Rah, your sure showing a lot of patients on your pond!

My pond is staying fairly free from weeds so far. There's a couple small spots of cat tails and algae and that's about it. I'm thinking pretty serious about starting some lillies and maybe a few other water plants. I may be climbing a steep hill doing it because Im beginning to see a pretty strong crayfish population.

I'm like you I get a lot of enjoyment seeing the wildlife benefit from my efforts.