permaculture

[Claude Genest <genest@together.net>]

I have a small fishless pond that I'm expereimenting with. 
"Innoculated" it with good pond water, transferred some lili pads 
etc.....all seemed good last year. This year ( year 2) it's  scummy, 
dead looking... blech!

What went wrong ? I figured the "right " bacteria/microorganisms along 
with plants for aerationn/purification would cut the mustard, instead 
it's the water itself that looks thick enough to be cut....

Would a pump/aerator do the trick ?

Claude
>

Also, Kirby wrote:

> One consideration that is growing around our demonstration site is that
> folks really need to be enticed and lured into a permaculture 
> landscape.
> When I look around in our gardens I see the Garden of Eden but when 
> visitors
> come to take a look at our demonstration site they see a bunch of weeds
> (cover crops) and muddy ponds.
>
> People need eye candy if they're going to buy into something.
Boy , do I sympathize with this ! My neighborhood is all about 
rigorously mowed lawns. Neighbors see my unkempt place and see habitat 
for mosquitoes..... If West Nile panic gets any worse, I may soon move 
from public nuisance to public enemy !

I find it so hard to balance "neat and pretty" with ecological 
permaculture...