My pond runs all winter, zone 2/3

[callingcolleen1]

Church three times a week! Wow you can't get people to go at least once a year these days.... Sadly we lost our faith and with that, we lost the family structure that holds society together...

My cell phone is acting weird these days and can play my video so need to take it in for checkup or just upgrade yet again. I swear these cell phones are not made to last. I need to get this sorted out so I can made more pond video's. ..

Worked to death all night till 5am in the morning counting stock in a very cold freezer. They are lucky to have me, nobody else can seem to tolerate the cold but me!

 

[sissy]

The cell phone companies don't make them to last .How would they get rich .

 

[callingcolleen1]

Well today I noticed that lots of tulips are popping their heads out of the ground! Makes me so happy cause its for sure a good sign of spring and that the ground is defrosted.
Yesterday by the pond I babbled about this and that...

 

[Tula]

As always, I love seeing your pond

 

[callingcolleen1]

Thanks Tula. Not much is growing right now but soon things will start back like the yellow flag. Need to groom the yellow flag and then the new shoots should start growing.

 

[cas]

So I hear you have lots of spring projects planned. I also spend all winter coming up with my list of things to do, but none of my tasks are as big as yours.
Making you a little nervous that you are going to have to move the big koi when you replace the liner in the one pond?

 

[callingcolleen1]

Yes, moving the big koi will be scary but I have a plan... will lower water in that pond and swim them one at a time into very large bucket, while water still cold, and get favorite nefew to help.

 

[j.w]

Always nice to see your lovely ponds and hear you narrate by your pond and will be fun seeing all the plans you have come up w/when finished. Maybe teach your hubby or your favorite nephew to film you while you talk and work at all these projects so we can watch you in action

 

[callingcolleen1]

Yes, maybe next time I will get him to film me... he can't be any worse at filming than me, ha ha!

Well on Monday I worked hard around yaRd and got the old roof down off gazebo and temporarily converted into sun roof gazebo with plastic so I can, soak up sun on chilly mornings and drink my coffee.

Nefew was over the other evening and after the walk at doggy park I lit the heater and we sat inside looking at all the solar lights by my ponds. Now that spring is coming the solar lights iare all working better. I also have some strings of plug in led lights too.

Today I got all the balls spinning in the water ways to break up loose spring algae. Ponds are looking great
I got up and stood on a chair so you can see 3 of the 4 connecting ponds all together. .

 

[callingcolleen1]

Oh happy Days and Spring like weather here to stay! Nights are still cool and at freezing point, but time to find pansies to plant by my ponds... Next day off I will check for pansies at our local greenhouse.

 

[Tula]

Love your spinning balls, will have to google them! We have warm weather today too, and I started up one of my smaller pumps

 

[j.w]

Very well done @callingcolleen1
I will never tire of looking and listening to your video's

 

[callingcolleen1]

I really love those spinning balls, best money I ever spent! Some of those silver spinning balls are at least 15 years old now, and they sit outside in pond all year, and in winter they are frozen in ice and they never rust and still look as good as they day I bought them!

 

[j.w]

I threw a rubber ball under my falls and it stayed there for a few days, then rain and or wind dislodged it but it looked cool while it was spinning. Need to find a big stainless ball.

 

[callingcolleen1]

Yes JW you should get a big stainless steel ball, look at all the many years of enjoyment that I have got from the silver stainless steel balls. You can play with the water flow from your waterfall {by simply moving a rock or two} till you get the "right angle", and then the big ball will spin for ever almost, or until a big gust of wind or big fish moves the ball. The colored stainless steel ball in the top pond flows really well and never has moved since I put it there in its new location last week. I would just love to see you play with a big ball in your pond!