Adding wild drift wood? Worth the risk?
azponder
17 years ago
On a whim I decided that my pond needed a cool piece of wood at the base of my waterfall. I drove a couple hours to a lake near us and found a cool piece of drift wood. I sprayed it off with the hose to get the dirt off and without really thinking put it in and started positioning it. After an hour I had the thought "Doh! what if there is wild fungus or bacteria on it!" and immediately pulled it out.
Is there some way I can treat the wood to make it safe? Is the damage already done? Oh...and besides tying a rock to it, any ideas on making it stay put below the surface? Who would have imagined.....wood floats?! Heh heh so far this has not been my best idea.
Thea C