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First year pond anniversary
It's been about a year now since I put in my first pond. My
mother's neighbor had bought a preform pond and small waterfall, a liner, a filter and a pump; but got a transfer to OH before installing it. I had just bought my first house, so he gave it all to me. The hardform ended up covering my riding lawn mower for almost two years, because with a newly built home I needed alot of things more than I needed a pond; a shed for instance. We finally installed it early last summer. It's small. I'm guessing 200-250 gallons. I originally planned to have only plants because I didn't relish caring for fish, but then I realized mosquitoes are bad enough in my area. I live on Mobile Bay in Alabama. I got two shubunkin and liked them so much I got four more several weeks later. The first summer, green water was horrible. There were weeks at a time when I could not see my fish at all, but I never resorted to chemicals, and did not want to invest in UV for such a small pond. This year we are already up to 90 degree days here, and I still do not have a sign of green water. I put watercress in my waterfall form, and I run my pump hose that goes from the box filter, into my waterfall form; through a homemade filter. I take knee high stockings and stuff them with batting and just stick the hose end in there. When all the batting gets greenish, I just throw it away (but not without squeezing the pond water onto nearby plants first) and make a new one. My pond has been crystal clear to the bottom for months now. Admittedly that is only two feet; but considering there were months last year when I couldn't seen in more than two inches, I'm quite pleased. The fish are great. They come rushing when you even come near the pond. They even beg my dog when she stoops over for a drink. It's hilarious. Just thought I'd share. I love my pond. We put a comfy little swing beside it, where we spend hours in the evenings. We plan all of our plantings, by how it will look from the swing, LOL. See pics in the album labeled "Our yard." Robin http://community.webshots.com/user/robinandtami |
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"Robin" wrote in message news:a3Hpe.36152$nG6.35071@attbi_s22... It's been about a year now since I put in my first pond. My clip Just thought I'd share. I love my pond. We put a comfy little swing beside it, where we spend hours in the evenings. We plan all of our plantings, by how it will look from the swing, LOL. Awesome! I put in a pond at my old house about 2-3 years ago, all based on info I gleaned from this group. It was wonderful - and it looked (at times) like something from a magazine. I had to move though..I miss it terribly. I haven't put one in here because I just don't know how long I will be here. But I do miss it, as do my Goldfish, no doubt. A |
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Robin wrote:
It's been about a year now since I put in my first pond. My mother's neighbor had bought a preform pond and small waterfall, a liner, a filter and a pump; but got a transfer to OH before installing it. I had just bought my first house, so he gave it all to me. The hardform ended up covering my riding lawn mower for almost two years, because with a newly built home I needed alot of things more than I needed a pond; a shed for instance. We finally installed it early last summer. It's small. I'm guessing 200-250 gallons. Robin we really don't care. Do you have any good porn links, a pornlink a day keep the Jabriol away!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The war on Jabriol has only begun! CR... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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"Robin" wrote in message news:a3Hpe.36152$nG6.35071@attbi_s22... Just thought I'd share. I love my pond. We put a comfy little swing beside it, where we spend hours in the evenings. We plan all of our plantings, by how it will look from the swing, LOL. ==================== That's how we get addicted. :-))) We just learned yesterday that the people across the road from us are also putting in a pond, a larger one of perhaps 4 to 5,000 gallons. This morning he brought his wife over to see our ponds. They left with a large tub of pond plants. The people on the other side of us just bought a preform a few months ago (not installed yet). They don't plan to have fish, just plants and a waterfall. -- McKoi.... the frugal ponder... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED. Do not feed the trolls. ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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Koi4Me wrote:
"Robin" wrote in message news:a3Hpe.36152$nG6.35071@attbi_s22... Just thought I'd share. I love my pond. We put a comfy little swing beside it, where we spend hours in the evenings. We plan all of our plantings, by how it will look from the swing, LOL. And rememebr I am your moderator. If you put on kill file I will post porn here again McKoi.... the frugal ponder... EVERYONE: "Please check people's headers for forgeries before flushing." NAMES ARE BEING FORGED. Do not feed the trolls. ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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Hi Robin!!
Dollar for dollar I bet ponds are the best gardening investment we've ever made! kathy :-)www.blogfromthebog.com this week ~ the damselfly Pond 101 page for new pond keepers ~ http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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Love it!! Very peaceful and pretty. Thanks for sharing.
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