I decided to redesign my pond to make it more natural and friendly to wildlife. I want to move the pond to the front corner of my backyard and add a bog with a waterfall. I have emptied the old molded pond liner and cleaned it out. The fish are in an old large storage bin along with my plants and solar sprinkler. I filled in the old hole with dirt I have dug for placement of the new pond area. I moved a bunch of stones to save for around the edge of the new pond and started moving a bunch of plants to make room for the bog and waterfall. It will take me a while but it will be worth it. My friend Fran is selling his house and he has a pond that he is breaking down. He gave me a pump and some plants so the new pond will be great. I hope to change out the goldfish and stock the pond with native fish like blue gills or sunfish. I would like to stock the bog area with some native frogs or salamanders. I would like to try to attract the amphibians to the bog on their own but if that does not happen I am prepared to buy some to get it started. I think this is as important to my wildlife habitat as the milk weed was for my butterfly garden area.
The old pond.
Filled in old hole from pond.
Getting the back yard ready for new aqua habitat.
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