I built a vernal pond in an area that has too much watershed. The accumulated snow over the winter started melting fast with the warm temperatures. This influx of water quickly devoured this vernal pond: This watershed is too big for a vernal pond. It needs a larger, permanent pond in this area.
Category Archives: Ponds
Iced Island
Gypsy and I could walk on the ice, it is very thick and doesn’t give. Went to check out our island. It needs some cover on it before it erodes away.
Finally Islandized
Rain was hard to come by earlier this year but enough rains have fallen so that the streams started running again. My island is finally an island with water around it!
Just Add Water
Just add water and watch the Giant Japanese Butterbur grow into gigantic proportions. This is an giant, leafy ornamental for wet areas. Petasites needs a lot of water to maintain the large leaves of this plant. In some climates, it suppose to spread very fast via the root system. When it is too hot and […]
Vernal Rain
Some bursts of rain have started to fill vernal pools I have built last fall and winter.
Wheelbarrow Island
So after a little time working in the cold weather, I have finally built my island. Now I just need some rain to make it an actual island.
Beginning Pond Island
Brought the wheelbarrow down to the pond to use for transporting dirt and building an island. This will be the first pond island on our place. Hoping to give the Canadian geese a better place to have a nest.
Beaver Ice
I came across a beaver pond covered in ice. This pond has been here for awhile. The beavers still live here and maintain it, but the trees are becoming less and less to gnaw on, soon they will have to move and let this pond dissolve.
Beaver Work
A beaver dam I came across. A lot of water seems to go through here and this dam seems pretty small for the time being. I like to walk through their ponds when it is hot weather.
Vernal Pool
I built my first Vernal Pool in the upland of the woods. It suppose to collect snowmelt and rain runoff and will slowly dry up during the year. Because they end up drying up, they do not contain fish, so are attractive to things like frogs and toads. This is a good test to see […]