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Rob
October 20th 04, 06:41 AM
Ah hell. Installed my first pond this summer. Filled it up on Labor
Day weekend. Been enjoying it for weeks, but now it's getting cool
and wet. I want to add frogs and lilys, but was advised to wait till
spring. Getting too unpleasant out there to enjoy working around it.

What do ponders do during the winter?

Oxymel of Squill
October 20th 04, 12:50 PM
I think frogs add themselves (though they've never discovered where my pond
it) and (if you have pump and waterfall) lilies don't like moving water.
I'm for letting the pond see after itself on the whole during winter.

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"Rob" > wrote in message
om...
> Ah hell. Installed my first pond this summer. Filled it up on Labor
> Day weekend. Been enjoying it for weeks, but now it's getting cool
> and wet. I want to add frogs and lilys, but was advised to wait till
> spring. Getting too unpleasant out there to enjoy working around it.
>
> What do ponders do during the winter?

Derek Broughton
October 20th 04, 02:23 PM
Oxymel of Squill wrote:

> I think frogs add themselves (though they've never discovered where my
> pond
> it) and (if you have pump and waterfall) lilies don't like moving water.

Lilies don't like moving water, but very few of us actually move enough
water to upset them. I had lilies thriving right by my 3' waterfall in my
last pond. Where they get splashed, though, they tend to get burn spots
where the droplets focus the sun on their leaves.

>> What do ponders do during the winter?

ponder :-)
--
derek

Crashj
October 21st 04, 03:20 PM
On or about 19 Oct 2004 22:41:11 -0700, (Rob) was
seen typing:
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>What do ponders do during the winter?
Read catalogs.
Plan Plants.
Study Koi.
Visit eBay.
Search the net for biology lessons.

I was told this is actually a good time to add lilies since they will
winter over okay and will have a head start on Spring.
I certainly hope it is true!
--
Crashj

Pinkpggy
October 22nd 04, 03:15 PM
>What do ponders do during the winter?

Sit around and figure out what we can do to our pond and area to improve it
once winter is over. LOL
Jan
"Our Pond" Page
http://hometown.aol.com/pinkpggy/index.html

~ jan JJsPond.us
October 30th 04, 06:46 AM
>>> What do ponders do during the winter?

Start and/or read interesting topics (sometimes Off Topic) in rec.ponds.
~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~


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steve
October 30th 04, 07:32 PM
(Rob) wrote in message >...
> Ah hell. Installed my first pond this summer. Filled it up on Labor
> Day weekend. Been enjoying it for weeks, but now it's getting cool
> and wet. I want to add frogs and lilys, but was advised to wait till
> spring. Getting too unpleasant out there to enjoy working around it.
>
> What do ponders do during the winter?

They tell themselves, this next spring I really will get around to
repotting my waterlilies, it won't be like last year! I mean it this
time.

W Dale
October 31st 04, 11:34 PM
We (I at least) walk around the pond every other week or so thinking
about what I will do and how to do it in the spring. :-\ .
Look at last seasons pond pics. 8-) .
Look at the ice and wonder how thick it is. :-D
Envy ponders in much warmer climes. LOL :-P .
Pay attention to my 80L tropical fish tank. It always looks much better
in the winter. :-P .
Read rec.ponds ng. :-) :-) .

Rob wrote:

>Ah hell. Installed my first pond this summer. Filled it up on Labor
>Day weekend. Been enjoying it for weeks, but now it's getting cool
>and wet. I want to add frogs and lilys, but was advised to wait till
>spring. Getting too unpleasant out there to enjoy working around it.
>
>What do ponders do during the winter?
>
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