RE: Snake people, get in here!
August 12, 2018 at 2:54 pm
(This post was last modified: August 12, 2018 at 3:06 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 10, 2018 at 11:32 am)Shell B Wrote: what's the point of having a pretty pond if you're going to make it ugly with mesh?
Mesh makes great trellis for delicate climbing landscape elements...many of which are beautiful flowering natives to pond edge. Personally, I've incorporated it into my entire fenceline, but that's cost restrictive compared to a smaller border around a problem feature. The cost of replacing the fish and peace of mind when it comes to snakes are worth the inconvenience of maintaining wire so that it doesn't look ratty..imo. Other than fencing..you can remove a snake, but another will take it's place for the same reason that the first came in. Snakes can climb..but they rarely do.
(Keeping birds off your fish is easier. You don't need mesh, just stringers and/or subsurface overhangs in the pond - I use 12 inch pvc tubes glued together into a pyramid shape, like underwater efficiency apts...now -that- looks ratty, lol)
*also, death to all snakes..a well compacted clay strata is 100% better than pond liner on just about every metric..and you can shoot into it with abandon!
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