A Special Place for Tadpoles

A Special Place for Tadpoles
The folks at Hoshi Koi were nice enough to let us scoop up some tadpoles with our pond plants. They said the fish wouldn't bother them, but there were no tadpoles the next day, so I decided to try again with a dedicated pond. I really just want to attract frogs, but I can always stack the deck. I added 6 White Cloud Mountain Minnows and bunch of tadpoles a few weeks ago. I was…

The Wildlife Pond is Alive!

The Wildlife Pond is Alive!
There is still a little weeding and cleaning up to do, but all of the major pieces are in place. The goldfish from last year all made it through the winter split between a fish tank in the dining room and a stock tank in the garage. I built some fish hides last month and got them moved in. This week the pond plants showed up. It has really come together from that nasty hole…

Wildlife Pond v2 Complete

Wildlife Pond v2 Complete
A mole chewed through the liner and emptied most of v1. Now that v2 is complete, the racoon problem should be solved and I am very happy with how it turned out. Moasure One thing I have to mention is Moasure. I got Moasure in February of this year. I was building a fence and I finally had a good excuse to try it. I've used it quite a bit since, including getting a real…