Bogturtle's Garden - August 16 to end

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 Really pleased with the little pond and the trail camera focused on it. The floating Duckweed showed up when I thought it was long gone. A terrible pest but a little of it is appreciated. It would totally cover the pool unless thinned out. The Parrots Feather emerges, and the marauding Racoons have only helped it spread out. The submerged Bladderwort has already been thinned out by hand. No Frogs or Fish, unfortunately. Not that I didn't try. And it bothers me that in every other year young Green or Bull Frogs would come during a rainy night and one or two would find the pond a place to stay. Some overwintered in the mud and leaves at the pool bottom. The trail camera on the pond was a little pricey but saves on batteries, being solar powered. A huge savings over time and a savings in time, also. I don't have to switched out exhausted batteries, or recharge them. And they cost also. Also pleased that the listed date is accurate. 

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