Still getting over my food/cleaning/cooking coma... family badgering me to get off the computer, but I refuse to join in Black Friday.
The only reason I am keeping the cattails it to prevent erosion problems on the downhill side of the pond. The soil there is so nutrient poor thanks to over-farming I could barely get grass to grow this year. Even alfalfa is having a rough go of it :-(. More dirt is showing than plants. The cattails, while rather pathetic, are the only things holding the soil in-place right now near the max water line, and that side of things is steep. I don't want wash-outs on that hill or in the pond.
I really don't want to fertilize this hill as I am certain that if I do it will finally rain enough to wash it all into the pond. Then I will have some real problems, even though I prefer organic fertilizers.
Going to try some clover next spring, alfalfa doesn't seem to be doing what I need.
As far as the CLPW, it seems to be an excellent plant for the ecology of the pond. I am just curious when it will finally die back, if at all in my pond.
-Mark
