It's Spring Time Baby!!

[San Diego Joe]

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.


San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.

[derek]

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!

<grumble><grumble><grumble>

[San Diego Joe]

"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!
>
> <grumble><grumble><grumble>

Huh?

San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.

[Sean Dinh]

Did you find any trolls in your pond?

San Diego Joe wrote:

> Huh?
>
> San Diego Joe
> 4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
> Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.

[jedi]

"derek" > wrote in message
...
> 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!
>
> <grumble><grumble><grumble>

That is putting it rather nicely - I would have added a #%&$*..... When my
Dad was alive he would taunt us on a regular basis with their 'outside in
the short shirt sleeves weather'. My Mom doesn't have the same since of
'humor'.

I do wish I could do a visual of rubbing my thumb and finger together to
show the worlds smallest violin being played in sympathy for 'poor' Joe's
chilly naval. :)

[~Roy]

I think Mr Derek B was making a futile attempt at some humor
perhaps, but then maybe not..........

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:11:55 -0800, 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!
>===<>>
>===<>> <grumble><grumble><grumble>
>===<>
>===<>Huh?
>===<>
>===<>San Diego Joe
>===<>4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
>===<>Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.

WINDSONG......the ability to play musical tunes by farting!

This is worth repeating for benefit of al newbies!
Jo Ann asked Dr. Solo to remind people that while she has retired from selling GF (and sold
the business to Ken Fischer http://dandyorandas.com/) she has NOT retired from
helping people with sick GF and koi FOR FREE. 251-649-4790 phoning is best for
diagnosis. but, can try email put "help sick fish" in subject. Get your fish at Dandy Orandas
Dandy Orandas Dandy Orandas........you guys got that DANDY ORANDAS

[~Roy]

Check under the bridge...everyone that knows anything about a troll
knows they all live under a bridge.

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 09:59:18 -0800, Sean Dinh >
wrote:

>===<>Did you find any trolls in your pond?
>===<>
>===<>San Diego Joe wrote:
>===<>
>===<>> Huh?
>===<>>
>===<>> San Diego Joe
>===<>> 4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
>===<>> Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.

WINDSONG......the ability to play musical tunes by farting!

This is worth repeating for benefit of al newbies!
Jo Ann asked Dr. Solo to remind people that while she has retired from selling GF (and sold
the business to Ken Fischer http://dandyorandas.com/) she has NOT retired from
helping people with sick GF and koi FOR FREE. 251-649-4790 phoning is best for
diagnosis. but, can try email put "help sick fish" in subject. Get your fish at Dandy Orandas
Dandy Orandas Dandy Orandas........you guys got that DANDY ORANDAS

[San Diego Joe]

"jedi" wrote:

>
> "derek" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>>
>> @#$%^& Troll!
>>
>> <grumble><grumble><grumble>
>
> That is putting it rather nicely - I would have added a #%&$*..... When my
> Dad was alive he would taunt us on a regular basis with their 'outside in
> the short shirt sleeves weather'. My Mom doesn't have the same since of
> 'humor'.
>
> I do wish I could do a visual of rubbing my thumb and finger together to
> show the worlds smallest violin being played in sympathy for 'poor' Joe's
> chilly naval. :)
>
>
Gee you guys, I'm sure I don't know what you mean.



San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.

[jedi]

"San Diego Joe" > wrote in message
news:1109619201.d87098be2abdf9bc9790504006586fc1@t eranews...
> "jedi" wrote:
>
> >
> > "derek" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> @#$%^& Troll!
> >>
> >> <grumble><grumble><grumble>
> >
> > That is putting it rather nicely - I would have added a #%&$*..... When
my
> > Dad was alive he would taunt us on a regular basis with their 'outside
in
> > the short shirt sleeves weather'. My Mom doesn't have the same since of
> > 'humor'.
> >
> > I do wish I could do a visual of rubbing my thumb and finger together to
> > show the worlds smallest violin being played in sympathy for 'poor'
Joe's
> > chilly naval. :)
> >
> >
> Gee you guys, I'm sure I don't know what you mean.
>

Careful or the Karma Gods will have you moving to North Dakota (pathway to
the winds from hell... or the northpole). I'm from the San Diego area and
my DH and I have been trying to find jobs back there for the last 30 years.
:)

[San Diego Joe]

"jedi" wrote:

>
> "San Diego Joe" > wrote in message
> news:1109619201.d87098be2abdf9bc9790504006586fc1@t eranews...
>> "jedi" wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "derek" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> @#$%^& Troll!
>>>>
>>>> <grumble><grumble><grumble>
>>>
>>> That is putting it rather nicely - I would have added a #%&$*..... When
> my
>>> Dad was alive he would taunt us on a regular basis with their 'outside
> in
>>> the short shirt sleeves weather'. My Mom doesn't have the same since of
>>> 'humor'.
>>>
>>> I do wish I could do a visual of rubbing my thumb and finger together to
>>> show the worlds smallest violin being played in sympathy for 'poor'
> Joe's
>>> chilly naval. :)
>>>
>>>
>> Gee you guys, I'm sure I don't know what you mean.
>>
>
> Careful or the Karma Gods will have you moving to North Dakota (pathway to
> the winds from hell... or the northpole). I'm from the San Diego area and
> my DH and I have been trying to find jobs back there for the last 30 years.
> :)
>

Don't worry, I've paid my dues. I'm from Saskatchewan, just north of North
Dakota. ;)

San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.

[jedi]

"San Diego Joe" > wrote in message
news:1109627377.a5522f2ea879e79f05a9129965572ab0@t eranews...
> "jedi" wrote:
>
> >
> > "San Diego Joe" > wrote in message
> > news:1109619201.d87098be2abdf9bc9790504006586fc1@t eranews...
> >> "jedi" wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> "derek" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> @#$%^& Troll!
> >>>>
> >>>> <grumble><grumble><grumble>
> >>>
> >>> That is putting it rather nicely - I would have added a #%&$*.....
When
> > my
> >>> Dad was alive he would taunt us on a regular basis with their 'outside
> > in
> >>> the short shirt sleeves weather'. My Mom doesn't have the same since
of
> >>> 'humor'.
> >>>
> >>> I do wish I could do a visual of rubbing my thumb and finger together
to
> >>> show the worlds smallest violin being played in sympathy for 'poor'
> > Joe's
> >>> chilly naval. :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Gee you guys, I'm sure I don't know what you mean.
> >>
> >
> > Careful or the Karma Gods will have you moving to North Dakota (pathway
to
> > the winds from hell... or the northpole). I'm from the San Diego area
and
> > my DH and I have been trying to find jobs back there for the last 30
years.
> > :)
> >
>
> Don't worry, I've paid my dues. I'm from Saskatchewan, just north of North
> Dakota. ;)
>
> San Diego Joe
> 4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
> Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.
>

[jedi]

"San Diego Joe" > wrote in message
news:1109627377.a5522f2ea879e79f05a9129965572ab0@t eranews...
> "jedi" wrote:
>
> >
> > "San Diego Joe" > wrote in message
> > news:1109619201.d87098be2abdf9bc9790504006586fc1@t eranews...
> >> "jedi" wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> "derek" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> @#$%^& Troll!
> >>>>
> >>>> <grumble><grumble><grumble>
> >>>
> >>> That is putting it rather nicely - I would have added a #%&$*.....
When
> > my
> >>> Dad was alive he would taunt us on a regular basis with their 'outside
> > in
> >>> the short shirt sleeves weather'. My Mom doesn't have the same since
of
> >>> 'humor'.
> >>>
> >>> I do wish I could do a visual of rubbing my thumb and finger together
to
> >>> show the worlds smallest violin being played in sympathy for 'poor'
> > Joe's
> >>> chilly naval. :)
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Gee you guys, I'm sure I don't know what you mean.
> >>
> >
> > Careful or the Karma Gods will have you moving to North Dakota (pathway
to
> > the winds from hell... or the northpole). I'm from the San Diego area
and
> > my DH and I have been trying to find jobs back there for the last 30
years.
> > :)
> >
>
> Don't worry, I've paid my dues. I'm from Saskatchewan, just north of North
> Dakota. ;)

You are SOOOO owed! I pledge never to harass you again about torturing us
wimpy northeasterners with San Diego weather.

[Reel McKoi]

"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.

$$ No spawning here yet but the koi are showing some interest in each other.
Eeeek! I hope I don't end up with a pond full of fry like the year before
last. Oh well, I sold them off and made enough to cover expenses. We've
already got several frogs out there.

> 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.

$$ Mine doesn't look like it'll survive until spring. The water lettuce
looks real good though. It thrives in an old fishtank over the winter.

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

$$ We have the same problem here in TN... rain, rain and more rain.
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
"WORK HARDER, millions in Welfare depend on you."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Derek Broughton]

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!
>>
>> <grumble><grumble><grumble>
>
> 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 :-)
--
derek

[kathy]

At least it is March today.
Still getting a skim of ice on the ponds
but this week lows are supposed to be
in the thirties instead of the twenties.
We're making progress!

kathy

[Sean Dinh]

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 :-)
> --
> derek

[Reel McKoi]

"Derek Broughton" > wrote in message
...
> 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!
> >>
> >> <grumble><grumble><grumble>
> >
> > 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 :-)
> --
> derek
==========================
I was just admiring the daffodils blooming out front the other day. Today I
wake up to a dusting of snow and another cold, cold, cold day here in middle
TN. It's up to 34 degrees now.
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Reel McKoi]

"kathy" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> At least it is March today.
> Still getting a skim of ice on the ponds
> but this week lows are supposed to be
> in the thirties instead of the twenties.
> We're making progress!
=========================
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. I'll probably just do tomatoes, peppers and zucchini again.
The first order of the day is once more removing the rocks from the 150
gallon inground pool so I can fix the leak once and for all.
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
Zone 6 - TN
Koi & goldfish
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[~Roy]

Well my pond water is up in the high 60's.........maybe you need to
move south. My sensitive fern is already putting out leaves and
buds.........and my garden is already sprouting...so why could someone
not have nice weather or is it because you don;t so you figure no one
else should either..............sheeeeeeeeeeesh!

On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 11:17:42 -0400, 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!
>===<>>>
>===<>>> <grumble><grumble><grumble>
>===<>>
>===<>> 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 :-)


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

[DKat]

--
"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"~Roy" > wrote in message
...
> Well my pond water is up in the high 60's.........maybe you need to
> move south. My sensitive fern is already putting out leaves and
> buds.........and my garden is already sprouting...so why could someone
> not have nice weather or is it because you don;t so you figure no one
> else should either..............sheeeeeeeeeeesh!

I guess next time we should put smiley faces everywhere so that you know we
are playing......


> On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 11:17:42 -0400, 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!
>>===<>>>
>>===<>>> <grumble><grumble><grumble>
>>===<>>
>>===<>> 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
>>:-)
>
>
> ==============================================
> Put some color in your cheeks...garden naked!

[~Roy]

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 17:26:34 -0500, "DKat" > wrote:



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

[~Roy]

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.



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

[San Diego Joe]

"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!
>>>
>>> <grumble><grumble><grumble>
>>
>> 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
;)


San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

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!~

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>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!~

[Reel McKoi]

"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!
> >>>
> >>> <grumble><grumble><grumble>
> >>
> >> 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...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Reel McKoi]

"~ 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]

>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!~

[jedi]

"~ 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.

[Reel McKoi]

"~ 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...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Derek Broughton]

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

[Derek Broughton]

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

[DKat]

- H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"~Roy" > wrote in message
...
> 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)

[Benign Vanilla]

"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.

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>>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!~
>
>That's what header keywords are for.

You lost me Crashj. Header keywords are for................... ? ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[Reel McKoi]

"DKat" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> - H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
> "~Roy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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....
=====================
Get thyself to the nearest Gym and some WW meetings. :-) BTW, some 56 year
olds still look pretty good out there on the beaches. ;-)
--
McKoi.... the frugal ponder...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[ClaudCar]

"San Diego Joe" > wrote in message
news:1109718915.72008f12254c69ffd386ed4d332a5877@t eranews...
> >>> @#$%^& Troll!
> >>>
> >>> <grumble><grumble><grumble>
> >>
> >> 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
> ;)
>
-------------------------
I was laughing so hard at the turn this took that I fell off my chair. The
troll referring to either those of us left coasters who are in the high 60's
with no ice/snow or bragging about walking in the water with frozen navel
and shrinkage or fish on via&*a or . . .

I put a new lily in the depths of my pond and my hand still turned blue . .
.. BUT
found 1 gold fish and 5 darkfish. don't know if any of the others made it,
but these guys were hanging out in the main pond, not in the cave under the
falls.
--
______________________
Claudia
Totus Tuus

[Crashj]

On or about Wed, 02 Mar 2005 08:16:08 -0800, ~ jan JJsPond.us
> wrote something like:

>>>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!~
>>
>>That's what header keywords are for.
>
>You lost me Crashj. Header keywords are for................... ? ~ jan

Some posting software allows you to put comments in the headers of
your posts indicating humour. Keywords can be set, too. If you can see
headers, see this example.
--
Crashj

[~ jan JJsPond.us]

>On or about Wed, 02 Mar 2005 08:16:08 -0800, ~ jan JJsPond.us
> wrote something like:
>
>>>That's what header keywords are for.
>>
>>You lost me Crashj. Header keywords are for................... ? ~ jan
>
>Some posting software allows you to put comments in the headers of
>your posts indicating humour. Keywords can be set, too. If you can see
>headers, see this example.

You mean the *wrote something like* above? Wonder if I can do that with
Agent, anyone? ~ jan

~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

[Derek Broughton]

~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:

>>On or about Wed, 02 Mar 2005 08:16:08 -0800, ~ jan JJsPond.us
> wrote something like:
>>
>>>>That's what header keywords are for.
>>>
>>>You lost me Crashj. Header keywords are for................... ? ~ jan
>>
>>Some posting software allows you to put comments in the headers of
>>your posts indicating humour. Keywords can be set, too. If you can see
>>headers, see this example.
>
> You mean the *wrote something like* above? Wonder if I can do that with
> Agent, anyone? ~ jan

You probably could, but he was referring to a header that is separate from
the normally viewed message. "Subject" is a header, as are "From", "Date"
and "Newsgroups". Or there's the "X-Noarchive" (or something like that)
that people add when they don't want their posts archived - which I rather
doubt works in any of the cases I've seen, because it was actually part of
the body, not the headers.

Crash added "Keywords", which said something like "if these were real
keywords, they'd be funny" :-) I'm sure I could figure out how to set the
header from this newsreader, but it's kind of pointless to set headers that
most readers can't actually use in filters (and even in the Unix world, a
lot of newsreaders don't handle more than a basic set of headers).
--
derek