#184157 - 02/20/08 06:35 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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dodge
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#184184 - 02/20/08 07:17 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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loz
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It is terrible to look at when you look at the pond pictures from this summer and it's so pretty and lush and green all around it.
Oh well, winter comes and you can't stop it....I'm sure eventually in the summer I'll be complaining about the heat.
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#184223 - 02/21/08 04:52 AM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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#184251 - 02/21/08 06:06 AM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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I'd rather be cold than hot. I love looking at everyones ponds. When I told Johnny that I'm going to dig a pond he looked at me like I'm crazy. He said "you know we have a permit to dig a pond already but I didn't think you'd be interested in dealing with it." Around here when I say "pond" people thing big ponds for fishing. He's right that I don't want to deal with a big pond. My inlaws used to have one that was dug with backhoes and stocked with fish they ordered that came in a tanker truck. They had to put stuff in it to kill algae and sain it once in a while to get out the gigantic fish, and mow around it and all sorts of up keep to keep it looking pretty and the fish healthy. It's more like a small lake. We used to row across it in a canoe and I did like eating the brim we caught. But this time, I want something I can make and I can take care of.
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#184279 - 02/21/08 06:51 AM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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loz
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I just want to say that my pond really isn't much hard to take care of. I don't do much to it really.
I clean the pump/filter every other day in the summer. About once a month I point it out of the pond to throw about 25 percent of the water out and top it back off.
In the summer it needs topped off everyday because the heat makes a lot evaporate.
Really though it's easy to keep up! And it's a lot bigger than my old pond.......
It's much prettier in warm weather.
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#184473 - 02/21/08 03:41 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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Pinkhorseofcourse
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Oh that is gorgeous Loz!! *drools* I wish I could plant some Glads behind mine too.. but there isn't much room between the pond and the deck and it is kind of hard to get back in there.. I will have to see how my perennials from last year do this spring. ;)
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#184483 - 02/21/08 03:47 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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Bestofour
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How large is your pond Loz?
Right, those glads are beautiful.
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#184560 - 02/21/08 06:30 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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loz
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Thanks, the pond is about 12 by 6.....Guesstimating that....
Check out this pic of my pond, it's my fav--at the very end of the pics in there!
pond pic
A few in before and after topic....
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#185610 - 02/24/08 04:51 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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Bestofour
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Your pond is so pretty. Your flowers around it are lovely.
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#185867 - 02/25/08 08:57 AM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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Pinkhorseofcourse
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Wow Loz! That is awesome!! Yours is so much fuller than mine.. with plants and flowers.. mine seems bare in comparison. =(
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#185870 - 02/25/08 08:59 AM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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loz
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Thanks Sheri....I have lots of ornamental grasses around the sides...and lavander, and the whole back is nothing but nice, bright Zinnias!  I just love Zinnias for their height and color! And they are nice cut flowers too!
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#185875 - 02/25/08 09:07 AM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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Pinkhorseofcourse
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Aren't you afraid the ornamental grasses will get too big?? Or are they a smaller variety??
Oh Lavendar.. I might just have to plant some by mine too.. I did alot of annuals last year.. just because I wasn't sure what I wanted.. I did do a couple perennials.. a coreopsis and a day lily.. And one other one.. something blue.. but I don't know if it is going to make it.. it didn't seem to do too well. could be my soil.. AKA clay. 
Zinnias are gorgeous.. I have never had any of those though.. might have to try some.. =)
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#185907 - 02/25/08 10:15 AM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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loz
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Most of my ornamental grasses are big ones, I like them to make an impression---and they help give a little bit of shade to the pond. That's why I have a lot of tall plants around the pond, it's in full sun(which isn't good really), and so I try to shade it as much as possible. The more sun hitting a pond the greener it gets and the algae just keeps growing.
Zinnias are SO easy to grow....I would never buy them from a store as a plant....get some seeds, and a long window box planter and start them in there as soon as you can outside....they are super easy to start from seed. I grow my own every year.
Oh and all of my grasses are perennial except for the purpley ones you see on each side--purple fountain grass....I have to rebuy them each year because they are annuals here in this area....but I love them enough to buy them.
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#185911 - 02/25/08 10:20 AM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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#186893 - 02/28/08 03:45 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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Hmmm.. I really want to do some ornamental grasses this year.. we have a few problem areas that I would just like to get something growing in.. and they seem like a good option.. are they hard to grow.. ?? Well, I suppose it depends on what type huh? I like the Pampas grasses. They look so soft and fluffy. lol
And I might try some Zinnias too.. geez, I better start a list! 
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#187237 - 02/29/08 05:41 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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#187279 - 02/29/08 07:33 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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loz
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My pond just froze over again today!  And now it's covered with snow again. 
9 more days until the clocks change....longer days are great, more time to be out in the evening getting things ready.... 
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#187292 - 02/29/08 07:48 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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#187431 - 03/01/08 12:16 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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Oh man.. I am so ready!! My poor pond.. I have to wonder if my fishies are still in there. I hope they made it.. I will be really amazed if they did.
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#187459 - 03/01/08 01:14 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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loz
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Your fish may surprise you and still be alive and okay.
Supposed to be 60 here on Monday. Bring on the warm weather.
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#187466 - 03/01/08 01:22 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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Oh man, I hope you are right Loz!! It is supposed to be warm here tomorrow AND monday!!
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#188203 - 03/02/08 08:48 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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#188204 - 03/02/08 08:50 PM
Re: Pond season is upon us..................
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loz
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Tomorrow will be SIXTY!!! That's like a heatwave. AFter that it is going back down to 30 though, but tomorrow I will play outside all day---lots of cleaning to do out there....
The pond de-thawed today and I saw my fishies swimming around. 
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for Cindy to get better!!!!!
Wendy's photos
and warm again tomorrow so outside I must go! I will be thinking of you girls and hope you can go play too! Spring wishes and garden dreams! 
