Hello! I have a question for Becky about the chicken wire covering your pond.
I have an old claw foot bathtub as a pond. It has a huge water lily that covers the surface and a zebra grass/rush which is quite tall. Since I lost my two big beloved hand tamed pond comets last year I have been searching for raccoon proofing solutions. A net on the surface seemed problematic with the lilies and a solid cover at night would be prohibited by the zebra grass. (I enjoy the zebra grass because the dragonfly larvae climb up it to hatch out into dragonflies.) So I simply wrapped chicken wire around half the pond, leaving open space for cleaning and zebra grass, and secured the wire with bungee cords under the pond.
Got up this morning and the water lilies were torn apart and 3 of the 4 little pond comets were gone. The part of the pond which was covered by wire was in better shape, and "Pink" the goldfish probably hid just there in the dense lilies under the wire, however, though those big masked creeps were slowed down, they weren't stopped. My yard is a popular raccoon destination as I also have ducks and chickens which, I'm sure, smell ever so tasty, a scrumptious compost smorgasbord. and then a lovely fish buffet to boot, so I know my neighborhood 'coons aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
So Becky, what did you do with your chicken wire? From your photo it looks quite unobtrusive. Mine is an eyesore and since it didn't really work anyway... I need a new plan. I'd like to jump on it ASAP as I still have Pink to house safely and a little girl who wants another goldfish in the pond.
Thank you!!!
