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The Ducks..
A few years ago a family moved in a couple of houses down from ours.
Their property is only about 2 acres, but they act like they are living on a 20 acre farm.  They keep adding animals of all kinds.  The only problem is that most of them end up at my house.  We have to live with their dogs running wild, Chickens digging in our mulch.  We even had to walk a horse home. 
Last year they added ducks.  Like all the others they eventually migrated to our house.  The only difference this time is that Traci and Aly fell in love with these two silly creatures.  They started feeding them, and before you know it, the Ducks found a new home.
The Pond.
Deciding that the Ducks were going to be around for a while, we decided to add a water feature to our back landscape that would look nice and also give the Ducks a place to swim and clean up.

Some of My Favorite Projects
From New Builds to Remodels

The Pond Vac.
Because the Ducks love to get dirty then clean up in the pond, I had to come up with a way to clean the bottom of the pond every once in a while.  So I built a portable vac out of Makrolon, a Pump from Harbor Freight and a 12v Battery.
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