead chara rising to the surface. Hope that's what I have happening in this picture. It's been one tough summer for my pond. Missed one dye treatment when we were gone most of July, and the chara really took off.
I've managed to rake in a lot that is close to shore. This "mound" just seemed to well up in the middle of the pond about three weeks ago -- and thus far has been resistant to the granular copper product I sometimes use.
Anybody know if these are the "death throes" of a chara bed? ... or does it look like I'm going to have to row out in my leaky jonboat and haul the stuff in?
-- Mike in Lexington, VA
