We've got tons of wildlife. Frogs, sunnies, great heron in residence, painted turtles, Kingfishers on occasion, one big ol' snapping turtle, geese in the spring.
What I'd like is to manage it well, and reduce the muck. I'm not sure how many acres it is, but my first post has an aerial view attached, and a link to a photo gallery. Photos are from a walk all around the pond.
There's no inlet, it's supposedly spring-fed, but my hunch is it's just low in the water table. The only outlet is a drain to keep it from overflowing over the driveway when it rains. That said, one end never freezes.
I don't much care to swim in it, but if the water was clear my dogs would LOVE it.
So mainly, reduce the muck and get at least one area clear so the dogs can swim and not get all swampy. I was thinking of getting koi to root around the bottom and help aerate, and get a trash pump to just move the muck around like crazy in the spring. Pretty sure the native life would make short work of any koi I can afford to add. Big'uns are hundreds of dollars and smaller ones will just be turtle and bird food.
We have 5.5 acres but no real place to just dump a ton of silt, unless I were to pump it, strain it, and tractor it by the cartload to where I want a garden someday.
Thanks!!!
