The pond shape matches the original contours of the ground. I put the SMB beds togther quickly in case the weather forcasters were right. It is not looking like we will get much rain though. This may give me time to add more or different SMB spawning beds if folks here think this would be good. The area where I built the ones in the pictures seems to be the only one suitable for the spawning beds. I am now thinking of just adding FHM this fall, SMB and RES maybe next fall or the following spring (depending on FHM reproduction), and maybe RES and GSH the following spring. I would like to get some SMB reproduction before adding the GSH, but this may be the wrong strategy since the larger SMB may not let the GSH grow large enough before wiping them out.
