Imagine a pond in place of a football field in a bowl-shaped stadium, well, that's my landscape. This fall I'm removing an acre of deciduous trees where a pond will start taking new form. In time the lake and my home will become surrounded by conifer screens and basic conifer plantings throughout.

The winters here are brutally-windy. I'd like to know if this new influence of a complete change to my landscape may or may not allow me to grow other conifers that normally wouldn't tolerate midwest's hot and humid summers, and otherwise "perfect" spring and fall's having abundant rainfall aiding root-development. I hear so much about "lake effect" that now I'm wondering if there's such a thing as "large pond effect." I live on six acres/2.4 hectare's (The pond being 1 acre or .4 hectares).

The lake will be surrounded in Larch, Dawn Redwood, and non-coniferous deciduous trees and understory shrubs and will provide sunlight for many a nice sunny fishing spots, however will it change the near proximity to the pond 'climate' is my real question.

Thanks,

Dax

Currently these are the best Genus/species suited for my area according to Resin:

Abies nordmanniana

Picea abies

Larix mastersiana/Larix principis-rupprechtii

Pinus resinosa/mugo

Pinus koraiensis because not succesptible to the "white pine blister's" nor insects either)

Others that are being recommended:

Pinus echinata

Pinus parviflora

Pinus heldreichii

Pinus strobus

Pinus that were not recommended due to my climate!!!:

Pinus contorta/Pinus contorta latifolia

Pinus nigra

Pinus ponderosa

Pinus flexilis

Also, Pseudotsuga menziesii (coastal) simply dies here. It won't even make it a year I'd wager. It's simply far too hot here. Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca isn't a strong grower either because it comes from a dry atmosphere. Picea pungens is 100 times the plant of that of Pseudotsuga men. var. glauca.

My ph is 7.0

Any other questions, feel free to ask.