I have discovered a couple of plants my ducks are not eating! First of all I have some Columbine, with flowers on it, and they are not even looking at it, no nibbles at all, the second one is a big mint plant, I even broke off some little leaves and floated them in the water. They tasted it and...
I found a really handy tool for only $1. It is a little kids butterfly net and it works great for skimming off the pond. It is super fine mesh on a long bamboo stick. It also will catch those swimming water bugs which my ducks are CRAZY for!
My newly enlarged pond. I found out that the old pond liner I got for free is the hardest kind to glue together. I think I have it so it will hold water for now! The ducks tried to pull the seam apart at first, but they have forgotten about it now that it is covered with water.
I am was so lucky to find my 2 little ducks, they are Australian Spotted Ducks, named Daisy and Dundee (as in Crocodile) The mother duck was killed while on the nest, so the lady I got them from hatched them in an incubator and then spent a lot of time with them, they are really tame and follow...