April 25, 2008 I had to go to town today so i made a couple other stops and did some garden shopping :D 1) I bought some blue pansies to put in my “frog pond” flower bed—3 metal frog sculptures surrounded by the blue pansies which looks like water if you use your imagination. 2) three blueberry bushes. —location for them yet to be determined and 3) fish.I got 2 shubunkins (is that the right word?) and one little goldfish (maybe not a good decision after rea...
April 20, 2008 On our list of garden updates this year was making the pond deep enough so that our fish could stay in it for the winter. Here is where we started this morning:Yes, that’s the neighbour’s dog, Gabby, laying in one of the two little “pond” holes from last year. Not quite sure how she fit into it but she loves being cool and I guess the hole did it for her. We then spent the day digging.. and digging.. and digging.. One area is almost 4’...
April 2, 2009 well, let’s hope that the cold weather that is heading our way won’t be too harsh for my fish. With the “new” sewing machine sitting in my dining room, the fish just had to get moved (yes they spent the winter in the dining room). What better place to move them to, I decided, than right into the pond. I had set up an old wheelbarrow as the “fountain/waterfall” (until i can take my plants outside) and so I set the fish in that, in a co...
We have a little chimenia fish that we have had sitting by the pond for forever and decided to make him actually do something, so the wife stuffed him full of dirt and then shoved Sedum in his mouth and up at the tail.. I think it looks rather cute, if even hung over. Now.. As for the pole beans.. We’ve got a two rows that are around 16-20’ long which needed support so this is what I came up with. I’m sure you recall my past post about my plan. Since they’re sen...
April 14/10 The accomplishment of “gettin’ ‘er done” far exceeds the twinges of guilt I’m feeling. This spring I started my journey on two missions:1. go as natural as possible when it comes to my gardens, and2. create guilds around my fruit trees During one of the presentations that I attended at a gardening show this spring, the Native Elder who spoke on naturalized areas stated, “don’t import soil – fix what you already have”. ...
June 10, 2008 For the past couple of weeks we’ve been hearing a huge splash in the pond and haven’t been able to see what it was, although we figured that it was a frog. Yesterday, we finally saw him. So here’s Freddy.
Dec 27/09 Pond Update the netting (that I had on the pond to keep the pine needles from going into the water) has been removed a bubbler and de-icer/heater has been installed to keep an opening in the ice over the winter, to let the gasses escape The Cons the pine needles are now going into the water—the day after I took the netting off we had a huge wind storm and tons of pine needles fell into the water. the cost of running the bubbler and de-icer were not expenses...
Aug 25/09 When our fish hear me walking on the lower deck they come swimming to the surface to see if there is anything to eat. If I notice I usually grab them a small handful of food and toss it in the water. The typical reaction is:1. Goldie, the goldfish, grabs the first pellet 2. Number 1, the big Shubunkin, grabs a mouthful (usually 3 or 4 pellets)3. Jenny-fish, one of the shubunkin from this year, comes next and takes a pellet. After Number 1 has had about 3 mouthfuls, Tim-fish...
Jan 4/09 We are having extreme cold (extreme for us) and when I looked out at the pond today the bubbler was just barely having an effect. So, assuming that it probably isn’t good for the motor to be have the air hoses frozen or whatever the problem is, I decided to unplug the bubbler. (next year—unplug it when we reach winter). So outside in the “brrrrr” and working my way through frozen plastic and around wood that is frozen in the ground, I reach the electrica...
I wanted a water garden, but did not, or have the room to do an in ground pond. So I went to the local Tractor Supply store and bought a 3×2x8 stock tank. I also bought a pump, filter, fountain kit, pea gravel, plants and gold fish. The pond has done very well over the summer, the plants have grown fast, and the small gold fish have grown as well. I was very pleased with the progress of the pond, and look forward to next year.
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