Well folks, our pond season is over. Here it is October 12th and my wife pretty much just closed down the pond for the year. She pulled all of the pond plants out, put a net over the pond, and quit feeding the fish. She did leave the water pump running just so we can have a waterfall a little while longer.
It’s been pretty cold at night here in Ohio and most of the fish have headed down to the bottom of the pond to start their hibernation. Very little movement from them over the past few days.
For those of you that have trees around your pond, I highly recommend that you put a net on your pond to keep the leaves out. Decaying leaves are not good for your pond or fish.
The pond plants that she took out have been cut down and we will store them down in our basement for the winter. They do come back to life in the spring so you may want to consider that also.
The fish we have all look very healthy and very relaxed at the bottom of the pond. It’s amazing that they survive our very cold winters. It’s like they go into some kind of suspended animation. They’re really neat to have and they do live a long time. My wife does treat them like pets of the family though.
I’ll talk to you again soon. Bob