Matt wrote: > You could try a small liner pond with a gently sloping pebble 'beach' on > one side. It will work wonders for the wildlife If you can talk MaPat into digging a pond (or getting anybody to do it except at the point of a double barreled 12 gauge with both chambers loaded) you're a braver man than I am Gunga Din. When you have 1/2 inch of top soil on top of solid granite and limestone, the act of digging a hole....any kind of a whole....is something of a major project.) God invented above ground stock ponds for people who live in the Hill Country. You just get them hauled onto your place and plunk 'em down on top of the ground. Catharine/Atlanta