No Karen, I don't cover anything. When we first moved out here I wanted a really big pond, but the water table is so high and there are already areas of seasonal bog out here in the Hammock. We back up to a State nature preserve and have a creek running through our property that also goes through the preserve, and also abut a seasonal wetland. There was no where to dig a big pond and site it in enough sun so I buried some large container ponds in various places and grow stuff in there. They also serve as water sources for wildlife (we have all kinds, deer, opossum, raccoons, coyotes, otters, bald eagles, osprey and other hawks, owls, you name it I have seen it except for bears and Florida panthers). I opened my front door once to take my dog for a walk and a little peregrine falcon flew in. It was hell getting it to fly back out. I have some containers on my pool deck for water lilies and stuff and grow the huge Egyptian papyrus in a bog garden made from a little kidney shaped preform out in the yard so it doesn;t escape...I initially planted it in the ground and it spread like wildfire and I had to contain it. The greenhouse pond is an actual pond I installed in the greenhouse. I will take a photo of it. It has a Bauhinia tree and a big Watermelon Palm planted by it. This is a barred owl I got a shot of one day sitting on one of the water lily containers out by my pool. He stayed for a long time.
