Bill: Thank you for your reply. I didn't mean to imply that you disregarded any previous e-mails I had sent to you. You have been super with this relatively new pond owner (two years) in promptly giving advice and answering questions. I just meant that you were probably aware of this old pond that I have (because of my past messages to you) and the few extra years I am trying to give it through the help of your excellent suggestions and guidance. The only things I have growing along the edges at this point are some limited amounts of bulrushes, two very small patches of cattails, and some unidentified grasses and flowers. By having this limited vegetation edge, I found my pond has not muddied despite our rains of this summer.
I do have this one type of "grass" that just poppoed up along my shoreline this year and I am concerned with it. It looks like crabgrass, with some purple in its stems, but it appears to be able to grow in water as well as the shore. Any idea what it is?? Thanks again, for your words on my pond weed control efforts. I guess you have to have a few weeds for the fry, miinows, and shade. But, I am really trying to keep them down. Hopefully the grass carp can kick in even stronger next year.
