I've got this pond out in back of the house that I'm going to have cleaned
up. The thing is roughly circular, about 40-45' in diameter. The former
owner of this property used it to dispose of brush and even old chairs and
I think I can see an old barbeque in there. The water level is down now so
that there is only about 6 inches of water in the center, but after a rain
the thing can fill up to where I'd guess it's a good three feet or better
in depth at the center, This guy is gonna haul the trash away, and drive
a bulldozer over the rest of the crud that remains. I know there isn't
anything *too* nasty in there, because last summer the place was full of
frogs and turtles and the like, so at least it doesn't seem to have been a
Toxic Waste Dump or anything. I live in northern Florida (near where I-75
and I-10 intersect) and on what is classic "poorly drained" land, mostly
clayish -- no rocks. I'm sort of in a rural area, lots of wildlife
(including deer, armadillos, alligators, heron, turtles of all kinds,
etc.). So is there anything I ought to do now (the kind of thing I'll
Regret Forever if I don't). The general idea is that the whole area should
thrive on a fair amount of neglect. I really excel at being lazy.

Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA
Alone we can just aspire to be dumb, but together we can be truly stupid

"Galen Hekhuis" wrote in message
...
etc.). So is there anything I ought to do now (the kind of thing I'll
Regret Forever if I don't). The general idea is that the whole area
should
thrive on a fair amount of neglect. I really excel at being lazy.
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It sounds like you're on the right road. I think there's a NG for those
with natural small lakes and ponds. This NG is more or less for those who
have decorative liner ponds in their yards for fish and pond plants.
--
Koi-Lo.... frugal ponding since 1995...
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy
~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o

Galen...I noticed you have posted here before. This forum is for any
ponder contrary to what carol (aka koi lo, reel mckoi or whatever name
she uses) says.....IIRC your around Suwanee area, and had more than
one pond/bog area...If your not that person, matters not, but ask away
any questions you may have as there are folks here that know the ins
and outs of larger natural type ponds, unlike Koi lo that just has a
urge to reply to any and every post weather she knows anything about
it or not.....

Given your area, your not going to get away with too much neglect, as
thigs can get out of hand pretty quick, when it comes to aquatic / bog
type plants and water quality can go down hill fast, in respect to
decent water requred for fish, as compared to frogs etc. IMHO, I would
look into supplying some type of aeration by way of a fountain to keep
the water destratified, and help reduce algae blooms....You may want
to consider regrading around the pond if possible to reduce the amount
of inflow so as to reduce the introduction of nutrients from runoff,
which will also reduce algae blooms.......If by chance you decide to
plant anything be very carefull of what you plant as a lot of plants
in your area can become very nvasive and virtually impossible to get
rid of once established.Some that come to mind is parrots feather,
sensitve vine, water / aquatic clover, cat tails, pickerel reed, water
hyacinth, just to name a few......even water lilys will take over in
due time.. But of most importantance is aeration and controlling the
inflow of water from other areas which may contribute to problems
fromn the run off and of course sediement buildup. If you can control
a few areas to allow run off to flow into the pond, you can build
small rip rap sediement traps which are inconspicuous to look at and
pose no problems in cutting grass etc, but do a good job of reducing
the amount of sediement carried intot he pond by runoff.



On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 21:09:21 -0600, "Koi-lo the freindless one"
wrote.....nothing of importance.......about
par for the course.

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==="Galen Hekhuis" wrote in message
===news:rqbko1hcd1mmr92qr3rspdvom34sqsrc3c@4ax. com...
=== etc.). So is there anything I ought to do now (the kind of thing I'll
=== Regret Forever if I don't). The general idea is that the whole area
=== should
=== thrive on a fair amount of neglect. I really excel at being lazy.
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===It sounds like you're on the right road. I think there's a NG for those
===with natural small lakes and ponds. This NG is more or less for those who
===have decorative liner ponds in their yards for fish and pond plants.

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The original frugal ponder! Koi-ahoi mates....

Koi-lo wrote:

"Galen Hekhuis" wrote in message
...

etc.). So is there anything I ought to do now (the kind of thing I'll
Regret Forever if I don't). The general idea is that the whole area
should
thrive on a fair amount of neglect. I really excel at being lazy.

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It sounds like you're on the right road. I think there's a NG for those
with natural small lakes and ponds. This NG is more or less for those
who have decorative liner ponds in their yards for fish and pond plants.

Carolyn Adamo Gulley
3245 North Lamar Road Mount Juliet TN 37122-7806
Phone 615-459-9345

has been caught in various vicious lies!
Before plaguing ARJW with her nonsense, she use to plague the Health NG
do a google search on Yarrow / windsong / Carol for more details.

http://tinyurl.com/daw64
http://tinyurl.com/af4r9
http://tinyurl.com/7v5ly
When she is best by a man she accuse him of stalking

http://tinyurl.com/8wryt

She engages people in senseless debates about absolutely nothing.
Her intent on ARJW is to slander JW's

Before you reply, you may want to ask her a few things or only one.
_Where does she get her information?
_Can her information be verified?
_Is the information up to date?
_What is the purpose of her post? To present reliable facts about JW's
or sling mud on a religious organization in good standing in almost
every country in the world?

Ask her for evidence of her claims before proceeding with your
conversation with her, if not you may be end up wasting your time and
bandwidth on discussing subjects based on fraudulent and fabricated
information. This is how she manipulates clueless bystanders in
participating with her distributing false information elsewhere?

Facts about Carol:

*She can never present evidence.
*She never reveals the source of her info (because there is none). Her
common reply, is: "everybody already knows". If everybody knew, why
bring it up?
*She always hides her identity. And change her header to avoid
killfiles. A TOS offense
*She cuts and paste, rewrite postings, and will even forge e-mail
addresses
;which her ISP allows her to do. Just ask them:


If your newsgroups has been victim of Carol's MCP and ECP that is off
topic you can report her. Her account is dpc6682112001.direcpc.com and
you may report her by calling 1-800-DirecPC, by emailing us at
, or by writing to:

DirecPC
Customer Care Center
11717 Exploration Lane
Germantown, MD 20876 USA

Her use of remailers can still be traced to her account.No American ISP
like to be
associated with Hate Speech no matter if Hate speech is protected
under the First. It affects their commercial interest.
Then you can contact your own ISP and have them add them to their
block List Direcpc.com

Why does Carol behave as she does?


Carolyn Adamo Gulley of Mt Juliet Tn. Is a life long underachiever.
She did not finish High school in NYC, and lived as a biker gangsters
in the 60's and 70's. She claims on her former website that she has 2
failed
marriages and blames God for her poor choices. It is alleged that she
lost custody of her only son due to substance abuse, (never been
proven however). Dumped in TN by her Second husband, Quote-quote, with
no place to go.


She also has failed attempts at being a JW. She could never attain their
moral standards as dictated in the scriptures, and thus been at
war with them ever since. This has made her a very mentally unstable
woman, her hatred is intense, and due to biker-substance abuse
lifestyle, she now needs aid of a pacemaker.

By reporting her to her ISP, she is made aware, that she is alone in
her insane crusade full of false hoods and forgeries., and that you
the reader does not support hate speech against any religion or person.