In 2020, I dealt with the stress of running my business during the pandemic by digging a second tadpole pond.
Why a Second Pond?
For the first ten years I owned the property, my back yard was an ordinary lawn of St. Augustine with fairly low ecological value.
The first pond was small, but it turned its corner of the back yard into a Grand Central Station of biodiversity in its first year of existence.
By the end of the summer, there were hummingbirds and blue dragonflies chasing each other overhead and everything from owls to possums coming for a drink.

So far, the pond has remained healthy year after year, with clear water and populations of freshwater shrimp, clams, mosquitofish, water weeds, and multiple species of tadpoles.
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