Daphne, your pond queen, felt familiar footsteps going around the pond. It was such a pleasure to see Jasper Johnson again. He and Brian Williams reinstalled the fountains in the pond. The two end fountains are not hooked up to the electric because only the middle fountain had new electric lines. Have no fear; those other two fountains will work. I can’t wait to see if the lights come on tonight! Jasper says he will be back next week to do more work on the aerator lines. They will go all the way across the pond.
Some people have noticed an odor from the pond. The grass grows and the grass dies and the nutrients are recycled. The odor is from decomposition, but nothing we have to be concerned about. It certainly won’t discourage our wildlife. If you walked into a marsh today you would smell stagnant water. Maybe we should think of it as part of the charm of living so close to nature. Since I have no sense of smell, I would suspect the odor is strongest near the corner opposite the road? Where wind washes the dead grass up on the shore and houses provide a buffer from the wind in the opposite direction? Here's a picture of the decomposing grass as well as pollen. The pond collected more pollen this year than I have ever seen. Imagine if it had stll been airborne instead of the pond collecting it? People would really suffer...Hey another reason to love our pond.
There are two weed whackers in the pump-house. The one from MBCA has metal blades….so be careful. The other one Jasper brought down, has nylon line. It looks like a lawn mower. I can’t wait to see someone using it….never saw one like that before.