My husband and I dug a
pond in our front
yard for ducks, it's about 20x24 and 4ft deep in the center. It can hold around 13,000 gallons of
water when totally full. I'm thinking that in order to keep our
pond clean we will use a sump pump to irrigate our orchard/garden with the mucky water and then add fresh water back into the pond. We will also be using a
solar aerator to help. We get
alot of rain from fall to spring so we plan on capturing that to add back in in the summer when it's dry
I'm wondering if I'll be able to use the duck fertilizer straight from the pond, will it be diluted
enough not to burn our plants. Or do I need to add it into a
compost pile and let it further breakdown.
And how often
should we be fertilizing our garden, is this a twice a year or once a month scenario.