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fall~is~here!
Our temperatures are finally cooling off in the
day from high 80s to mid 70s promised this week. So what fall pond work have you got planned, or should be planning, or are actively avoiding? DH has scouting stuff this weekend and next then he is at the mercy of the Honey~Do list. Remove much of the raccoon damage to the iris. Remove rocks that are in the little frog bog that were attempting to block the fish from entering that didn't work. k :-) http://tinyurl.com/6bguh ~ new pond keeper info http://tinyurl.com/yp64db ~ slide show of pond |
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Yep, many of our trees have already lost leaves, and many are turning as
well. I pulled the parrot's feather out, since the fish had unrooted it, and put it in the aquarium in the house.. I had done that earlier, and we even up with two baby salamanders! With any luck, it'll winter ok in the aquarium. The Pickerel went nuts this year.. I want to split both of them, since they've gottem huge, and will do that once they start to show signs of cooler temperature effects. -- Gareee (Gary Tabar Jr.) |
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Gareee:
Where are you at, Nome? Trees turning already? We just had a cool front move in. The high temps are expected to come down to the high 80s°F (low 30s°C) with low 70s°F at night. No trees turning here. Michael New Orleans, Louisiana USA ================================================== ============== "GareeeŠ" wrote in message ... Yep, many of our trees have already lost leaves, and many are turning as well. I pulled the parrot's feather out, since the fish had unrooted it, and put it in the aquarium in the house.. I had done that earlier, and we even up with two baby salamanders! With any luck, it'll winter ok in the aquarium. The Pickerel went nuts this year.. I want to split both of them, since they've gottem huge, and will do that once they start to show signs of cooler temperature effects. -- Gareee (Gary Tabar Jr.) |
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In article , "MLF"
wrote: Gareee: Where are you at, Nome? Trees turning already? We just had a cool front move in. The high temps are expected to come down to the high 80s°F (low 30s°C) with low 70s°F at night. No trees turning here. Michael New Orleans, Louisiana USA ================================================== ============== "GareeeŠ" wrote in message ... Yep, many of our trees have already lost leaves, and many are turning as well. I pulled the parrot's feather out, since the fish had unrooted it, and put it in the aquarium in the house.. I had done that earlier, and we even up with two baby salamanders! With any luck, it'll winter ok in the aquarium. The Pickerel went nuts this year.. I want to split both of them, since they've gottem huge, and will do that once they start to show signs of cooler temperature effects. -- Gareee (Gary Tabar Jr.) Still warm in So Cal. September can be one of our warmest months. 90s inland today. October can go either way, some hot, some cooler. I still like the fact that I can usually wear shorts outside on Xmas day. (though chillier here down at the beach) -- To reply by email, remove the word "space" |
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"MLF" wrote in message
... Gareee: Where are you at, Nome? Trees turning already? Nope, Western NC in the mountains at 3,000 feet. Typically the mean temperatures drop 5 degrees for every 1000 feet altitude gain. We had two late freezes 2 weeks apart this spring, and then drought for the next 4 months. That's been VERY hard on all the plants here. We lost our japanese maple, a evergreen tree (one of our christmas trees), and our dogwood. The stream running through our property is TOTALLY dried up, and the creek ajoining our property (usually 3-5 feet wide by a foot or so deep) is just about gone as well. For those reasons, leaves are just browning and falling off trees here..and have been for the last 2-3 weeks. Normally in summer we can't see our neighbors houses at all, and in winter, without th eleaves, can see then clear as day. We noticed the last week in August we could already see one of ther homes. Upside of course, is we literally only cut our grass and yard 3 total times this year! (and actually I'm in the process of doing the 3rd cutting this week.) besause of full sun an dnow cloudy rainy days, algea has been at an all time high, and the filter I built sprang a leak, so the pond has been roughing it the last 4 or 5 weeks. Oh.. our high today was 64 I think, the possible low tonight (and most of the upcoming week) is 45 already! -- Gareee (Gary Tabar Jr.) |
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Michael,
We're wityh you. Here in Jackson, the crepe myrtle are dropping leaves. Everything else is doing fine. The lilies are pushing fewer leaves and will begin to have smaller ones once we have s serious dip in temp. The hyacinth, however, are holding fine. Jim |
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"MLF" wrote in message ... Gareee: Where are you at, Nome? Trees turning already? We just had a cool front move in. The high temps are expected to come down to the high 80s°F (low 30s°C) with low 70s°F at night. No trees turning here. Michael New Orleans, Louisiana USA ================================================== ============== Only 55° here today, 45° now. Winter is on the way. |
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"GareeeŠ" wrote in message ... "MLF" wrote in message ... Gareee: Where are you at, Nome? Trees turning already? Nope, Western NC in the mountains at 3,000 feet. Typically the mean temperatures drop 5 degrees for every 1000 feet altitude gain. We had two late freezes 2 weeks apart this spring, and then drought for the next 4 months. That's been VERY hard on all the plants here. We lost our japanese maple, a evergreen tree (one of our christmas trees), and our dogwood. The stream running through our property is TOTALLY dried up, and the creek ajoining our property (usually 3-5 feet wide by a foot or so deep) is just about gone as well. For those reasons, leaves are just browning and falling off trees here..and have been for the last 2-3 weeks. Normally in summer we can't see our neighbors houses at all, and in winter, without th eleaves, can see then clear as day. We noticed the last week in August we could already see one of ther homes. Upside of course, is we literally only cut our grass and yard 3 total times this year! (and actually I'm in the process of doing the 3rd cutting this week.) besause of full sun an dnow cloudy rainy days, algea has been at an all time high, and the filter I built sprang a leak, so the pond has been roughing it the last 4 or 5 weeks. Oh.. our high today was 64 I think, the possible low tonight (and most of the upcoming week) is 45 already! -- Gareee (Gary Tabar Jr.) The same thing is happening here in Louisville. I have a water maple in my front yard that partially overhangs my house. With about 118 days over 90 degrees this summer, about 20 days of that over 100, the heat rising off the roof combined with the drought conditions we experienced apparently cooked the side of the tree closest to the house. All of the leaves on that side of the tree have been falling of for the last five days. I'm debating how bad the damage is, because it may have to come down. The oak tree in the back yard appears to be fine. George |
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On Sep 15, 12:07 pm, k wrote:
Our temperatures are finally cooling off in the day from high 80s to mid 70s promised this week. So what fall pond work have you got planned, or should be planning, or are actively avoiding? DH has scouting stuff this weekend and next then he is at the mercy of the Honey~Do list. Remove much of the raccoon damage to the iris. Remove rocks that are in the little frog bog that were attempting to block the fish from entering that didn't work. k :-)http://tinyurl.com/6bguh~ new pond keeper infohttp://tinyurl.com/yp64db~ slide show of pond Yeah getting nice here too. I think it will only be 96 today. no more 100+ temps Chris |
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"Dude" wrote in message ups.com... On Sep 15, 12:07 pm, k wrote: Our temperatures are finally cooling off in the day from high 80s to mid 70s promised this week. So what fall pond work have you got planned, or should be planning, or are actively avoiding? DH has scouting stuff this weekend and next then he is at the mercy of the Honey~Do list. Remove much of the raccoon damage to the iris. Remove rocks that are in the little frog bog that were attempting to block the fish from entering that didn't work. k :-)http://tinyurl.com/6bguh~ new pond keeper infohttp://tinyurl.com/yp64db~ slide show of pond Yeah getting nice here too. I think it will only be 96 today. no more 100+ temps Chris I gather you're somewhere in the South West? How do the fish survive with such warm weather, is the pond in the shade? |
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On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:28:58 CST, "Bill Stock" wrote:
Yeah getting nice here too. I think it will only be 96 today. no more 100+ temps Chris I gather you're somewhere in the South West? How do the fish survive with such warm weather, is the pond in the shade? Yes, my memory isn't the best, when giving weather/environmental conditions one needs to remind us where one is reporting from. ;-) Here in South Central WA, same place as kathy, the weather is finally NICE! The maple we girdled two summers ago has just about lost all it's leaves. My DH got off easy, since most got mowed, or fell in the pond area (on the net) where I had to clean them up. Any in the flowerbeds will become mulch or wait till spring for clean up. Currently fall chores are not upon me yet, but soon enough I'll be moving plants inside and such, but not till next month. So I'm just maintaining. I did do a major harvest of my mini Roma tomatoes today. Must have taken 10 lbs off one plant.... thankfully only have one plant! I am moving some hardy pond plants, I had in decorative holeless pots on the patio, to the lily pond to winter over. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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Irrigation vs rainfall
I didn't want to hijack the Fall thread so started a new one when....
On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 GareeeŠ wrote: Nope, Western NC in the mountains at 3,000 feet. Typically the mean temperatures drop 5 degrees for every 1000 feet altitude gain. We had two late freezes 2 weeks apart this spring, and then drought for the next 4 months. That's been VERY hard on all the plants here. We lost our japanese maple, a evergreen tree (one of our christmas trees), and our dogwood. The stream running through our property is TOTALLY dried up, and the creek ajoining our property (usually 3-5 feet wide by a foot or so deep) is just about gone as well. I just have to ask.... is water really expensive there? Here nothing but sage, cactus and rocks would survive without us watering, sometimes daily, not to mention deep watering trees with a soaker hose that might run 12 hours. Regardless of drought years (so far) most of us are able to keep our plants alive and happy. I do know it is different in areas where mother nature normally does the watering. IE, I can remember Seattle (the wetside of WA) as a kid going there about August and the grass of most homes would be brown. That was normal for them... yet my grandparents, who lived quite a few years in Yakima was never brown when we visited, because they used a hose and sprinkler. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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On Sep 15, 1:07 pm, k wrote:
Our temperatures are finally cooling off in the day from high 80s to mid 70s promised this week. So what fall pond work have you got planned, or should be planning, or are actively avoiding? DH has scouting stuff this weekend and next then he is at the mercy of the Honey~Do list. Remove much of the raccoon damage to the iris. Remove rocks that are in the little frog bog that were attempting to block the fish from entering that didn't work. k :-)http://tinyurl.com/6bguh~ new pond keeper infohttp://tinyurl.com/yp64db~ slide show of pond Well, all the real activity in my pond, algae I guess, ended around the Middle of August! No more constant changing if clogged filters! So, I can concentrate on Raising the level of the pond on the North and East Side! The clam bed I have have has all the gravel thrown out again! I will have to fill it again! Not sure who or what is throwing out all the gravel in the bed all the time! Will decide whether to bring the Hibiscus moscheutos http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/982/ In this year or just take it out of the pond and mulch it and let it winter as I did last year! Repair the Bird netting and the fence! Take out the Milk crate shelves and clean out under them! They must be at an angle or just collect gunk! Order some more fat-head minnows for mosquito control! I could be wrong and maybe the Bull frog did decimate them! But that large bullet shaped fish that partols the bottom is my best bet! I wonder who planted that fish there and what it is! Some kind of a joke by one of my friends I guess! |
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"George" wrote in message .. . The same thing is happening here in Louisville. I have a water maple in my front yard that partially overhangs my house. With about 118 days over 90 degrees this summer, about 20 days of that over 100, the heat rising off the roof combined with the drought conditions we experienced apparently cooked the side of the tree closest to the house. All of the leaves on that side of the tree have been falling of for the last five days. I'm debating how bad the damage is, because it may have to come down. The oak tree in the back yard appears to be fine. =============================== We've had the same thing here in Middle TN. Months of drought and 100+ heat have killed many trees on our property. They turned brown in mid August and the leaves started to drop. We've also lost many shrubs. There was too much to water so we had to let them go. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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"Bill Stock" wrote: "MLF" wrote in message ... Gareee: Where are you at, Nome? Trees turning already? We just had a cool front move in. The high temps are expected to come down to the high 80s°F (low 30s°C) with low 70s°F at night. No trees turning here. Michael New Orleans, Louisiana USA ================================================== ============== Only 55° here today, 45° now. Winter is on the way. Stanley, Idaho? -- To reply by email, remove the word "space" |
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