Thread: Half of my duck pond stolen

Originally Posted by feratox

The planting is an on going project.... have a lot of other areas to plant also. The front posts of that maimai are in the water when the pond fills up

Good to hear.
You probably already know this but maybe someone doesn’t, also it’s good to show that we are conservationists at hart.
So planting around your ponds is a good way of showing that we are increasing the habitat for 365 days of the year not just the months of duck shooting.
Flax is easy to plant and will survive in the water. If you get a big plant you just divide it at the base with the individual palms, then cut the leaves off on an angle around a foot long. Just push a spade in lean the spade forward on the handle and put the plant in behind the blade before pulling the blade out. With in two years you have a nice cover. Honeysuckle is also very easy just dig up a little root and plant in a reasonable dry area usually on one of the corner posts. Back or front it won’t take long. Then you just cut it back as you see fit.
On our pond we had the Maimai in the middle of the pond. So we planted two avenues of flax with enough room for vehicle access. But we could then get into the Maimai at dawn without the ducks on the pond spooking.
Here’s a pick. Just a few years back the Maimai is behind the flax.

For planting there’s no time like now to have a look so that next spring you have a good idea what you want. The above two ideas are very cheap ways of giving you good cover that will last years and save on the cutting of tea tree. Saves you the Labour and stops undue disturbance of the pond at the start of the season.
Good luck with the coming season guys. Hope you get some rain soon.