Close Your Ponds for the Winter

Although its a Michigan article it's great info for all ponds. A great read if you're in any area with cold winters. - check it out below!

Time to close up those backyard ponds

Sunday, October 15,2006

By John Hogan

The Grand Rapids Press

There is more to putting a backyard pond to bed thanunplugging an extension cord.

The next few weeks will find aquatic aficionados closingponds before the snow really sticks around, which meanscutting back plants, removing submerged pumps and shieldingwater from windblown leaves.

This annual rite of fall isn't limited to tonyneighborhoods with power ZIP codes like 90210. Even workingclass 49503 neighborhoods love their ponds. And they'renot afraid to do the work themselves. more.....