Spring pond activity

4 large golden orfeFREE to good home

I have 3 golden & one blue orfe, which is actually white now FREE to good home, must be large pond, would be cruel to put in smaller pond.
I still don't want rid of pond, but, with kids it's a little too risky, & i'm now 65, & if the pump decides to stop i cannot be leaning over with my back as it is messing in cold water. So i am designing a waterfall feature, without the pond, at the back of the patio. It will have a well with a metal grid on so will be child-proof & safe. But i will surely miss the pond, the seasonal activities of the frogs etc. Also i have always had a net over the pond all the 20 years of running one, but as i was getting rid of it i took the net off. Sods law, with the net on the herron was a regular visitor to my roof, & seagulls, since i removed the net & the concrete model heron, not one has been near.

pond update

It's nearly Feb & none of the white stuff for a while, quite mild really!. The fish came through the cold spell ok, didn't see them for weeks, the pond was frozen & then snow on top, but the waterfall still trickled, in although i couldn't see it running. i hope the frogs don't think Spring has arrived 'cause there is plenty of time for more snow.