Pond Scum

The pond was emptied of its contents yesterday morning. This included two small Koi fish, bulls' tongue, cattails, yellow irises, penny wort, umbrella plants, water lilies, parrot's feather, lizard's tail, water hyacinths, mosquito fish, pumps, submersible lights and a quarter ton of algae. The pond liner was scrubbed free of algae. It took about 4 hours of labor. Then, the plants were divided and re-potted. There's a "mini" lily variety that has never bloomed, so I'm considering selling or trading it in our neighborhood's block garage sale. I trimmed off all the growth to teach it a lesson.

Here's a sample of what's going on in the pond.