Go bold..throw wood in there!

[Malrex]

Just wondering how many of you pondbuilders place wood in your ponds...i.e. rootwads, logs, etc. For myself, I try to add wood anytime I can when I think it would fit the landscape setting. I'm lucky in that my home is surrounded by forest, so I can usually find some neat tidbits out there to place in ponds. I think it helps soften up all the rocks, and can add some great habitat for the fish, not to mention interesting waterfalls. Anyone else doing it?

[Greensmith]

That sounds kind of nice, any example pictures?

[NCSULandscaper]

ive put driftwood in some for the largemouth bass that the customer put in the pond

[waterscaper]

I will add as many pieces of nature ( logs, limbs, plants, boulders, ) that I can find . Making it look as close to natural as possible

[Mac]

I have a few rocks that break the surface, stemming from the bottom of my pond. Just tonight, I caught a glimpse of a local frog sitting just above the waterline on one rock. Ive glimpsed him before just as he goes underwater but tonight was the first time he just sat and watched me; another good reason to add natural elements to your pond - wood or otherwise.

[LandArts]

We had the opportunity to do a 70' mountain stream early this year and I found a nice deadfall cedar to place across it below one of the falls. When the temps dropped well below freezing spray from the falls caused really cool ice buildup on the cedar. Another thing we do is try to find natural mosses that we can dig and transplant to nooks in the rocks for an instant aged effect.

[WaterWerks Design]

I wouldn't put wood into a pond, all its going to do is decompose and in the winter months when the pond isn't running, all that wood is going to add ammonia to the water and could possibly kill the fish...thats just my 2 cents...

[Grubbworm]

IF I use wood (occasionally), I really don't have in "in the water" so much as next to or just bridging over a couple of rocks. Can be good if used sparingly.

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