One site in particular stands out as America's premier bog-body site: Windover. Since its discovery in 1982, this small, peat-bottomed pond situated roughly between Cape Canaveral and Disney World ...

There are two primary ways bogs are formed: As moss grows over a lake or pond and slowly fills it, or when moss blankets dry land and prevent water from leaving the surface, the EPA said.

Garden ponds are beautiful ... there are plants that grow in water as well as some marginal and bog plants that work well when planted in the wet soil surrounding your pond.