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what are you going to try, do, new in the pond this year
Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the continuing
attacks so thought I'd create a new topic. What are you going to try new in the pond this year? A new plant, make a veggie filter, build a bog, try a different kind of fish, add a turtle, repel invaders, or build a new pond or container water garden? kathy www.blogfromthebog.com |
"kathy" wrote:
Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the continuing attacks so thought I'd create a new topic. The killfile is good. The killfile is your friend. A very few entries improve the signal:noise something wonderful! What are you going to try new in the pond this year? After several years of doldrums (is the plural doldra? ), I'm getting my aged butt in gear. Not really new stuff, but paying more attention. I had several lotus that died from overcrowding during the Dark Ages; I got one started last summer and expect it to winter OK, though no new growth yet. The "Mrs. Perry D. Slocum" I got from Lilypons a couple of weeks ago is putting up a couple of shoots, and another plant is due to arrive next week. Some of the hardies divided, and will get dropped back in the pond hopefully this evening, and Morning Glories to grow on the memorial gazebo to make it an even better place for reflection. And of course, the regular garden; I'm already behind, but I know I've got lots of company... Peace, Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
kathy wrote:
Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the continuing attacks so thought I'd create a new topic. What are you going to try new in the pond this year? A new plant, make a veggie filter, build a bog, try a different kind of fish, add a turtle, repel invaders, or build a new pond or container water garden? kathy www.blogfromthebog.com I built my first water garden ever. It's 3 whiskey barrels connected by spillways on my patio. I've got all sorts of plants in it now - the umbrella palm and marginal grasses are doing the best. I put my first lily in this weekend, and can't wait to see the first lily pad. I also bought a gorgeous dwarf canna, iris, and pickerel weed. It's turning out to be a challenge but I've gotten tons of help around here. -- Elaine T __ http://eethomp.com/fish.html '__ rec.aquaria.* FAQ http://faq.thekrib.com |
Hi Kathy,
I'm thinking of moving the frog pond. I'm wondering if the frogs will cooporate. DH said go ahead - that means he has no thought of helping ;-). -- Bonnie NJ |
"kathy" wrote in message
oups.com... Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the continuing attacks so thought I'd create a new topic. What are you going to try new in the pond this year? A new plant, make a veggie filter, build a bog, try a different kind of fish, add a turtle, repel invaders, or build a new pond or container water garden? We added many new plants this year, tossed in some of the awful tasting watercresss (YUCK!), and I built a filter for my spitter pump, hoping it'll help cure my greenwater. Frogs have discovered our pond (new las year), and we have about 2 dozen or so now, plus lots of tads. (We also have salamanders or newts, and spotted a snake last week, but he's been hiding since then.) Haven't seen much of our fish at all, but our cat likes to drink from the pond, so that might be making them hide. Plus our water is very murky green, so we can;t see much at all. I also added a underwater light (front chicago tools), and rewired my electric out there, so the pong pump runs 24/7, and the outdoor lights around it come on at night.. might cost a little more in electric, but we might see less green water with my oxy in the pond. We're considering adding a waterfall as well, but haven't decided yet on that. -- Gareee's Homepage: http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine.../mainframe.htm Remove Delicious spam to reply |
Continue on improvinmg ,my water as much as possible and may fool
around with a few 55 gal drums made into filters , settlement chambers, perhaps a trickle tower etc, and see if I can get the water looking better than it already is.....I just installed a new 1" water line to the pond area and garden, and also ran a new #4 220 VAC underground electric service so its just wanting more pumps hooked up to it, and I have pump on the way, as well as a nice Haywood that came from a pool which will work good with lots of head pressure ....Probably try and increase depth another foot, if my current spillway and overflow hold up, then I'll add another 1 foot to water level and make it so there is only about an 8 inch bank at the highest point, and it will extend it surface wise a pretty fair distance, which will make my shallow section approx 2 feet deep minimum. All it takes is clay, dirt bentonite and time. I have a slight seep right now and hopefully the bentonite will soon kick in and stop it, but its no a big deal, but sometimes it can take a couple of days for bentonite to do its thing. If I do raise the level I have a heap of plants thats gonna need relocating as well, so one thing leads to another and it never ends.... ============================================== Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked! |
"kathy" wrote in message oups.com... Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the continuing attacks so thought I'd create a new topic. What are you going to try new in the pond this year? A new plant, make a veggie filter, build a bog, try a different kind of fish, add a turtle, repel invaders, or build a new pond or container water garden? ========================= I just bought a mini Umbrella plant (Cyperus) and a colorful chameleon plant (Houttuynia) for my small 150 gallon pond. The little waterfall is also new for this year. The rosy reds love it and hang out at the bottom, in the turbulence. This little pond is a real show piece. McKoi.... the frugal ponder... ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
What are you going to try new in the pond this
year? kathy I can tell you what I've done so far. Removed the pot at the top of the waterfall. Originally it was a fake flower pot filter my son had made. Having no idea back then that it wouldn't even begin to filter a pond our size once the fish grew. The next year (1997) the guys put in the barrel filter, but plumb it into the back of the fake flower pot. (I wasn't home at the time to prevent this.) This year we finally removed it at the same time that son added a spigot into the output pipe so I can do water change outs using the pond pump, rather than having to put an extra pump into the pond. Now it is snap on hose, open spigot and turn on refill water, run for 20-30 minutes. Another change was selling my biggest and oldest fish, pond looks empty without her, but all those babies have room to grow now. I still have a big black one for the new owners to come pick up too. Then I can concentrate on removing some of the plain colored babies (if I can catch them) and looking for a black butterfly koi. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: www.jjspond.us ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
"kathy" wrote in message oups.com... Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the continuing attacks so thought I'd create a new topic. What are you going to try new in the pond this year? A new plant, make a veggie filter, build a bog, try a different kind of fish, add a turtle, repel invaders, or build a new pond or container water garden? kathy www.blogfromthebog.com We are actually filling in our current pond, redesigning our whole back yard to acccomodate adult & kid stuff and will be putting in a smaller pond. Not sure what the final plans are yet, but it's exciting designing/dreaming it all! Jacqui |
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... What are you going to try new in the pond this year? kathy I can tell you what I've done so far. Removed the pot at the top of the waterfall. Originally it was a fake flower pot filter my son had made. Having no idea back then that it wouldn't even begin to filter a pond our size once the fish grew. The next year (1997) the guys put in the barrel filter, but plumb it into the back of the fake flower pot. (I wasn't home at the time to prevent this.) This year we finally removed it at the same time that son added a spigot into the output pipe so I can do water change outs using the pond pump, rather than having to put an extra pump into the pond. Now it is snap on hose, open spigot and turn on refill water, run for 20-30 minutes. Jan, I'd like to hear more about your Flower Pot filter. I have one of the Cyprio Bioforce things now and it's pain to clean twice a week. So I was considering the Flower Pot thing or the half barrel filter. My pond is about 500 gallons max. Would the FP be big enough for this size pond? Any tips. |
Jim is just finishing replacing our kiddie pools with a 10' x 4' edpm
lined pond. The weight of the rocks on the sides of the kiddie pools folded and cracked them. Bummer. Jim is using toilet fittings to handle the drains. Phyllis kathy wrote: Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the continuing attacks so thought I'd create a new topic. What are you going to try new in the pond this year? A new plant, make a veggie filter, build a bog, try a different kind of fish, add a turtle, repel invaders, or build a new pond or container water garden? kathy www.blogfromthebog.com |
pics, pics, pics, please. And, good to see you still around.
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I have converted the big front pond into a planted one with bf koi and
gf only. I already have a new Arc en Ciel and I put in irises, some callas and some horsetail. I also got a free mystery plant that I have seen in pond books, but I don't know the name. Watch for a thread with a link to a pic. I have to take it, and then figure out how to link to it Photobucket. The bfkoi are only in there with the gf, because the new koi pond turned out to be too small for such big fish. Those two are the biggest ones we have and it was just too many fish inches. I now also have to keep on walking when I see pretty fishies w/short fins. Out of the pond, we will be revamping our flower beds, and I am having fun planning that new design. Also, DH is actually thinking of fertilizing the grass. Since mowing season around here starts in early March and goes up until October, we have never wanted to fertilize it until we could get an extra day added to the week. But, of course, weeds grow just as fast as grass and maybe even faster. The hope is that if we can encourage the St. A. to overtake the weeds, the same amount of effort will yield nicer results. |
kathy wrote:
Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the continuing attacks so thought I'd create a new topic. What are you going to try new in the pond this year? Dig a new pond. About one-third the size of the present one, and in the shade -- finding good shade plants should be a fun challenge. -- Kizhe A new plant, make a veggie filter, build a bog, try a different kind of fish, add a turtle, repel invaders, or build a new pond or container water garden? kathy www.blogfromthebog.com |
"Ann in Houston" wrote in message oups.com... pics, pics, pics, please. And, good to see you still around. ========================= I'm not sure where to upload them to. Know of any easy to use FREE sites? :-) -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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