"Tristan" wrote in message
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Oh my ponds are down but they are DEEP so I still have a decent amount
of water .........plants are not too healthy looking though, but even
those Lilys I told you about that are high and dry are still popping
out blooms, and even my Pickerel reed, lizzard tails,Iris, Canna's,
water celery, sensitive vine, thalia and Taro are all doing just
fine.............

- - My ponds are evaporating in the heat to the tune of 1 to 2" a day. Our
water bill was double last month, most likely from the constant topping off.
To prevent the PH going too high or the hardness going out of sight I've
started pumping the water for the gardens from the ponds - then top them
off. The heat is killing the garden plants though. All we have left are
some tomatoes and peppers.

The low water has given me a chance to do a bit of
clean up and re-do the exposed area, which I have dug out now, and
also have been able to add my "causeway" / sluiceway between the
ponds. I just have one more gate to complete and its ready for when
ever the rain comes. The sluiceways connect all three of the mud
ponds, and I can use the slew area as a holding areas as well if I
close the gates on each end, or if ponds are full I can divert one to
the other etc......Makes managing fish a bit easier as well..Of course
I need water but that should soon happen..........as sooner or later
were b ound to get rain or even a hurricane right now would be OK with
me ;-)

- - It's a good opportunity for you to get that work done. :-)

It's the pits that some places are actually flooding and others are bone
dry. It looks like our neighbor moved or sold all his cattle. His pasture
went brown last month. We're not too optimistic as far as rain coming soon
since fall is the driest time of the year here. It's so strange as we don't
even see birds or insects around the lights at night. Either the heat or
drought drove them off.


Regards
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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