A large rain broke one of my recently built vernal ponds. Sometimes is hard to predict how much water travels through an area.
Category Archives: Ponds
Wood Duck Vernal Pond
My vernal pond attracted wood ducks this spring. The wood ducks used a nearby oak tree for a nesting hole.
Baby Snapping Turtle
It has been warm lately and a little snapping turtle was found on the edge of the pond. The snapping turtle liked soaking in the Sun on these warmer March days.
Permaculture Water
I have been busy building a lot of vernal ponds. It is nice to see little water holes in the forest where there was none before.
Local Beaver Gang
There are Beavers in the area, though I shall keep them off my place. They can do a lot of damage to trees. Large Cottonwood trees nearly girdled to death. The beavers built a lodge to live in. A dam built with some tree branches and corn stalks.
Domestic Goose Escapee
The neighbor’s goose flew away and has been living on my pond. The cattle are making sure it is not a threat.
Swimming Great Blue Heron
I have never seen a Great Blue Heron swim until this month. This appears to be a younger heron and can’t fly good for some reason, so hangs out at my pond all the time.
Snow Nest
The Canadian Goose is already laying on its nest and now it has snowed.
Vernal Pools Snowmelt
Snow has been melting and filling up my new vernal pools. This stops the water and helps it soak into the ground, rather than having the snowmelt leave the property and be wasted.
Busy Building Vernal Ponds This Month
I have been building a lot of vernal ponds this month with my trusty Wolverine spade and 5 gallon buckets to haul the dirt. I like to play in the dirt.