Let's hear whats ponding this weekend?

[~ janj]

I potted up the lotus after they had sat for 5 days in clean water.

Did you know that is the recommended thing for lotus divides? I've planted
them directly and had some fail, so we'll see if these do okay after
soaking. By the time I replanted mine, I only had tubers for 2 others
containers to set aside.

Next up was potting up the lily divides, main plants were taken care of
weeks ago, but not all the off shoots. Ended up with 8 of those. Then there
were the cannas, ended up with 7 extra of those.

Went to Costco and got this metal water garden that came with 4 plants.
This will be for my mom's Mom-Day/B-day combined. The plan, she wants
frogs, so I'm hoping this will be big enough to work.

Also hit Lowe's, on the suggestion of a customer at Costco. Did you know
having a mini-pond in your cart is a great conversation started? She told
me Lowe's had quite a few water plants, and boy howdy, was she right.
Nothing new there for me, I either have it or tried and didn't like it. I
did get a couple water hyacinth because it was the only container with 2
small ones in it for $4.97! The others had only 1.

Tomorrow I mow, and clean out the car where the water hyacinth container
spilled out. :( How was your ponding weekend? ~ jan
--------------
See my ponds and filter design:
www.jjspond.us

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

[Koi-Lo]

"~ janj" > wrote in message
...
>> Tomorrow I mow, and clean out the car where the water hyacinth container
> spilled out. :( How was your ponding weekend? ~ jan
> --------------
Our whole weekend will be spent repairing the berm on the small pond. This
will be a permanent repair even if it means we need a new liner. Today we
drained it, removed the net and net supports and moved the fish into a 500g
holding pool. The plants, covered in their eggs are in a 150g kiddy-pool.
I'll be crawling in diamond-scale butterfly koi. Tomorrow we'll put the
forms in and I hope get to pour some concrete.
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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[Koi-Lo]

"Koi-Lo" > wrote in message
...
> Our whole weekend will be spent repairing the berm on the small pond.
> This will be a permanent repair even if it means we need a new liner.
> Today we drained it, removed the net and net supports and moved the fish
> into a 500g holding pool. The plants, covered in their eggs are in a 150g
> kiddy-pool. I'll be crawling in diamond-scale butterfly koi. Tomorrow
> we'll put the forms in and I hope get to pour some concrete.

If one were to look at a satellite photo of your address, would we even find
a pond there?
Thanks to maps.google.com and earth.google.com anyone can view 1 meter
satellite photos.

[Gary Woods]

~ janj > wrote:

>How was your ponding weekend?

Well.... not so great; it's been too cold for much to be happening, though
the hardy lilies are waking up. And I figured out why I hadn't seen Walter
the solitary koi in a bass-infested pond; his body was in the shallows
after the water dropped a few inches from winter's high. He was perhaps
ten years old, and outlived his mistress by nearly five years.
Otherwise, we're getting a nice chilly drizzle to wet down the new seeds in
the garden, and to green up the grass, after a dry early spring.
And despite it all, life goes on. Perhaps that's reward enough!

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

[Koi-Lo]

"Koi-Lo" impersonated by SNOOZE > wrote in message
. net...
> "Koi-Lo" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Our whole weekend will be spent repairing the berm on the small pond.
>> This will be a permanent repair even if it means we need a new liner.
>> Today we drained it, removed the net and net supports and moved the fish
>> into a 500g holding pool. The plants, covered in their eggs are in a
>> 150g kiddy-pool. I'll be crawling in diamond-scale butterfly koi.
>> Tomorrow we'll put the forms in and I hope get to pour some concrete.
>
> If one were to look at a satellite photo of your address, would we even
> find a pond there?

Why don't you just drive to our house and see for yourself Snooze?

> Thanks to maps.google.com and earth.google.com anyone can view 1 meter
> satellite photos.

That should make it nice and easy for you to find us.
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Troll Information:
http://tinyurl.com/9zbh
http://tinyurl.com/d8e4
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/
Reading Headers:
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[Gareee©]

"Koi-Lo" > wrote in message
...

>> Thanks to maps.google.com and earth.google.com anyone can view 1 meter
>> satellite photos.

Depends really on the area, and how good coverage is. Here in Waynesville
NC, coverage is pretty poor. I can locate a water tower near my home, but
that's the smallest detail that can be picked out, and it's pretty large.

Detail in cities though, like Google headquarters, and Microsoft's
headquarters are outstanding.

Disneyworld is decent, but not great as well.


--
Gareee©
(Gary Tabar Jr.)

[Derek Broughton]

Some fraud wrote:

> "Koi-Lo" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Our whole weekend will be spent repairing the berm on the small pond.
>> This will be a permanent repair even if it means we need a new liner.
>> Today we drained it, removed the net and net supports and moved the fish
>> into a 500g holding pool. The plants, covered in their eggs are in a
>> 150g
>> kiddy-pool. I'll be crawling in diamond-scale butterfly koi. Tomorrow
>> we'll put the forms in and I hope get to pour some concrete.
>
> If one were to look at a satellite photo of your address, would we even
> find a pond there?
> Thanks to maps.google.com and earth.google.com anyone can view 1 meter
> satellite photos.

You can't even see my _house_ on google. You could spot the ponds of most
rec.ponders who live in decent sized cities. Outside the cities the sat
photos can be years old, and much lower resolution. I'd be surprised if
you could see Jan's ponds either...
--
derek

[Gareee©]

"Derek Broughton" > wrote in message
...

> You can't even see my _house_ on google. You could spot the ponds of most
> rec.ponders who live in decent sized cities. Outside the cities the sat
> photos can be years old, and much lower resolution. I'd be surprised if
> you could see Jan's ponds either...

Plus, if you have any trees overhead, they will obscure the overhead view.

I could see my Mom's house quite well, and my home in Florida.. the pic was
taken way back when they had flooding, and I could even see my car, and a
big pile of sand the fire department had brought in to fill sandbags with.

--
Gareee©
(Gary Tabar Jr.)

[Gill Passman]

Gareee© wrote:
> "Derek Broughton" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>
>>You can't even see my _house_ on google. You could spot the ponds of most
>>rec.ponders who live in decent sized cities. Outside the cities the sat
>>photos can be years old, and much lower resolution. I'd be surprised if
>>you could see Jan's ponds either...
>
>
> Plus, if you have any trees overhead, they will obscure the overhead view.
>
> I could see my Mom's house quite well, and my home in Florida.. the pic was
> taken way back when they had flooding, and I could even see my car, and a
> big pile of sand the fire department had brought in to fill sandbags with.
>

From the places I've looked at Derek is right....it's hard to spot
stuff on the rural locations (including the UK) and the photos in the
rural areas are also quite old (at least the UK ones I've looked at). I
can see my house very well even down to the car in the drive but I live
in an urban area....and yep, in an urban area you can spot ponds if
large enough but, as on some rural areas you can't even spot the house
the chance of seeing a pond would be non-existent IMO...

Gill

[~ janj]

>I figured out why I hadn't seen Walter
>his body was in the shallows

I am SO sorry to hear about Walter's passing, for me, he was like the
rec.ponds mascot Koi. :'(

Do you think you'll replace him? RP needs a Walter II. ~ jan

-----------------
(Do you know where your water quality is?)

[~ janj]

>I'd be surprised if you could see Jan's ponds either...

Checked it out, and my house is almost a direct shot downward, and I can't
make out any pond. Unlike pools that are bright obvious blue, ponds are
just black holes that kind of blend in with shade from trees and such.
Since there is a lot of building going on in our area, to date it, the
photo looks to be almost a year old. ~ jan

-----------------
(Do you know where your water quality is?)

[Gill Passman]

~ janj wrote:
>>I figured out why I hadn't seen Walter
>>his body was in the shallows
>
>
> I am SO sorry to hear about Walter's passing, for me, he was like the
> rec.ponds mascot Koi. :'(
>
> Do you think you'll replace him? RP needs a Walter II. ~ jan
>
> -----------------
> (Do you know where your water quality is?)

Back last year when I was lurking around a lot on rec.ponds I really
loved your stories and your mentions of Walter....I am sorry to hear of
his passing.... :-(

Gill

[Gary Woods]

~ janj > wrote:

>Checked it out, and my house is almost a direct shot downward, and I can't
>make out any pond.

Gloat warning:

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/imageinfo.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=18&X=2821&Y=23688&W=1

My pond is the one below and to the right of the bend in the road, and the
house is north of the pond on the right of the road just round the bend (no
snide comments, please!) The clear almost square area below the house is
garden; about 1/4 acre, for scale.

The bass are waking up and prowling the shallows, except for the teenagers
which hang out near the lilies making rude comments to the passers-by.

I'll probably look for another koi; don't know if it will live in an
aquarium first as Walter did, or whether I'll get one too big for the bass
to bother.

Oh, and we've got close to 3 inches of rain in upstate New York since
Saturday morning, after a dry early spring. Just in case, what's a cubit?


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

[Gill Passman]

Gary Woods wrote:
> ~ janj > wrote:
>
>
>>Checked it out, and my house is almost a direct shot downward, and I can't
>>make out any pond.
>
>
> Gloat warning:
>
> http://terraserver.microsoft.com/imageinfo.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=18&X=2821&Y=23688&W=1
>
> My pond is the one below and to the right of the bend in the road, and the
> house is north of the pond on the right of the road just round the bend (no
> snide comments, please!) The clear almost square area below the house is
> garden; about 1/4 acre, for scale.
>
> The bass are waking up and prowling the shallows, except for the teenagers
> which hang out near the lilies making rude comments to the passers-by.
>
> I'll probably look for another koi; don't know if it will live in an
> aquarium first as Walter did, or whether I'll get one too big for the bass
> to bother.
>
> Oh, and we've got close to 3 inches of rain in upstate New York since
> Saturday morning, after a dry early spring. Just in case, what's a cubit?
>
>
> 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

Are both of those almost lake things yours? Wow...you are so lucky to
live somewhere with enough land to have ponds like that :-) Suburbia in
the UK very rarely offers that amount of space unless you are loaded
with cash....

Even if you don't replace Walter just yet, could you please start the
stories again - they were a great read :-)

Gill

[Gill Passman]

~ janj wrote:
> I potted up the lotus after they had sat for 5 days in clean water.
>
> Did you know that is the recommended thing for lotus divides? I've planted
> them directly and had some fail, so we'll see if these do okay after
> soaking. By the time I replanted mine, I only had tubers for 2 others
> containers to set aside.
>
> Next up was potting up the lily divides, main plants were taken care of
> weeks ago, but not all the off shoots. Ended up with 8 of those. Then there
> were the cannas, ended up with 7 extra of those.
>
> Went to Costco and got this metal water garden that came with 4 plants.
> This will be for my mom's Mom-Day/B-day combined. The plan, she wants
> frogs, so I'm hoping this will be big enough to work.
>
> Also hit Lowe's, on the suggestion of a customer at Costco. Did you know
> having a mini-pond in your cart is a great conversation started? She told
> me Lowe's had quite a few water plants, and boy howdy, was she right.
> Nothing new there for me, I either have it or tried and didn't like it. I
> did get a couple water hyacinth because it was the only container with 2
> small ones in it for $4.97! The others had only 1.
>
> Tomorrow I mow, and clean out the car where the water hyacinth container
> spilled out. :( How was your ponding weekend? ~ jan
> --------------
> See my ponds and filter design:
> www.jjspond.us
>
> ~Keep 'em Wet!~
> Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
> To e-mail see website


Well, my hint of pond liner hanging around the garden (for months) has
paid off this weekend...hubby now is resigned to the fact that we will
have a pond at some point this spring....as long as he doesn't have to
dig or maintain it he probably won't mind...the danger is that he will
hijack my little pond project and it will become a lot larger - lol

Haven't started digging yet though...too busy digging the rest of the
garden right now - I give it around 3-4 weeks....

Gill

[Gareee©]

"Gary Woods" > wrote in message
...

> Gloat warning:
>
> http://terraserver.microsoft.com/imageinfo.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=18&X=2821&Y=23688&W=1
>
> My pond is the one below and to the right of the bend in the road, and the
> house is north of the pond on the right of the road just round the bend
> (no
> snide comments, please!) The clear almost square area below the house is
> garden; about 1/4 acre, for scale.

Um, Dude! Your pond is like 5 times bigger then your house! LOL! That's no
POND, it's a lake!

>We're gonna need a bigger boat...<


--
Gareee©
(Gary Tabar Jr.)

[RedKingFire]

Koi-Lo wrote:
>
> "~ janj" > wrote in message
> ...
>>> Tomorrow I mow, and clean out the car where the water hyacinth container
>> spilled out. :( How was your ponding weekend? ~ jan
>> --------------
> Our whole weekend will be spent repairing the berm on the small pond.
>


Your whole weekend will be spent like any other weekend, behind a key
board persecuting and harrasing JW's every where!

[~ janj]

>Gloat warning:
>
>http://terraserver.microsoft.com/imageinfo.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=18&X=2821&Y=23688&W=1

Wow, looks to be quite a walk when you take one, no wonder you find people
swimming in it from time to time. Can you even see it from the house? What
kind of trees are the majority? ~ jan <-- I need a lake, no I don't, yes I
do. ;)

-----------------
(Do you know where your water quality is?)

[Roy]

Truer words were never spoken........

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:35:29 GMT, RedKingFire >
wrote:
>><>Koi-Lo wrote:
>><>>
>><>> "~ janj" > wrote in message
>><>> ...
>><>>>> Tomorrow I mow, and clean out the car where the water hyacinth container
>><>>> spilled out. :( How was your ponding weekend? ~ jan
>><>>> --------------
>><>> Our whole weekend will be spent repairing the berm on the small pond.
>><>>
>><>
>><>
>><>Your whole weekend will be spent like any other weekend, behind a key
>><>board persecuting and harrasing JW's every where!

--
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[Koi-Lo]

"Gareee©" > wrote in message
...
> "Koi-Lo" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>> Thanks to maps.google.com and earth.google.com anyone can view 1 meter
>>> satellite photos.
>
> Depends really on the area, and how good coverage is. Here in Waynesville
> NC, coverage is pretty poor. I can locate a water tower near my home, but
> that's the smallest detail that can be picked out, and it's pretty large.

I saw the potos/maps used to encourage people to visit me uninvited and
un-announced. I can't really make out anything. They must be very old.

> Detail in cities though, like Google headquarters, and Microsoft's
> headquarters are outstanding.

The ones I saw of NYC were as well.

> Disneyworld is decent, but not great as well.
>

--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Troll Information:
http://tinyurl.com/9zbh
http://tinyurl.com/d8e4
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/
Reading Headers:
http://tinyurl.com/amm9s
*Note: There are several *Koi-Lo's* on rec.ponds.
~~~ }<((((o> ~~~ }<{{{{o> ~~~ }<(((((o>

[Koi-Lo]

"Gill Passman" > wrote in message
...
>
> From the places I've looked at Derek is right....it's hard to spot stuff
> on the rural locations (including the UK) and the photos in the rural
> areas are also quite old (at least the UK ones I've looked at).

The ones of my property being used are ancient as all I saw was my
neighbor's old barn which was torn down in the 1980s. None of the
neighbor's houses show, nor does the subdivision down the road - and it been
there for years now.

I
> can see my house very well even down to the car in the drive but I live in
> an urban area....and yep, in an urban area you can spot ponds if large
> enough but, as on some rural areas you can't even spot the house the
> chance of seeing a pond would be non-existent IMO...

> Gill
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/
*Note: There are several *Koi-Lo's* on rec.ponds.
~~~ }<((((o> ~~~ }<{{{{o> ~~~ }<(((((o>

[Koi-Lo]

"~ janj" > wrote in message
...
> >I'd be surprised if you could see Jan's ponds either...
>
> Checked it out, and my house is almost a direct shot downward, and I can't
> make out any pond. Unlike pools that are bright obvious blue, ponds are
> just black holes that kind of blend in with shade from trees and such.
> Since there is a lot of building going on in our area, to date it, the
> photo looks to be almost a year old. ~ jan
==========
The one of our property has to be prior to the mid-late 1980s as all there
is to see really are some old farm buildings that were torn down many years
ago on the land next to me - if indeed the pic is of our property. There's
a large mobile home on that lot now, and has been since at least 1988. No
one else's house shows, including mine. Nothing in the photo looked
familiar. But then they changed the addresses out here about 12 years ago,
so...........
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/
*Note: There are several *Koi-Lo's* on rec.ponds.
~~~ }<((((o> ~~~ }<{{{{o> ~~~ }<(((((o>

[Koi-Lo]

"Gary Woods" > wrote in message
...
>~ janj > wrote:
>
>>Checked it out, and my house is almost a direct shot downward, and I can't
>>make out any pond.
>
> Gloat warning:
>
> http://terraserver.microsoft.com/imageinfo.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=18&X=2821&Y=23688&W=1
>
================
Oh,... I wish it were mine! :-))

So many koi, so little space........
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
*Note: There are several *Koi-Lo's* on rec.ponds.
~~~ }<((((o> ~~~ }<{{{{o> ~~~ }<(((((o>

[Koi-Lo]

"Gill Passman" > wrote in message
...
> Are both of those almost lake things yours? Wow...you are so lucky to live
> somewhere with enough land to have ponds like that :-) Suburbia in the UK
> very rarely offers that amount of space unless you are loaded with
> cash....
=============
In the rural areas of the USA you can still find land fairly cheap. I had 9
acres at one time. I was on the edge of a nice small town. The further you
get into the boondocks the cheaper the land.
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
*Note: There are several *Koi-Lo's* on rec.ponds.
~~~ }<((((o> ~~~ }<{{{{o> ~~~ }<(((((o>

[Koi-Lo]

"Gill Passman" > wrote in message
...
>
> Well, my hint of pond liner hanging around the garden (for months) has
> paid off this weekend...hubby now is resigned to the fact that we will
> have a pond at some point this spring....as long as he doesn't have to dig
> or maintain it he probably won't mind...the danger is that he will hijack
> my little pond project and it will become a lot larger - lol
>
> Haven't started digging yet though...too busy digging the rest of the
> garden right now - I give it around 3-4 weeks....
>
> Gill
===============================
You'll get to a pond.... it's inevitable. ;-)

We got the forms in today and part of the berm cemented. The koi are doing
fine in the 500g tank behind the house. We were worried about ammonia
(N-Cycle) but there's none. We used their filter plus the one from the 780g
tank of fingerlings I recently sold. So we can take our time and do a
really good job.
--
Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
rec.pond's FAQ are at:
http://www.geocities.com/justinm090/faq.html
~~~ }<((((o> ~~~ }<{{{{o> ~~~ }<(((((o>

[Gill Passman]

Koi-Lo wrote:
>
> "~ janj" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> >I'd be surprised if you could see Jan's ponds either...
>>
>> Checked it out, and my house is almost a direct shot downward, and I
>> can't
>> make out any pond. Unlike pools that are bright obvious blue, ponds are
>> just black holes that kind of blend in with shade from trees and such.
>> Since there is a lot of building going on in our area, to date it, the
>> photo looks to be almost a year old. ~ jan
>
> ==========
> The one of our property has to be prior to the mid-late 1980s as all
> there is to see really are some old farm buildings that were torn down
> many years ago on the land next to me - if indeed the pic is of our
> property. There's a large mobile home on that lot now, and has been
> since at least 1988. No one else's house shows, including mine.
> Nothing in the photo looked familiar. But then they changed the
> addresses out here about 12 years ago, so...........

In the end I could just pick out your house but little more...same
applies to others in a rural location...my Dad lives up in Scotland and
his son-in-law has a loch, stream and trout farm but you can see none of
it and this is on a massive scale (and very nice the trout are when
cooked - I have a great recipe but maybe not appropriate on a fish
newsgroup - he brings them down on his visits)....small price to pay
maybe for me being forced off of my pc and newsgroups....without going
into names (because I don't want to freak anyone) someone looks as if
they live in a brown blob in some woods near a highway....didn't spot
any ponds but a great place to live nonetheless....hey, you live in a
white blob...he lives in a brown one....

In reality it has the great potential for sharing....I've enjoyed
looking at localities....has to be a big thanks to Roy for giving us the
inspiration.....thank you mate...

Gill

[Roy]

Who gives a freaking flying rats ass about your god damned property
carol...........YOU seem to think everyone is so damed taken up with
you and your ****ing koi ponds thats all they can do is pay homahe to
your damed sorry fat ass.

Do us all a favor and go playout in the middle of the interstate
during night fall.............



On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:14:44 -0500, "Koi-Lo" >
wrote:
>><>
>><>"Gill Passman" > wrote in message
...
>><>>
>><>> From the places I've looked at Derek is right....it's hard to spot stuff
>><>> on the rural locations (including the UK) and the photos in the rural
>><>> areas are also quite old (at least the UK ones I've looked at).
>><>
>><>The ones of my property being used are ancient as all I saw was my
>><>neighbor's old barn which was torn down in the 1980s. None of the
>><>neighbor's houses show, nor does the subdivision down the road - and it been
>><>there for years now.
>><>
>><>I
>><>> can see my house very well even down to the car in the drive but I live in
>><>> an urban area....and yep, in an urban area you can spot ponds if large
>><>> enough but, as on some rural areas you can't even spot the house the
>><>> chance of seeing a pond would be non-existent IMO...
>><>
>><>> Gill

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oooO
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\ ( ( )
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The original frugal ponder ! Koi-ahoi mates....

[Roy]

Yea, right "You" had 9 acres until your hubby number 6 decided to
dump your worthless ass and left you with a half pack of Kools and a
warm budweiser standning on the curb.......ya old worthless bat.

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:29:53 -0500, "Koi-Lo" >
wrote:
>><>
>><>"Gill Passman" > wrote in message
...
>><>> Are both of those almost lake things yours? Wow...you are so lucky to live
>><>> somewhere with enough land to have ponds like that :-) Suburbia in the UK
>><>> very rarely offers that amount of space unless you are loaded with
>><>> cash....
>><>=============
>><>In the rural areas of the USA you can still find land fairly cheap. I had 9
>><>acres at one time. I was on the edge of a nice small town. The further you
>><>get into the boondocks the cheaper the land.

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[Roy]

Like I posted earlier who ghives a **** Carol? Oh I forgot Derek does!
my bad!

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 17:38:39 -0500, "Koi-Lo" >
wrote:
>><>
>><>"Gill Passman" > wrote in message
...
>><>>
>><>> Well, my hint of pond liner hanging around the garden (for months) has
>><>> paid off this weekend...hubby now is resigned to the fact that we will
>><>> have a pond at some point this spring....as long as he doesn't have to dig
>><>> or maintain it he probably won't mind...the danger is that he will hijack
>><>> my little pond project and it will become a lot larger - lol
>><>>
>><>> Haven't started digging yet though...too busy digging the rest of the
>><>> garden right now - I give it around 3-4 weeks....
>><>>
>><>> Gill
>><>===============================
>><>You'll get to a pond.... it's inevitable. ;-)
>><>
>><>We got the forms in today and part of the berm cemented. The koi are doing
>><>fine in the 500g tank behind the house. We were worried about ammonia
>><>(N-Cycle) but there's none. We used their filter plus the one from the 780g
>><>tank of fingerlings I recently sold. So we can take our time and do a
>><>really good job.

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~ janj > wrote:

>Wow, looks to be quite a walk when you take one, no wonder you find people
>swimming in it from time to time. Can you even see it from the house? What
>kind of trees are the majority?
A: about a hundred yards; not all that far.
B: Can't _quite_ see it from the house.
C: The trees are mostly red pine; planted about 40 years ago, 10 before I
bought the land. The pond is about 20 years old; took 4 days with a
turbocharged D-6 and a contractor who knew what he was doing.


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

[Koi-Lo]

"Gill Passman" > wrote in message
...
> Koi-Lo wrote:
>> The one of our property has to be prior to the mid-late 1980s as all
>> there is to see really are some old farm buildings that were torn down
>> many years ago on the land next to me - if indeed the pic is of our
>> property. There's a large mobile home on that lot now, and has been
>> since at least 1988. No one else's house shows, including mine.
>> Nothing in the photo looked familiar. But then they changed the
>> addresses out here about 12 years ago, so...........
===============
> In the end I could just pick out your house but little more...same applies
> to others in a rural location...my Dad lives up in Scotland and his
> son-in-law has a loch, stream and trout farm but you can see none of it
> and this is on a massive scale (and very nice the trout are when cooked -
> I have a great recipe but maybe not appropriate on a fish newsgroup - he
> brings them down on his visits).

I love baked and fried fish. I don't think talking about food fish would
offend anyone. In fact fried fish is about the only thing I eat that's
fried. Since my husband doesn't care for fish or seafood at all, we seldom
have it.

....small price to pay
> maybe for me being forced off of my pc and newsgroups....without going
> into names (because I don't want to freak anyone) someone looks as if they
> live in a brown blob in some woods near a highway...

An old army tent? ;-)

..didn't spot
> any ponds but a great place to live nonetheless....hey, you live in a
> white blob...he lives in a brown one....

Actually my house isn't white. There is a white house, but it's down the
road.

> In reality it has the great potential for sharing....I've enjoyed looking
> at localities....has to be a big thanks to Roy for giving us the
> inspiration.....thank you mate...
>
> Gill
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Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
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[Koi-Lo]

yea yea yea, tell it to someone who gives a dam CArol............your
so full of **** I can smell you from here



On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:31:04 -0500, "Koi-Lo" >
wrote:
>><>
>><>"Gill Passman" > wrote in message
...
>><>> Koi-Lo wrote:
>><>>> The one of our property has to be prior to the mid-late 1980s as all
>><>>> there is to see really are some old farm buildings that were torn down
>><>>> many years ago on the land next to me - if indeed the pic is of our
>><>>> property. There's a large mobile home on that lot now, and has been
>><>>> since at least 1988. No one else's house shows, including mine.
>><>>> Nothing in the photo looked familiar. But then they changed the
>><>>> addresses out here about 12 years ago, so...........
>><>===============
>><>> In the end I could just pick out your house but little more...same applies
>><>> to others in a rural location...my Dad lives up in Scotland and his
>><>> son-in-law has a loch, stream and trout farm but you can see none of it
>><>> and this is on a massive scale (and very nice the trout are when cooked -
>><>> I have a great recipe but maybe not appropriate on a fish newsgroup - he
>><>> brings them down on his visits).
>><>
>><>I love baked and fried fish. I don't think talking about food fish would
>><>offend anyone. In fact fried fish is about the only thing I eat that's
>><>fried. Since my husband doesn't care for fish or seafood at all, we seldom
>><>have it.
>><>
>><>...small price to pay
>><>> maybe for me being forced off of my pc and newsgroups....without going
>><>> into names (because I don't want to freak anyone) someone looks as if they
>><>> live in a brown blob in some woods near a highway...
>><>
>><>An old army tent? ;-)
>><>
>><>.didn't spot
>><>> any ponds but a great place to live nonetheless....hey, you live in a
>><>> white blob...he lives in a brown one....
>><>
>><>Actually my house isn't white. There is a white house, but it's down the
>><>road.
>><>
>><>> In reality it has the great potential for sharing....I've enjoyed looking
>><>> at localities....has to be a big thanks to Roy for giving us the
>><>> inspiration.....thank you mate...
>><>>
>><>> Gill

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[news group]

t snowed here in Colorado Springs last night. And it is cold and over
cast and windy today. Reminds me of winter. So, I probably won't do
anything until the weekend when the temperatures climb back up into the
low 60's. :-( . Oh well. The mountains sure are beautiful! :-D .
W. Dale
~ janj wrote:

>I potted up the lotus after they had sat for 5 days in clean water.
>
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