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today i cycled along a dried up stream. found a couple pools of water remaining. loadsa white butterflies drinking from the bank. and a gret fat dragonfly that kept fucking off every time i pointed my camera at it. i was there for ages but could not get a shot. i could just imagine - "NO PICTURES you scrawny ol' bastard, fuck off" so i rode around for a hour or so, came back and finally got this shot. ha ha
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It is so nice how the #pandemicpond is maturing now. This is its 5th summer! Can't believe it. The bog filter has made a massive difference for the water clarity and keeping down the algae. The first pic below is from this time last year and you can see the algae clouding and sliming everything.
Two years ago I started planting some moss around rocks in the stream and it has filled in really nicely and naturally. It also served to trap seeds I think and grass and other "weeds" but I like that it just looks more and more like a normal stream. We even have a marsh marigold at the top of the stream (last pic) that we did not plant that came from one that was in the top pond and was eaten by deer. 🦌
#diy #ponds #gardening #fish #ecosystem #portalberni