Finally waters are running

[fishin4cars]

Pond/Yard is looking really good, Good luck with removing the netting, I removed mine for one day, had some guest coming over and wanted them off to show off the pond, that night Mr. Owl came back, I walked into the back yard and he was sitting on his perch waiting, I went and covered the pond right away, It doesn't appear that he got any fish, all accounted for but sure had me on pins and needles until I got it covered again, As for the wood, I doubt that there will be any problem of anything leaching after it has weathered that long, about the worst case scenerio would be some browning of the water, and with as large a pond as you have and what little wood is actually in the pond, I don't think that will even be noticable.

 

[sissy]

It was a shark taste test first .Wanted to make sure you tasted good before he takes you down LOL

 

[digginponds]

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Good luck with removing the netting

,I like to wait till about December,just so I know all the herons have left.Last year I had one out there in mid november.So as you can see they are still tucked in the net ,LOL.

It was a shark taste test first .Wanted to make sure you tasted good before he takes you down LOL

ROFLMAO

Well here is a few pics of the pond and surrounding landscaping.
I just love my tall grass and suger maple's.
Hopefully as long as the wind hits just right I won'y have a pile of bald cypress leaves in the pond.
Great thing though the plastic net catches most leaves.

 

[sissy]

I have a couple of sugar maples and a red one and they are just getting close to there peek colors.I like the wind takes the leaves to leaf heaven

 

[addy1]

View attachment 39248View attachment 39247View attachment 39247,I like to wait till about December,just so I know all the herons have left.Last year I had one out there in mid november.So as you can see they are still tucked in the net ,LOL.

awww diggin you are hurting me I was hoping the heron's were gone for the year........... Some of my protection is down, had to remove it so I could work on the lilies and grooming the plants.

 

[digginponds]

sissy-I like to use them [leaves] as mulch,or a nice wind barrier.
Yea addy I was hoping as well.There is a big pond just northwest of me,not far,and they have draining it,which has attracted a countless herons and egrets,all differnt size and colors,looks like a famous zoo of somekind,lol.So I know there still lingering.......

so till then we all gotta look at 'em thru the screen

 

[sissy]

Why are they draining that pond and are there fish in .The herons are really staying around a lot longer so they must know winter is farther away than we think .I have even had a couple of humming birds still around and they say birds staying around like that winter is farther away .I have hardly ever had humming birds this late in the season .So hopefully winter will not be so bad ,but I did hear around 2 ft. of snow for some parts of Colorado .I was also reading on the net about a guy who keeps herons and owls away from his pond by putting up flag poles with large flags that flap in the wind and it scares the birds from his large pond .I have 2 flag poles I made out of electrical conduit I drilled holes in the pipe and threaded wire through the holes to wire the flag too and then I dug a hole and cemented in a bigger pipe than the conduit and that pipe in the ground was 3 ft. down and then just put the conduit with the flag on it in that pipe .This way I could take it down and change the flag out .I wonder if thats why the owl stopped coming around .Never thought of it until I read that story .

 

[digginponds]

I'm not to sure why the Fire dept drained it,maybe to thin out the fish,who knows.
I have a owl that sits up on my house early in the morning,but I keep a radio on [mostly talk shows@ night] to keep the animals away.Seems the talking versus just music works, it is placed under a fake rock.

In this pic I started sitting over here to keep the darn North wind off me and the >>>> :goldfish:

 

[sissy]

I saw a video on you tube of owls eating fish from a fish pond

 

[digginponds]

Wasn't ready for the cold temps,this is ice holding down the net ,stretching it to it limits,never did thaw all day,sure will get worse tonight,but this was a freak cold,That white glare in the2nd pic is ice ,opp's

But I still have time to get the plastic net off.
On another note I 'm babysitting 3 koi.I'll try to get some pics of them.They seem well and are doing good with mine ..................... I could have sworn all ten of 'em were playing cards...........

 

[sissy]

I used plastic floating balls on top of my water to hold my net up before I put in the bridge .I bought the plastic balls at the dollar store and they were similar to the big blow up balls but no air just plastic.I use those giant plastic ornaments they sell at X mas after they clearance them out .Holds the net up really nice .your pond looks good even with the ice .Well fish get bored too LOL

 

[digginponds]

that sonds like a new idea for next year.This net will be removed soon.
anywho........... Meet Spike[1 of 3 newbie's in the pond.I like his blk/silv checkered look.

 

[sissy]

Nice looking pics of babes .You can also use those big pieces of styrofoam blocks that come in packed yo keep items safe .I got some really big ones in a prefab cabinet I bought .I did not get any babes this year ,How many fish do you have now .They look like they have bead eyes

 

[j.w]

Very pretty babies diggin!

 

[digginponds]

Thanks,well there is a dozen in the pond now.And even w/ the colder temps,they still are huddled together and doing good.I finally had the chance to cut the other pump on this afternoon,since we warmed up to the 40's and it unthawed.