Basically, I had a dozen pots that were fallen over in the pond with the Sweet Flag leaves growing curved toward the light. I had a large pot of mixed clay and pea gravel to refill smaller pots, broken terra cotta and golf ball sized stones for weight in the bottoms, and a new bag of pea gravel to cover the soil on the tops.
I found the corner of the sunken patio a convenient height to do messy work...
Here is a stage in the procedure. The 2 pots on the right have had the stones put in the bottom, some clay/gravel soil added, then rooted portion from the original pots. I am about to add new pea gravel on top and move them to the pond.
This is the small pond with Sweet Flag around the ledge. There are 5 hardy waterlilies in the deeper center portion and several on the outer ledge. The lilies on the ledge (and half of the Sweet Flag) will be moved to the larger pond as soon as I replace the damaged lining.
I have a small water pump for the small pond. After it has circulated the water and filtered out the silt for a few days, I will add a few small goldfish.
At least I know now that I simply MUST lift all the pots each Spring and cut back the roots. And next year I will cover it with plastic window screen instead of clear plastic sheet so the pond can breathe but the Spring Peepers can't mate!
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