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What is the current status of your pond?
The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
What is the current status of your pond? 52 degrees here right now, so ponds are liquid, and fairly clear. |
What is the current status of your pond? 52 degrees here right now, so ponds are liquid, and fairly clear. |
What is the current status of your pond? 52 degrees here right now, so ponds are liquid, and fairly clear. |
What is the current status of your pond? Mine just refroze 2 days ago after completely thawing to water with the last warm spell here in SW Ont - now have a 3' hole from my bubbler and about 1" of ice- I was thawing with tea kettle and a stick to keep a hole open 2 weeks ago - talk about weird weather - going back up to 50F again by Wed (12th) Gale :~) |
What is the current status of your pond? Mine just refroze 2 days ago after completely thawing to water with the last warm spell here in SW Ont - now have a 3' hole from my bubbler and about 1" of ice- I was thawing with tea kettle and a stick to keep a hole open 2 weeks ago - talk about weird weather - going back up to 50F again by Wed (12th) Gale :~) |
What is the current status of your pond? Mine just refroze 2 days ago after completely thawing to water with the last warm spell here in SW Ont - now have a 3' hole from my bubbler and about 1" of ice- I was thawing with tea kettle and a stick to keep a hole open 2 weeks ago - talk about weird weather - going back up to 50F again by Wed (12th) Gale :~) |
A warm day at 62 degrees here south of Atlanta, water has some
suspended algae, some string algae, visibility down to about 20 inches, the fish are active, but a little sluggish. I dropped a little food into the pond to see how the fish would react, they are skittish about me being there, if I make any fast movements they dash for the deep, but as long as I move slowly they'll come up and nibble. (During the summer they'd all come to the top whenever I came near the pond, and would even peck at my legs when I was in the water doing maintenance.) The water hyacinth has all died, the water lettuce looks pale but doesn't seem to be dead, the pickerel rush leaves are all brown but the pots are down at 24 -30 ionches so I think they'll be OK in the spring. On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 12:40:34 -0800, ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. "I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin |
A warm day at 62 degrees here south of Atlanta, water has some
suspended algae, some string algae, visibility down to about 20 inches, the fish are active, but a little sluggish. I dropped a little food into the pond to see how the fish would react, they are skittish about me being there, if I make any fast movements they dash for the deep, but as long as I move slowly they'll come up and nibble. (During the summer they'd all come to the top whenever I came near the pond, and would even peck at my legs when I was in the water doing maintenance.) The water hyacinth has all died, the water lettuce looks pale but doesn't seem to be dead, the pickerel rush leaves are all brown but the pots are down at 24 -30 ionches so I think they'll be OK in the spring. On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 12:40:34 -0800, ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. "I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin |
A warm day at 62 degrees here south of Atlanta, water has some
suspended algae, some string algae, visibility down to about 20 inches, the fish are active, but a little sluggish. I dropped a little food into the pond to see how the fish would react, they are skittish about me being there, if I make any fast movements they dash for the deep, but as long as I move slowly they'll come up and nibble. (During the summer they'd all come to the top whenever I came near the pond, and would even peck at my legs when I was in the water doing maintenance.) The water hyacinth has all died, the water lettuce looks pale but doesn't seem to be dead, the pickerel rush leaves are all brown but the pots are down at 24 -30 ionches so I think they'll be OK in the spring. On Sun, 09 Jan 2005 12:40:34 -0800, ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. "I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin |
This week I cleaned out the dead water hyacinths and skimmed off the
azola. This made a 4-foot mound of compost material. The level of the pond has been lowered one foot in preparation of removing elodea which has taken over the pond (I'll need waders to do the job). Seems like I have to constantly deal with overgrown plants! The water lilys, planted 4 years ago, are doing well. Clearing off the pond I can finally see some fish. It is a peaceful pond with the frogs in hibernation. (E. TN) |
This week I cleaned out the dead water hyacinths and skimmed off the
azola. This made a 4-foot mound of compost material. The level of the pond has been lowered one foot in preparation of removing elodea which has taken over the pond (I'll need waders to do the job). Seems like I have to constantly deal with overgrown plants! The water lilys, planted 4 years ago, are doing well. Clearing off the pond I can finally see some fish. It is a peaceful pond with the frogs in hibernation. (E. TN) |
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... What is the current status of your pond? ============ My fish are looking for food. This is the first year they're not "asleep" at the bottom in January. -- Carol.... the frugal ponder... Completely FREE softwa http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... What is the current status of your pond? ============ My fish are looking for food. This is the first year they're not "asleep" at the bottom in January. -- Carol.... the frugal ponder... Completely FREE softwa http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
What is the current status of your pond? Cold and wet. I am getting some duck weed, but I think I like it since there is something bright green growing on the bottom, and I fear it is string algae. I haven't brought any up to look at yet. I figure the duck weed will help filter nutrients and provide shade to help check any algae. Then in the spring I can screen out most of the duck weed. -- Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman |
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
What is the current status of your pond? Cold and wet. I am getting some duck weed, but I think I like it since there is something bright green growing on the bottom, and I fear it is string algae. I haven't brought any up to look at yet. I figure the duck weed will help filter nutrients and provide shade to help check any algae. Then in the spring I can screen out most of the duck weed. -- Pardon my spam deterrent; send email to Cheers, Steve Henning in Reading, PA USA http://home.earthlink.net/~rhodyman |
"Phisherman" wrote in message ... This week I cleaned out the dead water hyacinths and skimmed off the azola. This made a 4-foot mound of compost material. The level of the pond has been lowered one foot in preparation of removing elodea which has taken over the pond (I'll need waders to do the job). Seems like I have to constantly deal with overgrown plants! The water lilys, planted 4 years ago, are doing well. Clearing off the pond I can finally see some fish. It is a peaceful pond with the frogs in hibernation. (E. TN) ====================== You need a few koi in your pond. Elodea doesn't stand a chance in my ponds. -- Carol.... the frugal ponder... "Completely FREE softwa http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
"Phisherman" wrote in message ... This week I cleaned out the dead water hyacinths and skimmed off the azola. This made a 4-foot mound of compost material. The level of the pond has been lowered one foot in preparation of removing elodea which has taken over the pond (I'll need waders to do the job). Seems like I have to constantly deal with overgrown plants! The water lilys, planted 4 years ago, are doing well. Clearing off the pond I can finally see some fish. It is a peaceful pond with the frogs in hibernation. (E. TN) ====================== You need a few koi in your pond. Elodea doesn't stand a chance in my ponds. -- Carol.... the frugal ponder... "Completely FREE softwa http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
"Phisherman" wrote in message ... This week I cleaned out the dead water hyacinths and skimmed off the azola. This made a 4-foot mound of compost material. The level of the pond has been lowered one foot in preparation of removing elodea which has taken over the pond (I'll need waders to do the job). Seems like I have to constantly deal with overgrown plants! The water lilys, planted 4 years ago, are doing well. Clearing off the pond I can finally see some fish. It is a peaceful pond with the frogs in hibernation. (E. TN) ====================== You need a few koi in your pond. Elodea doesn't stand a chance in my ponds. -- Carol.... the frugal ponder... "Completely FREE softwa http://www.pricelessware.org/thelist/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
The snow has finally melted from the netting on the pond ~ up to 55 degrees
tomorrow. Pond guy had installed a heavier netting this time with bamboo uprights making a tent. The fish were nice and cozy under it. No ice to speak of. The bubblers were pumping air like crazy. The lotus pond has a small pump submerged ... going great guns. Everything seems to be fine! Nedra in Missouri zone 6 Lotus Garden: http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118 Backyard Pond: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836 |
Covered in snow! With a nice hole kept open by the air pump and bubbler. We have about five inches of snow on the ground. The watercress froze in the ice and now is covered by snow but I bet it will recover just fine come spring. So far no kingfisher has shown up that I have noticed. A ponding friend had a blue heron standing on her roof the other day. The band is practicing downstairs, there's a fire in the firesplace and my youngest is out practicing driving in the snow with Dad. kathy |
Covered in snow! With a nice hole kept open by the air pump and bubbler. We have about five inches of snow on the ground. The watercress froze in the ice and now is covered by snow but I bet it will recover just fine come spring. So far no kingfisher has shown up that I have noticed. A ponding friend had a blue heron standing on her roof the other day. The band is practicing downstairs, there's a fire in the firesplace and my youngest is out practicing driving in the snow with Dad. kathy |
Covered in snow! With a nice hole kept open by the air pump and bubbler. We have about five inches of snow on the ground. The watercress froze in the ice and now is covered by snow but I bet it will recover just fine come spring. So far no kingfisher has shown up that I have noticed. A ponding friend had a blue heron standing on her roof the other day. The band is practicing downstairs, there's a fire in the firesplace and my youngest is out practicing driving in the snow with Dad. kathy |
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: What is the current status of your pond? My pond has no ice now - what was there melted. The goldfish and orfe are showing themselves occasionally but the koi are staying down. -- Bonnie NJ |
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: What is the current status of your pond? My pond has no ice now - what was there melted. The goldfish and orfe are showing themselves occasionally but the koi are staying down. -- Bonnie NJ |
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: What is the current status of your pond? My pond has no ice now - what was there melted. The goldfish and orfe are showing themselves occasionally but the koi are staying down. -- Bonnie NJ |
Covered in snow!
With a nice hole kept open by the air pump and bubbler. We have about five inches of snow on the ground. Have the watergardening Labs tried to do any ice skating this year? ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
Covered in snow!
With a nice hole kept open by the air pump and bubbler. We have about five inches of snow on the ground. Have the watergardening Labs tried to do any ice skating this year? ~ jan ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
The record and near record warmth that we have had since the first, has
warmed the ponds up to the 70 degree mark so the heaters went off. Saving a few dollars a day right now. The fish eat voraciously twice a day. The taro are growing and the hyacynths are surviving. Strange weather this year. Christmas was several degrees below normal, and this year running between 20 and 30 degrees above normal. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html Zone 7a/b "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
The record and near record warmth that we have had since the first, has
warmed the ponds up to the 70 degree mark so the heaters went off. Saving a few dollars a day right now. The fish eat voraciously twice a day. The taro are growing and the hyacynths are surviving. Strange weather this year. Christmas was several degrees below normal, and this year running between 20 and 30 degrees above normal. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html Zone 7a/b "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
The record and near record warmth that we have had since the first, has
warmed the ponds up to the 70 degree mark so the heaters went off. Saving a few dollars a day right now. The fish eat voraciously twice a day. The taro are growing and the hyacynths are surviving. Strange weather this year. Christmas was several degrees below normal, and this year running between 20 and 30 degrees above normal. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html Zone 7a/b "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website Pond is 38°F near the bottom, no ice and very little snow. No sign of the fish. I haven't had any ice yet, as we've had a mild winter (-10°F coldest) and the cover is doing it's job. Although the heater is running more often, now that the ground is losing it's heat. Supposed to be 10°C here on Thursday. -- Bill in Zone 5A |
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website Pond is 38°F near the bottom, no ice and very little snow. No sign of the fish. I haven't had any ice yet, as we've had a mild winter (-10°F coldest) and the cover is doing it's job. Although the heater is running more often, now that the ground is losing it's heat. Supposed to be 10°C here on Thursday. -- Bill in Zone 5A |
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website Pond is 38°F near the bottom, no ice and very little snow. No sign of the fish. I haven't had any ice yet, as we've had a mild winter (-10°F coldest) and the cover is doing it's job. Although the heater is running more often, now that the ground is losing it's heat. Supposed to be 10°C here on Thursday. -- Bill in Zone 5A |
Hovering around 50 degrees. I turn the fountain/filter
on when it gets above 60 degrees, but in a few days turn it off again. That's the goldfish pond. The other two (minnow only) ponds are on their own and do fine. Gail near San Antonio (SouthCentral) TX |
Hovering around 50 degrees. I turn the fountain/filter
on when it gets above 60 degrees, but in a few days turn it off again. That's the goldfish pond. The other two (minnow only) ponds are on their own and do fine. Gail near San Antonio (SouthCentral) TX |
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan snip Pond? What pond? Oh Sh!t...I forgot about the pond... -- BV Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com Check out the IHMP forums, ihmp.net/phpbb I'll be leaning on the bus stop post. |
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan snip Pond? What pond? Oh Sh!t...I forgot about the pond... -- BV Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com Check out the IHMP forums, ihmp.net/phpbb I'll be leaning on the bus stop post. |
Hello all,
My pond is now freezing over inside my hoop house but the bubbler and winter filter system are working Great. The ice in frozen areas looks about 3" thick. It is currently -20 celsius this morning outside You can see pictures at my website (nothing for sale) http://www.boundary-ca.net/pond/index.html ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
Hello all,
My pond is now freezing over inside my hoop house but the bubbler and winter filter system are working Great. The ice in frozen areas looks about 3" thick. It is currently -20 celsius this morning outside You can see pictures at my website (nothing for sale) http://www.boundary-ca.net/pond/index.html ~ jan JJsPond.us wrote: What is the current status of your pond? The screens have 4" of snow on them, but with my wireless thermometer I can see that the water is liquid, I can also "hear" the water moving... but that requires going "outside".... like brrrrr! I haven't even gone up and looked at the lily pond, maybe I'll do that today. I'm hoping the fact I floated milk jugs on it that they are holding the shade cloth off the surface of the water. ~ jan See my ponds thru the seasons and/or my filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Defrosted~ Tri-Cities, WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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