Re: [GSAS-Member] pond discussions

["Betty Goetz" <haika@drizzle.com>]

> What keeps raccoons out of ponds are steep sides.  They can't put a paw in
> the shallows to brace themselves when leaning out to snatch fish.  A shelf
> along the edge would provide that place to brace themselves.

Luckily, I think my stock tanks are high enough off the ground so that
raccoon incursions are unlikely...even with some bonus shelf space for
marginal/bog plants on the edges. And they are deep enough so not even the
largest raccoon could ever reach the bottom (unless they came with dive
gear). Even with my little mini-ponds at my old house where raccoons were
MUCH more obvious, they never got into the goldfish. Those ponds were as
high as the usual whiskey barrel. Stock ponds are much higher when you get
into the 100 - 150g sizes.  One of the primary reasons I prefer above
ground ponds...GEESE. These above ground mini-ponds are high enough to
keep my domestic geese out. And I have to let the geese into the area
where my ponds are to do the mowing chores (so I don't have to!).

Maybe I'm setting myself up for disaster by saying these things......(frown)

Betty Goetz

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