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Last night, at 4am, or I guess I should say,
this morning, at 4am, I turned on the furnace. Too cold to sleep. Yesterday it rained and youngest son reported it was cold in the classroom. DH tackled the garage. Pond is still on the list. I'm going to move one of the deck pond plants into the frog bog. It is a grassy plant with tiny, yellow starlike flowers that bloom for a day. A good ponder would know the name. I did report it somewhere back last spring... The chrysanthemums are blooming on the deck. I like the rust and plum coloured varieties. k :-) http://tinyurl.com/6bguh ~ new pond keeper info http://tinyurl.com/yp64db ~ slide show of pond |
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k wrote:
Last night, at 4am, or I guess I should say, this morning, at 4am, I turned on the furnace. Too cold to sleep. Yesterday it rained and youngest son reported it was cold in the classroom. DH tackled the garage. Pond is still on the list. I'm going to move one of the deck pond plants into the frog bog. It is a grassy plant with tiny, yellow starlike flowers that bloom for a day. A good ponder would know the name. I did report it somewhere back last spring... The chrysanthemums are blooming on the deck. I like the rust and plum coloured varieties. k :-) http://tinyurl.com/6bguh ~ new pond keeper info http://tinyurl.com/yp64db ~ slide show of pond We've had our heating on since Thursday (and probably needed it a day or two sooner apart from my stubborn attitude of the heating does not go on until at least October - a few sleepless nights convinced me).....quite depressing as we haven't had a summer in the UK yet.... :-( Although looking at the forecast it looks like I might be able to get outside sometime next week to finish off the pond edgings and tidy the garden and get the plants in for the spring.....(wall flowers, daffs, tulips etc).....Pleased to say that some of the plants I bought for the pond are doing quite well at the moment - especially the pepper grass some of which is placed in the deepest part of the pond but is now reaching almost to the surface (2ft6) - of course I know that it will have some die off over winter but I'm hoping that it will survive.....Actually, without wanting to wish my life away, I can't wait until spring when I can get the pond planted out properly and start adding fish - such a bummer it took so long to dig it and I couldn't finish it in time this year. We bought some solar powered lights disguised as rocks for round the edges of the pond as an experiment, not expecting much especially with the amount of cloud etc. but it is now 1am and they are still going since coming on at dusk.....I think we will get some more at some point...... Gill |
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"k" wrote in message oups.com... Last night, at 4am, or I guess I should say, this morning, at 4am, I turned on the furnace. Too cold to sleep. Yesterday it rained and youngest son reported it was cold in the classroom. DH tackled the garage. Pond is still on the list. I'm going to move one of the deck pond plants into the frog bog. It is a grassy plant with tiny, yellow starlike flowers that bloom for a day. A good ponder would know the name. I did report it somewhere back last spring... The chrysanthemums are blooming on the deck. I like the rust and plum coloured varieties. k :-) http://tinyurl.com/6bguh ~ new pond keeper info http://tinyurl.com/yp64db ~ slide show of pond It's staying fairly warm here, the Hibiscus hasn't come in for the winter yet. It doesn't like consistent temps below 50°. Poured the cement for the bottom drain today, hopefully the no niche skimmer gets plumbed tomorrow. I might get the liner in next week, but I doubt it. The hole still needs some leveling and I have to build the filters yet. |
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Evenings down to 45 here, days still around 70+
Great weather to enjoy th yard, and catch up on chopping firewood for winter.. I did our entire winter supply this last week, installed a workbench, and mounted a chainsaw sharpener because I was dulling them so fast. Imagine 20 feet x 5feet high stakes of firewood.. in a week or so. Needless to say, my arm's sore now.. LOL! Still getting some water lilly flowers, and the pickerel is still blooming. The wife also read that pickerel is edible.. anyone ever have any? -- Gareee (Gary Tabar Jr.) |
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Great to hear of the progress. Pics?
Jim |
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Our fall is just starting. Nights hitting the upper 50's. The plants
are still doing well, although the lilies have slowed flowering. We got some solar lights too. My youngest son, working for the governor for a semester instead of his 3rd year semester at Stanfod law, has begun adding solar lights around the pond. They look great. He mounted some strings of lights under the benches that I had bought but not installed. They look great! Now I have some multi-LED lights for in the pond and the water falls. They are very bright! The pond ones show the junk in the water! Have to think about how to deal with that. Our ponnd will be a night show case when Tim gets done. Jim |
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where did you get the LEDs? our light in the pond shows the junk a bit too, I look
thru it to the fish. but I did used to have a string of lights shining down on the water, was very nice too. Ingrid On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 07:41:25 CST, Phyllis and Jim wrote: Now I have some multi-LED lights for in the pond and the water falls. They are very bright! The pond ones show the junk in the water! Have to think about how to deal with that. |
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Phyllis and Jim wrote:
We got some solar lights too. My youngest son, working for the governor for a semester instead of his 3rd year semester at Stanfod law, has begun adding solar lights around the pond. They look great. He mounted some strings of lights under the benches that I had bought but not installed. They look great! I've certainly been impressed with them so far. I bought some solar powered lights around 8 years ago to try and light the old pond and the garden but they were a great disappointment - solar powered lighting has certainly advanced. I think that by next summer I'll start looking into how to get lighting into all of the garden by this means - we've always wanted to do it but have been put off to a certain degree by the thought of running mains cables all over the garden - if the solar work it is a good, cheap, environmentally friendly way of doing it - shame they don't come with an off switch but I guess more expensive solar light systems might. Now I have some multi-LED lights for in the pond and the water falls. They are very bright! The pond ones show the junk in the water! Have to think about how to deal with that. Now, I've wondered about doing this....my worry has been that it might freak the fish but yep, junk in the water would also be an issue and spoil the overall effect. Are your LEDs solar powered or mains? Gill Our ponnd will be a night show case when Tim gets done. Jim |
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I got the lights from Fountain Mountain for $25 a set. They are NOT
solar. But the power to the water is low because of the transformer. Protecting the transformer is being thought about very carefully. I will try to get a pic once Tim gets them installed. Jim |
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I've always wondered if underwater lights
would mess with a fish's sleep schedule, or day and night schedule or whatever. Can you set them to turn off after evening viewing hours? k :-) |
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I am setting them up with a switch. The solar lights are low enough
in power to be no problem for the fish. Jim |
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"Phyllis and Jim" wrote in message ps.com... Great to hear of the progress. Pics? Jim Yeah, I should take some before I cover the cement. I probably should have taken some before the drain got covered. I ran into a snag plumbing the skimmer, I didn't have the piece to join the bulkead to the elbow. I'm not really crazy about having the bulhead protruding into the pond (nut in pond), but I don't see much choice based on the fittings available. I want to be able to unscrew the skimmer in winter, so I don't want to go the pipe boot route. |
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Hi Bill - I don't know if I'm missing something here, but the bulkheads I
use are threaded all the way through - can't you use a male connection on the "pond" side so the nut and rest of bulkhead is "outside" the pond? Just a thought - Gale :~) I ran into a snag plumbing the skimmer, I didn't have the piece to join the bulkead to the elbow. I'm not really crazy about having the bulhead protruding into the pond (nut in pond), but I don't see much choice based on the fittings available. I want to be able to unscrew the skimmer in winter, so I don't want to go the pipe boot route. |
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On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:09:26 CST, "Bill Stock" wrote:
I ran into a snag plumbing the skimmer, I didn't have the piece to join the bulkead to the elbow. I'm not really crazy about having the bulhead protruding into the pond (nut in pond), but I don't see much choice based on the fittings available. I want to be able to unscrew the skimmer in winter, so I don't want to go the pipe boot route. We unscrew it at the base of the skimmer pot. a fitting attached to the pipe that comes thru the liner. ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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mine are set on a timer to go off 3 hours after dark. Ingrid
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 16:26:18 CST, k wrote: I've always wondered if underwater lights would mess with a fish's sleep schedule, or day and night schedule or whatever. Can you set them to turn off after evening viewing hours? k :-) |
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