IMHO 10-15 trees (in general) is not too many to plant around a 3 1/2 acre pond.

How far North in Indiana are you? I'm at the halfway point in Ohio, 10 miles North of Dawes Arboretum, home of "The World's Northernmost Cypress Swamp."


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