Duck island: more dirt

On Saturday I added some more dirt to the floating island in our pond. It was floating a bit too high out of the water, and not looking as nice as it could be with a fairly hollow bowl inside, which also made it more difficult for the ducklings to navigate, as shown in the most recent Flock Friday post. So more dirt solved those issues.

Here’s a wheelbarrow of dirt; I added about two of these to the island:

Rather than detaching the island from its anchor, I used a mucky bucket to transport several loads of dirt from the wheelbarrow to the island:

I waded in the pond with the bucket (here it’s empty, floating on the surface):

Some new dirt on the island:

Me wading in the pond again, this time with a full bucket of dirt; it still floated, so easy enough to move, though the top of the bucket was just above the water level, so I was careful to avoid getting water inside:

A picture Jenn took of me in the pond:

That’ll do:

The island with new dirt, floating at a better level:

That evening, the ducks enjoyed re-exploring the island:

It rained overnight, resulting in puddles on the island, settling of the dirt, and floating a bit lower from the weight of the water, but it’s still floating:

It’ll dry out again once the rain stops.