Ponderings from Cool Ponds

If your pond looks anything like the photo above, or maybe this photo. You're in good company. Last fall when the cold, snowy weather hit early and fast and we still had clients ponds to take care of and some other folks that wanted some late season ponds built (thank you very much).  So some clean up that we would normally do around our store just didn't happen. These photos show the results. Having a pond iced over for so long during the winter doesn't help either.  It seems string algae really likes the insulation of the ice and grows like crazy! So what do we do now with these ponds that look awful?  Here are the steps we will be taking... Make sure the area around the pond is cleaned up. It will do no good to clean up the water feature if there are leaves piled up all around it. Before touching the pond clean up all the leaves and any other winter debris first. If you normally mulch around your pond you can go ahead and do that also. Mulching will keep any bare dirt ...