On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 22:54:32 GMT, (~Roy) wrote:

I don' t play the smiley face game with folks that are hard to read or
understand with so many variations from post to post, as you can view
/ interpret posts a few different ways.


If this was rec.authors, or rec.writers group, emoticons are very :-(
frowned upon, one should write well enough to get their point across
without such in that type of group.

Unfortunately we're not all so talented, and sometimes stuff can come
across as sarcasm and sarcasm can be taken two ways. 1) Hurtful to make the
receivers seem stupid, or used to be funny and poke fun. The later needs to
use an emoticon so it is not mistaken, imho. The former is taken serious.

Then there are those who can't write worth a twit and ought to use
emoticons ALL THE TIME! ;o) ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

"San Diego Joe" wrote in message
news:1109718915.72008f12254c69ffd386ed4d332a5877@t eranews...
"Derek Broughton" wrote:

San Diego Joe wrote:

"derek" wrote:

San Diego Joe wrote:
My lilies are shooting up leaves and the fish are spawning like
rabbits
on viagra. The water got up to 60 degrees and so I was able to get in
up
to my navel (still chilly at the navel level!) and do some cleaning I
should have done last fall.

@#$%^& Troll!

grumblegrumblegrumble

Huh?

Well, surely only a troll would be telling us how nice the weather is
when
even the _salt_ water at my place is frozen solid enough to drive on :-)

Oh, I get it. I must have been numb from the frigid water when I wrote
that

======================
And I went and turned the pumps back on, on my big pond. I guess I'll have
to shut them off tomorrow. The water was over 50F degrees a few days ago.
I don't enjoy working with my ponds and around water when it's cold. :-(
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
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"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:39:40 -0600, "Reel McKoi" wrote:

By the end of the month here in TN we will be much milder weather, but
will
get some of those beautiful 60 degree days here and there. This time of
year I'm itching to get out and play with the ponds, my flower beds and
veggie patch.

And I was just telling another ponding friend: This is one of the reasons
I'm so glad I put in a pond for the native frogs, I don't dare remove the
leaves in the flower beds till they wake up. This usually keeps everything
else protected to. Otherwise, before, give me a nice day and a shop vac
and
I'm out there vaccing up every leaf and stick that would fit down the
tube.
What was someone saying about needing serious couch time??? ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~
======================================
I never thought of the leaves in the flower and veggie beds. I rake them up
in the fall and we grind them to rot down all winter. By spring they make a
great mulch around the plants. We have a huge compost pile every year. The
only place we find frogs are in the propagation pools behind the house. Or
one or two small ones manage to squeeze through the bird netting over the
ponds out front. They winter over in the pools out back, among the plants
and litter on the bottom. I looked the other day and the bullfrog taddies
had little legs. :-) I feed the tadpoles flake fish food because so many
hatch and try to live in these pools. We have no shortage of frogs and
toads around here.
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:39:40 -0600, "Reel McKoi" wrote:

By the end of the month here in TN we will be much milder weather, but
will
get some of those beautiful 60 degree days here and there. This time of
year I'm itching to get out and play with the ponds, my flower beds and
veggie patch.

And I was just telling another ponding friend: This is one of the reasons
I'm so glad I put in a pond for the native frogs, I don't dare remove the
leaves in the flower beds till they wake up. This usually keeps everything
else protected to. Otherwise, before, give me a nice day and a shop vac
and
I'm out there vaccing up every leaf and stick that would fit down the
tube.
What was someone saying about needing serious couch time??? ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~
======================================
I never thought of the leaves in the flower and veggie beds. I rake them up
in the fall and we grind them to rot down all winter. By spring they make a
great mulch around the plants. We have a huge compost pile every year. The
only place we find frogs are in the propagation pools behind the house. Or
one or two small ones manage to squeeze through the bird netting over the
ponds out front. They winter over in the pools out back, among the plants
and litter on the bottom. I looked the other day and the bullfrog taddies
had little legs. :-) I feed the tadpoles flake fish food because so many
hatch and try to live in these pools. We have no shortage of frogs and
toads around here.
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:27:56 -0600, "Reel McKoi" wrote:

======================================
I never thought of the leaves in the flower and veggie beds. I rake them up
in the fall and we grind them to rot down all winter. By spring they make a
great mulch around the plants. We have a huge compost pile every year. The
only place we find frogs are in the propagation pools behind the house. Or
one or two small ones manage to squeeze through the bird netting over the
ponds out front. They winter over in the pools out back, among the plants
and litter on the bottom. I looked the other day and the bullfrog taddies
had little legs. :-) I feed the tadpoles flake fish food because so many
hatch and try to live in these pools. We have no shortage of frogs and
toads around here.

All depends on your type of frog, ours are leaf litter winterers, since
most of the people around me clean up their yards real well, I'm more
careful. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:27:56 -0600, "Reel McKoi" wrote:

======================================
I never thought of the leaves in the flower and veggie beds. I rake them
up
in the fall and we grind them to rot down all winter. By spring they
make a
great mulch around the plants. We have a huge compost pile every year.
The
only place we find frogs are in the propagation pools behind the house.
Or
one or two small ones manage to squeeze through the bird netting over the
ponds out front. They winter over in the pools out back, among the
plants
and litter on the bottom. I looked the other day and the bullfrog
taddies
had little legs. :-) I feed the tadpoles flake fish food because so
many
hatch and try to live in these pools. We have no shortage of frogs and
toads around here.

All depends on your type of frog, ours are leaf litter winterers, since
most of the people around me clean up their yards real well, I'm more
careful. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

In the fall I gather up the leaves our neighbors put out on the street for
pickup and empty them out under my trees (mostly in the fenced back yard so
that they aren't blowing back into the neighbors yard). Rather than being
the local 'log lady (twin peaks)' I'm the neighborhood leaf lady.

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:27:56 -0600, "Reel McKoi" wrote:

======================================
I never thought of the leaves in the flower and veggie beds. I rake them
up
in the fall and we grind them to rot down all winter. By spring they
make a
great mulch around the plants. We have a huge compost pile every year.
The
only place we find frogs are in the propagation pools behind the house.
Or
one or two small ones manage to squeeze through the bird netting over the
ponds out front. They winter over in the pools out back, among the
plants
and litter on the bottom. I looked the other day and the bullfrog
taddies
had little legs. :-) I feed the tadpoles flake fish food because so
many
hatch and try to live in these pools. We have no shortage of frogs and
toads around here.

All depends on your type of frog, ours are leaf litter winterers, since
most of the people around me clean up their yards real well, I'm more
careful. ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

In the fall I gather up the leaves our neighbors put out on the street for
pickup and empty them out under my trees (mostly in the fenced back yard so
that they aren't blowing back into the neighbors yard). Rather than being
the local 'log lady (twin peaks)' I'm the neighborhood leaf lady.

"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:27:56 -0600, "Reel McKoi" wrote:
All depends on your type of frog, ours are leaf litter winterers, since
most of the people around me clean up their yards real well, I'm more
careful. ~ jan
========================
Since I live in a large clearing in the woods I'm sure the leaf froggies
have plenty of hiding places in winter. Sometimes the leaves are 2' deep
between the limestone rocks and downed rotting old trees. It's a great
place for the grandkids to hunt for salamanders, skinks and newts.
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Sean Dinh wrote:

You need to add more salt.

Derek Broughton wrote:

Well, surely only a troll would be telling us how nice the weather is
when even the _salt_ water at my place is frozen solid enough to drive on

LOL. That's really true - it's what's called (at least here) a "barachois"
and is a lagoon closed off from the open ocean by a gravel bar. As there's
minimal exchange with the sea, it's more brackish than genuinely salty.
--
derek

Sean Dinh wrote:

You need to add more salt.

Derek Broughton wrote:

Well, surely only a troll would be telling us how nice the weather is
when even the _salt_ water at my place is frozen solid enough to drive on

LOL. That's really true - it's what's called (at least here) a "barachois"
and is a lagoon closed off from the open ocean by a gravel bar. As there's
minimal exchange with the sea, it's more brackish than genuinely salty.
--
derek

San Diego Joe wrote:

"Derek Broughton" wrote:

Well, surely only a troll would be telling us how nice the weather is
when even the _salt_ water at my place is frozen solid enough to drive on
:-)

Oh, I get it. I must have been numb from the frigid water when I wrote
that

No problem - just a little touch of the winter blues, here :-)
--
derek

San Diego Joe wrote:

"Derek Broughton" wrote:

Well, surely only a troll would be telling us how nice the weather is
when even the _salt_ water at my place is frozen solid enough to drive on
:-)

Oh, I get it. I must have been numb from the frigid water when I wrote
that

No problem - just a little touch of the winter blues, here :-)
--
derek

- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"~Roy" wrote in message
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On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:26:34 -0500, "DKat" wrote:



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Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!

I don't think I wrote that but it is not such a bad idea... still my
neighbors and their young children might not know how to respond to the
naked body of a flabby 56 year old....

(for Roy)

- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"~Roy" wrote in message
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On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:26:34 -0500, "DKat" wrote:



==============================================
Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!

I don't think I wrote that but it is not such a bad idea... still my
neighbors and their young children might not know how to respond to the
naked body of a flabby 56 year old....

(for Roy)

"San Diego Joe" wrote in message
news:1109546302.b8121c38e6b3d9ecfee1dee376f09aef@t eranews...
My lilies are shooting up leaves and the fish are spawning like rabbits on
viagra. The water got up to 60 degrees and so I was able to get in up to
my
navel (still chilly at the navel level!) and do some cleaning I should
have
done last fall.

The only odd thing is that I have a lot of mushy, dead WH this year. Those
of you expecting some from me may have to wait a few more weeks.

Now if it would just stop raining long enough for the soil to dry up a
little.

The snow and ice seeds that got planted by a bird in my pond are growing
nicely. Oh and that plant that grows from the bottom up and looks like dead
oak tree leaves. That one is growing nicely too.




--
BV
Webporgmaster of iheartmypond.com
http://www.iheartmypond.com
I'll be leaning on the bus stop post.