Goodness gracious!
I turned on the news today and saw that they were digging up
someone's pool to look for clues in the 28 year old mystery of the
disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.... and I remembered the answer to what is mulm?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mulm is stuff that builds up on the bottom of your pond.
It contains:
blown in dust
blown in sand
blown in dirt
fish poop
snail poop
frog poop
tadpole poop
bird poop
uneaten fish food
dead algae
dead zooplankton
dead tree leaves
dead lily flowers
dead plant foliage
shed husks of aquatic insects
a couple of drowned earth worms, a few
leeches, some horse hair worms,
a bunch of flatworms, lots
of redworms
and
the remains of Jimmy Hoffa.


k30a

There would probably be more grief if that was a pond they were
tearing up!

A funny thing happened to our pool today, son.....


I have never seen worms in the pond.


On 16 Jul 2003 23:09:12 GMT, ESPMER (K30a) wrote:


Goodness gracious!
I turned on the news today and saw that they were digging up
someone's pool to look for clues in the 28 year old mystery of the
disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.... and I remembered the answer to what is mulm?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mulm is stuff that builds up on the bottom of your pond.
It contains:
blown in dust
blown in sand
blown in dirt
fish poop
snail poop
frog poop
tadpole poop
bird poop
uneaten fish food
dead algae
dead zooplankton
dead tree leaves
dead lily flowers
dead plant foliage
shed husks of aquatic insects
a couple of drowned earth worms, a few
leeches, some horse hair worms,
a bunch of flatworms, lots
of redworms
and
the remains of Jimmy Hoffa.


k30a

jammer wrote I have never seen worms in the pond.

Something new to look forward to on your
pond journey!

In one of my pondlets on the deck I filled part way up with dirt and planted
the lotus in it (which has gone onto lotus heaven) and now it has a papyrus and
arrowhead planted in it.

Out of nowhere is seems the pondlet became full of these little bumper car seed
shrimp. They zoom around the edges like crazy, going hither and thither. They
eat decaying stuff so I toss in lettuce and dried bloodworms.

Then the tube worms showed up. They put their heads down in the dirt and wave
their bodies around like hyper seaweed.

A fishless pond is fun to have to see who all shows up. I've got six fishless
pondlets and one fishless frog bog.




k30a

Wow, that's cool. I would have liked to have seen the look on my own
face when i found the damselfly nymph...

Makes sense i wouldn't see worms with fish in the pond. DUH! lol


On 16 Jul 2003 23:21:40 GMT, ESPMER (K30a) wrote:

jammer wrote I have never seen worms in the pond.

Something new to look forward to on your
pond journey!

In one of my pondlets on the deck I filled part way up with dirt and planted
the lotus in it (which has gone onto lotus heaven) and now it has a papyrus and
arrowhead planted in it.

Out of nowhere is seems the pondlet became full of these little bumper car seed
shrimp. They zoom around the edges like crazy, going hither and thither. They
eat decaying stuff so I toss in lettuce and dried bloodworms.

Then the tube worms showed up. They put their heads down in the dirt and wave
their bodies around like hyper seaweed.

A fishless pond is fun to have to see who all shows up. I've got six fishless
pondlets and one fishless frog bog.




k30a

They won't find him. He's holding up one of the goal posts at Giant
Stadium.

"K30a" wrote in message
...

Goodness gracious!
I turned on the news today and saw that they were digging up
someone's pool to look for clues in the 28 year old mystery of the
disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.... and I remembered the answer to what
is mulm?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mulm is stuff that builds up on the bottom of your pond.
It contains:
blown in dust
blown in sand
blown in dirt
fish poop
snail poop
frog poop
tadpole poop
bird poop
uneaten fish food
dead algae
dead zooplankton
dead tree leaves
dead lily flowers
dead plant foliage
shed husks of aquatic insects
a couple of drowned earth worms, a few
leeches, some horse hair worms,
a bunch of flatworms, lots
of redworms
and
the remains of Jimmy Hoffa.


k30a

Wow, that's cool. I would have liked to have seen the look on my own
face when i found the damselfly nymph...

Makes sense i wouldn't see worms with fish in the pond. DUH! lol


On 16 Jul 2003 23:21:40 GMT, ESPMER (K30a) wrote:

jammer wrote I have never seen worms in the pond.

Something new to look forward to on your
pond journey!

In one of my pondlets on the deck I filled part way up with dirt and planted
the lotus in it (which has gone onto lotus heaven) and now it has a papyrus and
arrowhead planted in it.

Out of nowhere is seems the pondlet became full of these little bumper car seed
shrimp. They zoom around the edges like crazy, going hither and thither. They
eat decaying stuff so I toss in lettuce and dried bloodworms.

Then the tube worms showed up. They put their heads down in the dirt and wave
their bodies around like hyper seaweed.

A fishless pond is fun to have to see who all shows up. I've got six fishless
pondlets and one fishless frog bog.




k30a