New Additions to the Pond

New Additions to the Pond, originally uploaded by Geis.

The mosquitoes are gone! Time to get rid of some algae!

Heather and I went to Elmer's this evening and picked up 3 Water Lettuces (is that pluralization correct?) and 3 Water Hyacinth. We'll see how this works out, but hopefully they take off and create a floating, algae-consumption factory.

The real issue here is that I've discovered another intriguing ecosystem that I plan to implement in the spring. A Bog Garden that overflows into the pond.

This takes care of two major issues:

1. It creates an interesting biological filter for the pond.
2. It allows me to replace the overgrown ivy with potentially cool looking plants!