New backyard pond

@Mucky_Waters - I share your opinion on that one. If I had to keep a net up year round, I don't know if I would enjoy my pond half as much. We have herons that fly over head daily. But they are traversing from natural pond to natural pond, so my little puddle doesn't look like much from the air, I'm sure!

 

I had very little plant cover this year since everything was new. Maybe that and the occasional run through by my neighbors dogs will be sufficient. I've read that keeping the net up in the spring until the herons establish a pattern can help, so I may try that.

I did catch one chipmunk in the net, unfortunately, but I can't say I was too broken up about it. They burrow everywhere. But yes, in general I enjoy that my house has some nature around it and try to keep it as much a part of that nature, rather than apart from it, as I can.

The fish are $5 gold fish, so a few losses will not worry me.

 

Here ya go and great job on your pond @EricV
I love the net in that it gives me great peace knowing my fish are heron free. That sucker still comes around now and then but all he can do is pace around and fly off angry, ha, ha!

https://www.gardenpondforum.com/threads/heron-netting-101.13205/#post-195419

 

Excellent planning for your new backyard pond. Very professional way of planning new pond, hope to be successful.

 

awesome pond, what's the reason for adding water the second time for reshaping? did you redig?

 

Yeah, I turned what was a straight edge into a bit of a peninsula. A place you could walk out into a the pond a bit.

Thanks for your comments. The pond is coming back to life now, of course. A few lily pads up and some plants. And a lot of floating algae at the moment.