Creating a Wetland
Over fifteen years ago, we built a large catfish pond. One end was kept shallow–about 20′ x 40′–with the thought that it would naturalize on its own. Sadly, it never did. So we put in a few waterlilies from a local area. Then they took over the pond, and we had to rip them out. Now what? I still wanted a natural wetland area, especially after I found a Coryphaeschna ingens, or Regal Darner exuvia on one of the sticks protruding from the water in the shallow end. An ...
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