The day after the pond was (mostly) filled, I begged some water hyacinth off my mother and dropped them into their new home. Lo and behold, the very next day, a frog had moved in.
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| See him there, just about dead center? |
The last water feature I built had the same effect; it seems frogs just hang around the peripheries of your property waiting for you to fill something up with water so they can lay claim to a new home. I can dig it.
I'm really pleased with how quickly the water cleared up, too.
I have a product called "Rock on a Roll" coming this week, and I can't wait to cover the edges with this material. It looks really good in photos and video, so fingers crossed it hides the liner edges. Hopefully it will reduce the amount of evaporation, too. The bog garden isn't staying as wet as I'd hoped, and I'm going to try planting my curly willow tree near it to block the sun when it is at it's strongest [summertime] angle. I thought this would be a shady enough spot for both the pond and bog, but it may not work quite as well as I hoped.
The frog isn't the only one taking advantage of the new features. A little Phoebe has been happily using my garden stakes as perches when she hunts insects in the pasture. In the past few days, she's discovered the bird cage and the lamp hook, too.
I'm hoping to start the second-to-last project this week; setting up for the second gravel patio on the lower level. Summer is nearly over, and time's a-wasting.
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