So we officially have a heat wave (more than 5 consecutive days above 30°C),
fish are dying in natural ponds through oxygen deprivation :-(

33°C in the shade as I type this... (92°F) at 9 PM

Courtesy of a spray bar (thanks Roark) and a trickle tower (and a Hi Blow or
2) and lots of spraying, my garden manages to survive this very un-Belgian
weather. So do the fish.

Water temp: 23°C

Pics can be found at http://www.wide-o.net/august_pond/

Enjoy :-)

Theo

Theo wrote my garden manages to survive this very un-Belgian
weather

Heavens. I missed the Belgian reference somewhere down the road.
I've been wondering about you all over there. Do many people have air
conditioning? We never did when I lived right on the coast on the Pacific, but
here in the inland of Washington state we sure do love it as 90++ visits us a
lot in the summer.
Our pond is 2.5 feet deep, some shade and does well in the summer. I had a
couple of thermometers in there at one time but the dogs always managed to sink
them, eat them, destroy them - you name it.


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...ors/index.html

Right about now I would welcome a heat wave. We've had cool nights and
rainy days. My pond, partly in shade and 4' deep on one end is 65 degrees.
I suspect the ground has not warmed up. In trying to make a tropical lily
happy I have created a mini pond, 8" deep beside the big one and put in a
submersible aquarium heater set to 75. Just did it yesterday. This am the
temp in the puddle was up to 72.

Anyone else in SW Ontario have low temps???

Heather
SW Ontario (Zone 5)



"K30a" wrote Our pond is 2.5 feet deep, some shade and does well in the
summer. I had a
couple of thermometers in there at one time but the dogs always managed to
sink
them, eat them, destroy them - you name it.

Welcome to *my* world, Theo! But it is rather rude if you're not used to it.
The gardens and the fish seem to be handling it rather well, though.

Lee

"Theo van Daele" wrote in message
...
So we officially have a heat wave (more than 5 consecutive days above
30°C),
fish are dying in natural ponds through oxygen deprivation :-(

33°C in the shade as I type this... (92°F) at 9 PM

Courtesy of a spray bar (thanks Roark) and a trickle tower (and a Hi Blow
or
2) and lots of spraying, my garden manages to survive this very un-Belgian
weather. So do the fish.

Water temp: 23°C

Pics can be found at http://www.wide-o.net/august_pond/

Enjoy :-)

Theo

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 19:15:42 GMT, "Theo van Daele"
wrote:

So we officially have a heat wave (more than 5 consecutive days above 30°C),
fish are dying in natural ponds through oxygen deprivation :-(

33°C in the shade as I type this... (92°F) at 9 PM

Sorry! Not much sympathy from me! 115 heat index and 109F
It's brutal!!!!!

And when has there EVER been a level PURPLE ozone alert???? Should i
keep my dogs in?????? (J/K) I will be glad to get back to the west
coast!!!!!

Courtesy of a spray bar (thanks Roark) and a trickle tower (and a Hi Blow or
2) and lots of spraying, my garden manages to survive this very un-Belgian
weather. So do the fish.

Water temp: 23°C

Pics can be found at http://www.wide-o.net/august_pond/

Enjoy :-)

Theo

"Theo van Daele" wrote in message
...
So we officially have a heat wave (more than 5 consecutive days above
30°C),
fish are dying in natural ponds through oxygen deprivation :-(

33°C in the shade as I type this... (92°F) at 9 PM

Courtesy of a spray bar (thanks Roark) and a trickle tower (and a Hi Blow
or
2) and lots of spraying, my garden manages to survive this very un-Belgian
weather. So do the fish.
snip

Theo...I think you have THE most fantastically landscaped ponds I have ever
seen.

BV.

we just broke a 3 week spell of mid 90's to 100ish IT SUCKED.....sorry I
hate the heat ;-), you have a great yard but even the nakid guy in photo 3
looks like it is too hot out:-)

"Theo van Daele" wrote in message
...
So we officially have a heat wave (more than 5 consecutive days above
30°C),
fish are dying in natural ponds through oxygen deprivation :-(

33°C in the shade as I type this... (92°F) at 9 PM

Courtesy of a spray bar (thanks Roark) and a trickle tower (and a Hi Blow
or
2) and lots of spraying, my garden manages to survive this very un-Belgian
weather. So do the fish.

Water temp: 23°C

Pics can be found at http://www.wide-o.net/august_pond/

Enjoy :-)

Theo

I just drooled over your pictures, Theo. Just like K30,
I too missed the fact that you are in Belgium. I thought you
all were in England... in fact, your pond pics just scream England! Sorry.
Where, if
you don't mind telling us, in Belgium are you?
My neighbor is from Liege. A World War II bride!

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Theo van Daele" wrote in message
...
So we officially have a heat wave (more than 5 consecutive days above
30°C),
fish are dying in natural ponds through oxygen deprivation :-(

33°C in the shade as I type this... (92°F) at 9 PM

Courtesy of a spray bar (thanks Roark) and a trickle tower (and a Hi Blow
or
2) and lots of spraying, my garden manages to survive this very un-Belgian
weather. So do the fish.

Water temp: 23°C

Pics can be found at http://www.wide-o.net/august_pond/

Enjoy :-)

Theo

Your pond is .... perfect is the only word that comes close to
describing it.
At those temperatures I would have to tell those koi to "Make room for
Daddy." Although some are large enough to throw you back out of the
water.
Good luck with the heat.
"Theo van Daele" wrote in message
...
So we officially have a heat wave (more than 5 consecutive days
above 30°C),
fish are dying in natural ponds through oxygen deprivation :-(

33°C in the shade as I type this... (92°F) at 9 PM

Courtesy of a spray bar (thanks Roark) and a trickle tower (and a Hi
Blow or
2) and lots of spraying, my garden manages to survive this very
un-Belgian
weather. So do the fish.

Water temp: 23°C

Pics can be found at http://www.wide-o.net/august_pond/

Enjoy :-)

Theo

Most here don't have airco, but I guess that will change rapidly.
Personally I only have a portable unit for the bedroom, but that was very
expensive ($ 1000 ) and doesn't work all that well :-(

We mostly have an unstable climate with lots of rain all year long, but this
year has been very dry. July was the hottest month since they started
recording temps, August is going to be a scorcher as well it seems.
Haven't had a decent rain shower in 8 weeks now, which is quite unusual.

Me I like it to be 25°C max, that way you can still haul stones around or
dig something, now it's just sitting next to the pond, sweating.

LOL & thermometers... my wife & I are thinking about a golden
retriever/labrador, but I'm not sure how that will work with the cats,
turtles & fish. They are great gentle animals ... do yours jump in the
pond very often ?

Theo

"K30a" schreef in bericht
...
Heavens. I missed the Belgian reference somewhere down the road.
I've been wondering about you all over there. Do many people have air
conditioning? We never did when I lived right on the coast on the Pacific,
but
here in the inland of Washington state we sure do love it as 90++ visits
us a
lot in the summer.
Our pond is 2.5 feet deep, some shade and does well in the summer. I had a
couple of thermometers in there at one time but the dogs always managed to
sink
them, eat them, destroy them - you name it.


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...ors/index.html

I'll have my old world back thank you ;-)

Welcome to *my* world, Theo! But it is rather rude if you're not used to
it.

You certainly have to adapt to it. Digging a hole at 12 PM with ozon
alerts etc was not the smartest thing I ever tried.

Thanks BV :-)

I do spend a lot of time on the landscaping, as in my view it kinda "makes"
a pond, let's it blend in with the rest.

But there is a downside: when you want to redo things, you're inclined to
take half measures so to not destroy plants/trees etc, which leads to half
baked designs (try putting in a concrete floor for the pond without
destroying half the garden).

I could pretend I had a *plan* but it went more like "hmmm, rectangle of
lawn, yawn... put something here, now that's a nice tree lets put it there,
ooh, lets dig a hole and fill with water, hmm, needs to be bigger, ooh, got
some space for another bush there" etc etc. The nice way of putting it is
"it grew organically", but in reality it's more a chaotic process that
turned out OK in the end :-)

Theo...I think you have THE most fantastically landscaped ponds I have
ever
seen.

The nekkid guy let's you know he's a she with short hair :-p

I dislike the heat very much myself, my wife asked me to stop complaining
about it every night/hour :blush:

"Bob H" schreef in bericht
...
we just broke a 3 week spell of mid 90's to 100ish IT SUCKED.....sorry I
hate the heat ;-), you have a great yard but even the nakid guy in photo 3
looks like it is too hot out:-)

Thanks Nedra.

England ... probably true, but it is a coincidence. Although we have a very
similar climate I suppose, and we do watch many BBC gardening programs over
here.

I live near Antwerp, about 50 miles from Liege. Did your neighbor ever
visit Belgium again ? Does she still speak French ? (I'm from the Flemish
parts)

Liege is a very special town ("The Fire City") and has in history long been
it's own state. It's also the "gateway" to the Ardens, where so many
remains of WWII can still be found. In fact Belgium is one big WWII
museum.

Theo

"Nedra" schreef in bericht
link.net...
I just drooled over your pictures, Theo. Just like K30,
I too missed the fact that you are in Belgium. I thought you
all were in England... in fact, your pond pics just scream England!
Sorry.
Where, if
you don't mind telling us, in Belgium are you?
My neighbor is from Liege. A World War II bride!

Nedra

:blush: Thanks Hank.

Yeah, the thought of joining them has occured to me a few times now. I
don't think the fish would mind much to be honest. Hmmm... :-)

"Hank" schreef in bericht
...
Your pond is .... perfect is the only word that comes close to
describing it.
At those temperatures I would have to tell those koi to "Make room for
Daddy." Although some are large enough to throw you back out of the
water.