Country Escape's 2nd pond - Goldfish only

[callingcolleen1]

sound nice, a pretty color too will brighten up the yard and garden as well. Now you will need to paint the front door a bright nice color too!

 

[MitchM]

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Mitch, I had to look up "leeward". I'm confused, though. Seems it is saying leeward is away from the wind, facing the side that gets less wind. I would think I would want more air flowing into the vents, or is it this way to keep the wind and rain out of the vents? If the vents are all the way along the roof ridge (I have a simple gable roof), then the openings would be on both sides, East and West (west and NW is the direction my prevailing winds come from). Only time I get east winds is when something really bad is coming ... like tonight!

When the wind blows you have lower air pressure on the leeward side of your house.
The reason you want leeward side roof vents is that so that the prevailing wind pulls out air from the top of your roof space.
- So the wind would enter through the lower soffit vents and exit out through the upper roof vents.
If you have gable vents then you don't have much choice, but at least the air is still entering through the soffit and the hot air has a place to exit. I prefer roof vents to ridge vents because they are more resistant to strong winds.

Also, when houses are built "on the cheap" they frequently don't have the roof insulation installed properly. Check to make sure there is a path for the air to enter the soffits and get into the roof space. There should not be insulation packed tight up against the bottom of the roof.
Here's a diagram to show what I mean with regards to that.

 

[CountryEscape]

Wow, very nice diagram. I know when I had my house inspected, the guy went into the roof area, checked for proper insulation, which it had. Pretty sure he would have noted had there not been adequate ventilation for the soffit, but not positive. This gives a person really good perspective of what it should look like. I know I don't have that pink stuff up there. LOL So, it's likely the air cannot even get to the open area. I'll have to check that out ... or have someone else go up there and walk around. I would be afraid I would fall through the ceiling!
I see your point about roof vent vs. ridge vent, though. Haven't yet seen the estimate from the metal guy, so will ask him what he is going to suggest for ventilation. I really wish there was a way to test the roof vent, see if it's working. If it's not, then I would need to decide to replace it, or do other type of venting. Now is the time to figure that out, I would think. If that was gone, they could sheet over that hole, too. Decisions decisions ....

 

[MitchM]

Just wanted to mention CE, if you wind up getting a metal roof, ridge vents can work very well with them.
We have a metal roof and I installed a ridge vent on it.

 

[CountryEscape]

Water plants are really doing well. Here's the comparison of Caesar's Brother iris in the ground vs. bog. Lots more growth in the bog.

I got this plant (I think it's a day lily) from a pond friend, but can't remember who or what type/color it is, but I have about 3 of them, and they are different than my other plants. Can't wait to see it bloom!

And, water parsley has been shooting up leaves for a couple of weeks now, it's everywhere! Yep, that bog will be covered with it in a month or so, but that's ok, it will give LOTS of filtration.

 

[j.w]

Neat CE Spring is showing up for you and sure makes a difference in the bog on growing faster.

 

[CountryEscape]

sound nice, a pretty color too will brighten up the yard and garden as well. Now you will need to paint the front door a bright nice color too!

Colleen, I've already painted my front door to match the color of the metal on the barn roof, so it's good to go for the new metal for the house, which will match the barn! I'm so excited to get it done, but must be patient, as it may be weeks before they get to it.
I took these pics couple of nights ago. Sun sets out my front door, and I was looking out the back door (to the east) Monday night, and thought OMG, that's gorgeous!!! Had to grab the camera and take a few pics quick and then it was gone. Sun setting to the west was shining on the sky to the east, behind the old barn, and took these cool pics.

 

[j.w]

Real pretty CE! I love old barn photos

 

[callingcolleen1]

Just beautiful CE, put on a pot of coffee and I will be there!! I wish I could just up and leave, but tied to my puppies and yard! I hope that I did not offend Mypond, rambling about my dumb vegan sisters, but they both stress me out so much, Glenda is very very sick and looks like she is dying, and dumb vegan diet not working for her but she will not give it up and listen to doctors, and then there is my other older sister Bev, she turned vegan about five years ago, she lives on lots of natural sugar now and is going to have a baby at 50, without a Doctor, oh and she plans to have the baby at home, cause she says she is healthy and does not need a doctor to deliver baby, and does not need a doctor to monitor her progress, cause her superior Vegan diet will save her and the baby!!! Help, sisters are nuts!!

 

[HARO]

Hey, I've got one of those! Vegan nutcase, I mean. Only eats raw veggies, except when no-one's looking!
John

 

[haver79]

Neat sunsets CE. I see your grass is greening up nicely. Ours still mostly brown. Getting some more rain tonight & tomorrow so hopefully will help green things up.
I have one of those little yard windmills too. Thought about painting it up to look like a sunflower. Green base with turning blades being yellow and brown in the middle of the petals. May have to get it done if I can tear myself away from pond work.

 

[taherrmann4]

Water plants are really doing well. Here's the comparison of Caesar's Brother iris in the ground vs. bog. Lots more growth in the bog.
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I got this plant (I think it's a day lily) from a pond friend, but can't remember who or what type/color it is, but I have about 3 of them, and they are different than my other plants. Can't wait to see it bloom!
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And, water parsley has been shooting up leaves for a couple of weeks now, it's everywhere! Yep, that bog will be covered with it in a month or so, but that's ok, it will give LOTS of filtration.
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That looks like a neat iris, will need to see if I can find that one in a store. I have two different ones and couldn't even tell you what their names are, one is yellow with purple and the other is blue and yellow. I tried giving some of these away this past weekend and I couldn't get anyone to take them.

 

[addy1]

That looks like a neat iris, will need to see if I can find that one in a store. I have two different ones and couldn't even tell you what their names are, one is yellow with purple and the other is blue and yellow. I tried giving some of these away this past weekend and I couldn't get anyone to take them.

you didn't offer them up to the plant fanatics of the forum! but then you need to ship.

 

[CountryEscape]

The Caesars Brother plants were a gift from a friend about 3 years ago. This may be their 4th season. Anyhow, I've divided them, shared them, transplanted some in the bogs, and they go nuts and multiply quickly no matter where they are. I'm going to separate them again this fall, move them around ... share the pretty come next spring. I have starts of them in both bogs, and anxious for them to bloom.
Pretty much everything is sprouting here, but lots just barely, like hostas and asiatic lilies. So, they worked on my roof last weekend, but only got the backside done. The front side will be hopefully done this weekend. We had rain Monday pretty much all day, but only got 1/2", so that's not bad. After last week's over 5" total, everything is green and growing, even though the temps are still a little on the chilly side. Was 60 today, going up to close to 70 tomorrow and Thurs. Here's the back side of the roof. As you can see, the stream is awaiting new sides. I want to rework it so there is a ledge just barely above the water line, and then put the smoother rocks along the edge that I have gathered in the creeks around here.

Here's what the back side looked like before the new roof.

There were only 2 layers of shingles, so the guys were happy about that, as it took forever to tear that off! Notice there are 2 pipes from the right side (facing the house) that are no longer there with the new roof. One is the electric line, which is going to be buried (trench dug, waiting to lay the line down in it in conduit) and the other is the gas flue from the water heater. Instead of going through the roof, we are going to run it up and under the soffit, over the edge of the gutter, and brace it with a metal pipe (from the electric line) into the ground. The roofer asked if I would like it like that, to grow something up, and I thought, sure! I already have a clematis trellis close to that anyhow. Does anyone have an opinion if that will work, or if that type of a bend in the pipe might be bad for air flow.

 

[CountryEscape]

Spotted this big feller in the goldfish pond this afternoon, after a nice shower. Last night, came in for supper around 6:30, and soon as I sat down, heard a bullfrog croak. Sounded like he was on the back deck! Never did spot him last night, even though I went out to look when I was done eating. He serenaded me twice while I ate. That's pure pleasure, doesn't get any better than that IMO. Not positive this is the same bullfrog, but assume it is. Nice of the Comet to pose with him, too. Oh, and just noticed a bit of penny wart growing between the rods. Behind those rocks is the bog.