Grandpa John wrote

One more Q on barley hay if I may, should the ball/bag be floating or
fully submerged. The friend who graciously gave me the plants etc said
submerged, the barley balls I saw said floating and that when they
submerged by themselves to replace them.

I have never used barley so I'm not the best one to answer that question but
other people have. I haven't added it to my algae hints yet. Don't know enough
to feel comfortable in adding it but I will do some more research and add it
some day. Maybe find a good link to drop in there.

PS-you're making my beautiful little 3 yr old grandaughter very happy as
she is completely fascinated with the pond. She points out the fish,
the flowers and loves sitting by & wathcing it. She's a nature girl
(loves critters) we watch bugs & birds together and have a turtle in my
compost bin thats her buddy (Timmy the Turtle) and she feeds it carrots
and cantalope among other veggies

:-))))) What a sweetie!!
This stuff can be so rewarding with children. We built our pond when my
youngest (almost 15 now!) was in elementary school and he, along with one of
the labs, as a puppy, used to paitiently try to catch bullfrogs. He was the
only one who could do it. The bullfrogs would be very good about hanging still
as he carried them up to the porch, they seemed half as big as he was. I'd take
their picture and then back they'd go in the pond.

I'm off to Seattle for a quick over and back trip. Hope someone can help with
the barley question.


kathy :-)
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