Umm....
but I might fool around *wink*

that is till you got a close look at me LOL!

Kate


"Just Me "Koi"" wrote in message
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| You have a lake in the back, a football stadium/landing strip in the
front!
|
| Consider this my wedding proposal................ I forgot you are
already
| married ......................
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| _______________________________________
| "The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is
| like an eggs-and-ham breakfast:
| The chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
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| "SVTKate" wrote in message
| ink.net...
| Thank You Heather
| That's what it looks like nearly every morning off my back porch. I sit
| and
| sip coffee and enjoy the view.
| The day we first came to look at this house it was raining cats and
dogs.
| We
| waited on the back porch for the realtor to meet us for about 45
minutes.
| While we were there we found the peace and quiet (no cars, no sirens, no
| planes... no noise but the birds) and the scent of the wet pines so
| enjoyable that we decided then it was the right place, even though we
had
| not yet seen the inside of the place.
| Luckily, the inside of the house was what we wanted too, and at a great
| price including a shop!
|
| Here's another picture you may enjoy, the view from our FRONT porch !
| http://www.kizthiz.com/frontporch.jpg
|
| *sigh* so much yard, so little money! LOL
|
| Kate
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|
| "Heather" wrote in message
| ...
| | Kate:
| |
| | The photo is awesome! What a beautiful site!
| |
| | Heather
| |
| |
| | "SVTKate" wrote in message
| | link.net...
| | HI Perry
| | I am new here too, and I do like the idea that you have there.
| | Something like a Dry creek, maybe with a little catch pond halfway
up
| the
| | bank..?
| | Here is a shot of my 'pond' from my back porch....
| | http://www.kizthiz.com/pondview.jpg
| | I would like the stream to wind down in an S shape from the top to
the
| | bottom
| |
| | Hmm... food for thought! Thank You!
| | Kate
| |
| |
| | "Perry" wrote in message
| | . ..
| | | Hi Kate,
| | | (Greetings to all from a first time postee)
| | |
| | | Have you thought of just putting in a rill (man-made stream bed)?
| I've
| | seen
| | | pictures of rills where the small ditch is lined with loose
fitting
| | brick
| | | and rock. Small catch basins of brick and rock are sometimes
built
| in.
| | It
| | | doesn't require mortar or cement but still channels the rainwater
| faster
| | and
| | | better than dirt, and often old or used materials are used.
| | |
| | | Also, since the bricks are laid without mortar, rain water seeps
| below
| | them
| | | and makes excellent, wet, protected soil for water loving shrubs
| (fern,
| | | iris, daylilies, etc.)
| | |
| | | At the bottom, I think a lined catch basin to hold the water
better
| | (about
| | | the size of big sink), or you might lay a pond liner under the
dirt
| and
| | | create a bog garden. Then let frogs, tadpoles, and other wildlife
| move
| | in
| | | as they will.
| | |
| | |
| | | "SVTKate" wrote in message
| | | news | | | It's me again.
| | |
| | | Having too much time on ones hands to work out in the 'yard'
makes
| the
| | | imagination run amok with ideas for making the whole place look
| like
| a
| | | wooded wonderland.
| | |
| | | Having the pocketbook of a retiree, makes one's imagination
often
| come
| | to
| | | a
| | | screaming, frustrated halt in nothing short.
| | |
| | | I have been looking at my place and thinking that I would like a
| | little
| | | stream. There is no natural running water but if it were to run
| from
| | up
| | by
| | | the house to the pond (call it 200 yards as a rough guess) it
has
| an
| | | already
| | | natural pathway from where the rain runoff travels.
| | |
| | | If you do a stream, do you have to do filters and all of that?
| | | Are the pumps expensive to purchase and operate?
| | | What are the real ups and downs of manmade streams?
| | | Do you think it feasible with the distance I am dreaming of?
| | | Are they terribly involved to build or can you just dig a ditch,
| put
| | some
| | | rocks in to prevent erosion and turn it on?
| | |
| | | Thanks folks for hearing my stupid questions and not throwing me
| in
| | the
| | | pond.
| | |
| | | Kate
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