netting your pond

There is a picture of my pond, http://users.owt.com/jjspond/
page 1, that shows my fall arrangement. The only problem with this
arrangement is I sometimes have to clip plants before they're totally
ready, but since I use so many tropicals in the koi ponds, seems I'm only
clipping the cattails.

ok, remind me, what part of US are you??

do you get snow???

Muffin wrote
ok, remind me, what part of US are you??
do you get snow???

Jan and I are in SE WA, zone 7.
No snow last year except a few flakes on
Christmas Eve and you had to be quick to
catch them.
Our winters vary. One year we had so much
snow in a day my DH was turned back from going out
to work. Last year nada.
We usually have a cold snap sometime. Last
year it was October, others over Christmas
or New Years.
We only get 7 inches of rain a year. We're an
arid steppe or something like that. Sagebrush, tumbleweeds and sand.





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

ok, so how do the netting contraptions STAY in place under 2 feet of snow??

I showed my hubby the one on the page with the white pvc frame, & he said ,,
" yea right, florida maybe........"

Muffin first winter for THIS pond, & we can get some dang HIGH drifts!
btw,, I must have been **REALLY** lucky???!!! our 1st pond years ago,,
we never had a 'gas escape' hole,, it froze over solid,, maybe lost a couple
goldfish a winter........but then I didn't have 'big' koi, either.

"K30a" wrote in message
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Muffin wrote
ok, remind me, what part of US are you??
do you get snow???

Jan and I are in SE WA, zone 7.
No snow last year except a few flakes on
Christmas Eve and you had to be quick to
catch them.
Our winters vary. One year we had so much
snow in a day my DH was turned back from going out
to work. Last year nada.
We usually have a cold snap sometime. Last
year it was October, others over Christmas
or New Years.
We only get 7 inches of rain a year. We're an
arid steppe or something like that. Sagebrush, tumbleweeds and sand.





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

muffin wrote STAY in place under 2 feet of snow?

That we don't know here.
But building a tent type with a peak
in the middle might work better.


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

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 23:08:43 -0400, "*muffin*"
wrote:

ok, so how do the netting contraptions STAY in place under 2 feet of snow??

I showed my hubby the one on the page with the white pvc frame, & he said ,,
" yea right, florida maybe........"


I am in Southern NH, lots of snow. But I do not leave the screen over
the pond for winter. That is why I made the design easy to
assemble/disassemble. I only need it in place Oct - Nov and then it
is dissassembled and stored.

I am thinking of finding the right kind of plastic so that I can use
it as a solar heater in early spring.

John

PS: See the screen that we are talking about at
www.anatekcorp.com/garden/pondscreen.htm

On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 23:08:43 -0400, "*muffin*" wrote:

ok, so how do the netting contraptions STAY in place under 2 feet of snow??

I showed my hubby the one on the page with the white pvc frame, & he said ,,
" yea right, florida maybe........"

In my set up, when the screens get snow on them, this is "ideal" the ponds
are in an igloo, totally ice free and warm from the ground. Screens are 6"
or more above the water surface. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

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

On 21 Sep 2003 01:48:31 GMT, ESPMER (K30a) wrote:

Muffin wrote
ok, remind me, what part of US are you??
do you get snow???

Jan and I are in SE WA, zone 7.
No snow last year except a few flakes on
Christmas Eve and you had to be quick to
catch them.

The first winter I did this I had a total of 4-5 inches. That's why I use
boards instead of pvc, good solid support. ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

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