First critter

here in far, southwest texas it's 'before summer', 'summer', 'after summer'
and '3-weeks-around-christmas-and-new-years-when-the-night-temps-drop-
below-30ºF-and-the-day-temps-stay-at-65ºF'. i love it here! :-D
mad
--
"We are all born mad. Some remain so."
Irish playwright Samuel Beckett


From: Dave Fouchey
Newsgroups: rec.ponds
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 21:04:10 -0400
Subject: First critter

Well when I lived in Miami, it was Summer High Summer Late Summer and
Sort of Summer.... South Carolina was as you describe North Carolina.
Now that I am back home in Michigan Winter IS!G



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When my first critter showed up I was astounded!
How did it get there?

I found out that most of these critters have wings and they take off at night
watching for the glitter and reflection of the moon and the stars off of water.
You can fool them and catch these insects on a sheet of black plastic laid on
the lawn.
But I think they are more fun when they show up in the pond ;-)

k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html

When my first critter showed up I was astounded!
How did it get there?

I found out that most of these critters have wings and they take off at night
watching for the glitter and reflection of the moon and the stars off of water.
You can fool them and catch these insects on a sheet of black plastic laid on
the lawn.
But I think they are more fun when they show up in the pond ;-)

k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html

"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
...
Welcome to critterdom, Megan!

BTW, as far as the capacity of your pond, a poster here on rec.ponds (from
the UK, I think) has a link to a volume calculator on his website --
alas,
I don't have it bookmarked, though. (You could always do the math the
old-fashioned way, but I don't have the patience for that.)

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC

this is one I use for everything...not doing math the old way either.
sandra :)
http://www.onlineconversion.com/

"Anne Lurie" wrote in message
...
Welcome to critterdom, Megan!

BTW, as far as the capacity of your pond, a poster here on rec.ponds (from
the UK, I think) has a link to a volume calculator on his website --
alas,
I don't have it bookmarked, though. (You could always do the math the
old-fashioned way, but I don't have the patience for that.)

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC

this is one I use for everything...not doing math the old way either.
sandra :)
http://www.onlineconversion.com/

Bob wrote there were a bazillion critters in there.

Oh, how very kewl!!
thanks for the welcome back :-)


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html

Bob wrote there were a bazillion critters in there.

Oh, how very kewl!!
thanks for the welcome back :-)


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...dors/home.html

Anne Lurie wrote:

And, then, if you're like me -- it isn't *really* spring until you hear
the toads calling from the water garden for the first time! (Actually,
that's not exactly true here in North Carolina, as our seasons are more like
"before Summer, Summer, after Summer, and brief respite for the gardeners
among us"! Even then, I look out the window & see the weeds going "neener
neener neener, we're working & you're not!")

and they sit out there and gloat, plotting lawn take over if you miss a
day or two in the yard *ever*.

So, while the rest of you are wondering about how to "winter" your
ponds/fish/plants, the folks in my area are just welcoming Fall, at long
last!

Of course, expecting summer temps this week, I put some silicone sealant
on my waterfall. Naturally, the temps dropped and it has yet to totally
cure. Oh well, so much for celebrating my 42nd b'day by restarting the
waterfall. *smile*

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu

Anne Lurie wrote:

And, then, if you're like me -- it isn't *really* spring until you hear
the toads calling from the water garden for the first time! (Actually,
that's not exactly true here in North Carolina, as our seasons are more like
"before Summer, Summer, after Summer, and brief respite for the gardeners
among us"! Even then, I look out the window & see the weeds going "neener
neener neener, we're working & you're not!")

and they sit out there and gloat, plotting lawn take over if you miss a
day or two in the yard *ever*.

So, while the rest of you are wondering about how to "winter" your
ponds/fish/plants, the folks in my area are just welcoming Fall, at long
last!

Of course, expecting summer temps this week, I put some silicone sealant
on my waterfall. Naturally, the temps dropped and it has yet to totally
cure. Oh well, so much for celebrating my 42nd b'day by restarting the
waterfall. *smile*

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu