cost effective way to deal with getting the leaves out of the pond and keeping new leaves from falling into the pond?
Sorry, meant dealing with the tea colored water after the fact so to speak.
Keeping them out is laborious but doable while they fall so long as they don't sink too fast. If they sink and stay near the edge I can also use the pond rake. However I think a lot of the coloration also comes from the field runoff so can't do too much about that.