My koi ponds will be totally under screening come tomorrow. D.pond will be
put to bed the following weekend. All Tropical lilies were bagged up for
storage 2 weeks ago. ~ jan[/quote]


Sigh...... So many leaves in the pond- even with the netting. The wind has been just in the right direction to have my neighbors tree leaves fall in my yard. Stopped pumping from the BD- afraid the leaves will clog the pipe.

Tried something new with the lilies- Cut all the leaves and roots and will store them in the basement this year. Same with the tropicals. All the marginals are buried in a trench this year. Next year I make them a small pond behind the shed.

I hate winter.

Hey- isn't it great that we have a real hobby- and real lives? Momma always said that idle hands were the devils tools.
Happy ponding.