cool - a man-cave with pond.... nice.

"Galen Hekhuis" wrote in message
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If the pond will not move to me, then I guess I'm gonna have to move
to the pond. Well, I'm not going to really move there, I just got a
building put back there and I'm gonna get AC power back there. The
building is going to be air conditioned, and has sliding glass doors
looking over the pond. While it will be just a shed from outside,
inside I plan on making it a bit more comfortable. Air conditioning
and glass door aside, it is also going to have WiFi access,
refrigerator, microwave, etc. The back section is where I'll put my
batteries and inverter. The whole thing (less air conditioner and
refrigerator) will run off of photovoltaic cells on the roof. I put a
big solar cell array on the top of my electric golf (I've never
played) cart and haven't had to plug it in to recharge in almost a
year now.

Right now the 1/4 acre back pond (where I'm going) is covered in
duckweed. I have a theory about duckweed control that I am going to
get to test as soon as I get power back there. Moving water seems to
inhibit duckweed growth, and I have an aerator in the big pond by my
house (now nothing but a weed infested wet depression) that I'm going
to put down at the back pond. I'm also going to have a pump for a
stream that will just flow back into the pond. I know it's moving
water around for no good reason, but if it helps with the duckweed...