"~ janj" wrote in message
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:16:35 -0500, "Gareee©"
wrote:

Looks like the group survived the trashing last year.

Glad to see you back Gareee. )

Good to be back.. I couldn;t find any other good online pond community, and
kept hoping things would finally cool down here.

Frog have already been breeding like crazy here as well.. we counted over
18
in the pond a few weeks ago.

Speaking of frogs. Last spring I removed a bull frog from the lily pond
and
hauled it off to the D.pond. Last weekend I found another in the koi
ponds.
I hope I can catch it, so it can join the other at the D.pond. I don't
like
them here, because I don't want them eating the treefrogs or goldfish fry,
etc.

Well, I already have as many goldfish as I want, so they are kinda welcome
to the fry if they want them!

Sounds like you have a lot planned for this spring. I'm just waiting for
spring to really "break" here. ) ~ jan

We still get occasional cold snaps, but today it was 60 or so out there mid
day.

I had to double check the uv filter today... it didn't appear to be working,
but trying to see the glow is almost impossible, even at night. Taking it
apart, I found the bulb had come unplugged during shipping.

We picked up the line for the waterfall pump today, and HAD planned to drain
the pond, replace the filter material on the outside of the "plastic milk
crate filter" I cobbled last year from plans acquired here.

I think we'll put the waterfall pump in the filter this year, to increase
it's effectiveness.

The UVs only been on for a day, so of course, we won;t see any real results
for another few days.

(BTW, will running it during the day only extend it's life?)

Today we planted 2 new dogwood trees, and a small Christmas tree acquired at
Christmas time.

With luck, tomorrow we'll clean out the pond, replace the outer material
(or just clean it) off the milk crate filter, and replace old green water
with fresh water, which should help the uv process.

If time permits, we'll also start work on the waterfall. I'm thinking for
liner for it, we'll just use doubled heavy duty black tarp from Walmart.

(Local stores haven't gotten liner in stock yet.)

There will be a pondlet, with a stream coming downhill from it, and a
"stairstep" waterfall, rather then one with a big drop. Drop into the pond
itself will probably be a foot or so.

I may reuse the kid's pond we painted black with Krylon fusion as the
pondlet.. haven't decided that yet. (And the wife really likes the little
pond).

I'll post links to pics when the work is complete.

--
Gareee©
(Gary Tabar Jr.)