Wife worried about depth of pond and little grandkids and neighbor kids falling in

Try this site

http://www.entdirect.plus.com/safapond/


"Chumley" wrote in message
...
I would like to weld a rebar
grid (4-6 inch spacing) together and
place it on the plant shelf so you couldn't see it really unless you are
right on top of it. I would make it in sections
so I could remove it for maintenence. It would satisfy my wife's anxiety
to
know the grid was there and the water would
effectively be only 6 inches deep in case one of our grandkids or
neighbor
kids fell in. We have no fence and our yard
is open to a public greenbelt area which kids use all the time to play.
Is
this a viable alternative? Should I paint it with
epoxy paint to keep the rusting metal from fouling the water? Would the
rusting metal harm the fish or plants?
Sorry for the long post, but I need some help with this one. Thank you
kindly for time and thoughts.

Chumley

I could not get that link to work. I also went to
www.entdirect.plus.com (slowest download I have ever seen) but could
not find any pond information.

????

John

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:57:28 GMT, "FBCS" wrote:

Try this site

http://www.entdirect.plus.com/safapond/


"Chumley" wrote in message
...
I would like to weld a rebar
grid (4-6 inch spacing) together and
place it on the plant shelf so you couldn't see it really unless you are
right on top of it. I would make it in sections
so I could remove it for maintenence. It would satisfy my wife's anxiety
to
know the grid was there and the water would
effectively be only 6 inches deep in case one of our grandkids or
neighbor
kids fell in. We have no fence and our yard
is open to a public greenbelt area which kids use all the time to play.
Is
this a viable alternative? Should I paint it with
epoxy paint to keep the rusting metal from fouling the water? Would the
rusting metal harm the fish or plants?
Sorry for the long post, but I need some help with this one. Thank you
kindly for time and thoughts.

Chumley

http://www.entdirect.plus.com/safapond/

I pulled it up with no problem. I had saved it on my favorites in case I
wanted to do this or some DIY of it at a later date. I have a small
grandchild.

Try again

"John Bachman" wrote in message
...
I could not get that link to work. I also went to
www.entdirect.plus.com (slowest download I have ever seen) but could
not find any pond information.

????

John

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 23:57:28 GMT, "FBCS" wrote:

Try this site

http://www.entdirect.plus.com/safapond/


"Chumley" wrote in message
...
I would like to weld a rebar
grid (4-6 inch spacing) together and
place it on the plant shelf so you couldn't see it really unless you
are
right on top of it. I would make it in sections
so I could remove it for maintenence. It would satisfy my wife's
anxiety
to
know the grid was there and the water would
effectively be only 6 inches deep in case one of our grandkids or
neighbor
kids fell in. We have no fence and our yard
is open to a public greenbelt area which kids use all the time to
play.
Is
this a viable alternative? Should I paint it with
epoxy paint to keep the rusting metal from fouling the water? Would
the
rusting metal harm the fish or plants?
Sorry for the long post, but I need some help with this one. Thank
you
kindly for time and thoughts.

Chumley

Myself growing up on a lake in Illinois and having various ponds and
children in the last 62 years I have found the best treatment is don't
let the little guys get close to the water if they might fall in. But
if they might fall in and your right there .. Good .. it will teach
them not to fall in any more!

Kreist .. did you ware a fibeglass helmet when you rode your bike?
Did you have knee pads when you locked your skates on with a KEY ?
Did you lose a tooth when you fell down on the gym floor playing dodge
ball ...

Tell your wife and daughter you'll tie a string with a bell on the kid
so if he/she falls in ALL will know ! Then you can go pull them out .
They arn't going to drown in one minute.

Steve E.

Sorry for the long post, but I need some help with this one. Thank
you
kindly for time and thoughts.

Chumley

We don't have any little kids of our own to worry about but the pond is a
magnet for the neighbor's kids. Inspite of the fact that we live in the
mountains and there are ponds for cattle all over the place, the kids like
to play around ours.

We are not there in winter but find evidence that the kids have been.

So we had to take out a bunch of insurance that we wouldn't need if it
weren't for the pond.


"Steven E. Eyrse" wrote in message
...
Myself growing up on a lake in Illinois and having various ponds and
children in the last 62 years I have found the best treatment is don't
let the little guys get close to the water if they might fall in. But
if they might fall in and your right there .. Good .. it will teach
them not to fall in any more!

Kreist .. did you ware a fibeglass helmet when you rode your bike?
Did you have knee pads when you locked your skates on with a KEY ?
Did you lose a tooth when you fell down on the gym floor playing dodge
ball ...

Tell your wife and daughter you'll tie a string with a bell on the kid
so if he/she falls in ALL will know ! Then you can go pull them out .
They arn't going to drown in one minute.

Steve E.

Sorry for the long post, but I need some help with this one.
Thank
you
kindly for time and thoughts.

Chumley