Deleted: When I found out that Sea Thrift is poisonous. Pretty plant, but not suitable for your use. This post was edited by nmpondguy on Thu, May 1, 14 at 10:05

D.O.C's or Dissolved Organic Compounds, can come from talcum powder on the pond liner, off rocks, plant pots or soil etc, in a new pond. They will dissipate in time, as the water passes through your filtering system. They can also occur in established ponds if new plants, or features, such as fountains statuary, etc, are added. The foam usually disappears in a few days or even overnight. "Horton"

I've been researching this very topic. I have a pond that has a berm rather than rock. I also want it to withstand occasional foot traffic. I can tell you some of the things I'm considering to give you a start. I already have lamium, easy to take cuttings and root. It's supposed to be best in the shade but if it's an established clump, it'll spread out into the sun. The reason I'm considering this as first choice is because when I moved during the fall, some lamium pieces ended up in the pond. When I was cleaning the pond in the spring, these pieces came up green and lively. Unfortunately, they did not immediately root into the ground. I've since learned to be careful transplanting things rooted in water to being in ground. Thing is, lamium is one of the few things that can grow on the dry side of the liner and will grow out over the edge into the water. I don't expect it to float well, but it will cover the edge nicely. A good ground cover for the shady area is creeping jenny. It LOVES laying out over the water. Mazus is another favorite, but not evergreen. My searches have found various rubus types of groundcover, said to be evergreen and will grow in your zone, lucky you. Most that I've seen aren't hardy in my zone 6 area. If you don't mind that the groundcover doesn't go into the water, check out heaths/heathers. You can have different ones and truly have year round blooms. I have helleborus doing nicely in a partially shaded area. There's also liriope and vinca. I don't know what type of an edge you have, but if it's a natural pond where plants can be dry and then swampy, check out lists of bog plants. OH, and bog rosemary might be a good choice. There are also various water mints that could spread nicely and stay around the edge. Do NOT, EVER EVER feel desperate enough to plant the plain green type of water celery. It will take over, it will fill your pond. OH, for the sunny areas, plant iris. They will fill out and the green leaves might stay greener for your zone. If you like day lilies, they love being wet. Hope that gives you some ideas.

No such machine was used... They poured the entire garage at once which lasted from 8:15am-8:45am.. From that point until 1pm they were working the concrete by hand.. This is a quick shot of what they were doing: I just really can't believe that this company would allow this.. They are a higher end company and they do most of their work in high end neighborhoods.. I am actually getting a little concerned that its not even.. I went over while at work to take a quick pic but got their late and it was already dark.. I left the headlights of my car on and took a pic.. I can't tell if its the lighting combined with the trowel marks, but it almost looks like ripples.. This is what it looks like: At this point I don't know what to even do.. I feel like every time they get to the next stage I have to question what my options are because it wasn't done right.. I know I am not building a mansion or some multi million dollar home, but I just feel like I probably could have done a better job myself and I have absolutely no experience.. I know it's easy to second guess people, but I feel like this is not an acceptable finish.. I talked with a few people and they said there is no real way to "repair" this.. They would have to hammer it all out and pour again.. I had contemplated doing an epoxy finish but I don't even know if that would solve this.. Im sure it would help the finish look, but if this floor is in fact not level I am not sure an epoxy coating will level it out.. I am nervous to even go down to the basement.. I only saw a small portion from the upper level (no stairs installed yet) and everything was covered.. I can only assume the basement slab looks the same..