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Old 07-08-2007, 04:45 AM posted to rec.ponds.moderated
Galen Hekhuis Galen Hekhuis is offline
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On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:28:18 CST, Phyllis and Jim
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Nie pic. I can see the tracks from the backhoe.


Thanks, the enlargement of the pond was kind of an afterthought, as
in: "Well, I've rented a backhoe, what to dig next?" My brother
rented a backhoe up in North Carolina and shot and then buried his
wife's Renault Le Car (what a POS that was), but I didn't have a car
to shoot, so we buried a tree and a satellite dish instead.

How often deos it go dry? Will you put any fish in? Gambusia?


It only goes dry when I pump the water out of it. Normally this would
be sort of low water for it, but as dry as it has been here this is
about as full as it has been this year. I don't know about the fish,
the guy who brings my propane says about 10 years ago a previous owner
used to have a fair amount of fish in the pond. That was before it
became a garbage heap. As for gambusia, I have some in the back
pond, and I think some were in this pond (before I pumped the water
out) but I didn't put them there, birds must have carried the eggs.
Where does Bob stay?


Beats me, I haven't seen him for over two months now. Either
something ate him or maybe he just moved on.