Cheryl
I do agree - however, Hubs didn't want to put up the net this year. I think some of these projects are becoming more and more difficult for him as his health is not what it truly should be, so I agreed with him and checked my skimmer several times a day.
I was both surprised and grateful that he had gotten the remainder of the leaves out of the pond as I would have questioned previously whether he was physically able to do that previously.
I should be shutting down in the next several weeks - to me it is so quiet after the pumps have been brought in.