n00bie in SoCal (Burbank)

[mister2driver]

Hi everyone, I'm John and I'm currently building my 1st pond.
At the moment I'm clearing out the area I plan to have the pond in.
It's will be about 4-4.5' deep and appoximately 2500 gallons.
I'm fairly new to the hobby and the Koi I have in my aqauriums are growing, so this is the next step.
I've been reading up alot of information from this site and a few others.
What I would love to do is visit other local pond owners to see what they have accomplished.
I'll try and get pics up after downloading them.

 

[koiguy1969]

Welcome to our forum my friend. Another caught the fever huh? I wish i could afford to go bigger, way bigger. well, nice to have you onboard, and dont stop pondering your ponding.
MARK

 

[c2c7390]

I wish i could afford to go bigger, way bigger.

me too
my pond is like 1/5 the size of his is going to be

 

[mister2driver]

I've had the fever for sometime now. I decided by the start of the year to seriously get going. I guess you could say it was somewhat of a new years resolution or new year's goal. Something of that sort. So far, all I've done has costed me nothing from my pocket. I've had some help from my brother-in-laws (2 of them), since they are living with me and the family for free. So what a great way to get some labor for free in a way.
Thanks for the welcome.

 

[c2c7390]

haha just feed and house them...doesnt sound too bad...now if they were teenagers...that might not be so cheap

 

[mister2driver]

^ Thank goodness they aren't teenagers. My B-I-L's are actually older than me. But I don't have a problem telling them I need their help with stuff around the house.

 

[c2c7390]

^ Thank goodness they aren't teenagers. My B-I-L's are actually older than me. But I don't have a problem telling them I need their help with stuff around the house.

haha they better listen to you theyre living at your house

 

[mister2driver]

Hell ya they better listen. It's too bad that I always have to suggest things for them to do. I guess it's better that way, I would be kinda like a micro-manager.

 

[c2c7390]

Hell ya they better listen. It's too bad that I always have to suggest things for them to do. I guess it's better that way, I would be kinda like a micro-manager.

id rather tell someone what to do instead of them doing something thinking its what i want when it actually isnt

 

[mister2driver]

id rather tell someone what to do instead of them doing something thinking its what i want when it actually isnt

Isn't that the truth. One of the BIL's cut down some plants in tha backyard,
ans ruined some that I wanted to grow up tall. The peabrain thought some of them were weeds.

 

[c2c7390]

Isn't that the truth. One of the BIL's cut down some plants in tha backyard,
ans ruined some that I wanted to grow up tall. The peabrain thought some of them were weeds.

AHAHA...that happened to my aunt...her son in law was doing yard work and was using a hoe or something to dig up small weeds and he thought some of her sweet pea seedlings were weeds...and then no more sweet peas

 

[mister2driver]

Yeah but seriously, do young 10 foot palm trees look like weeds???
I also had a nice Jasmine plant that was thriving again after that real bad winter we had 2 years ago. It was about 8 feet and growing nicely. The dingbat cut about 3 feet off the top!!!

 

[justakillakoi]

AHAHA...that happened to my aunt...her son in law was doing yard work and was using a hoe or something to dig up small weeds and he thought some of her sweet pea seedlings were weeds...and then no more sweet peas

arn't hoes expencive anyhow? i would have just used a garden tool. then you don't have pimps trying to slap you.

 

[mister2driver]

^ Are you serious???

 

[c2c7390]

Yeah but seriously, do young 10 foot palm trees look like weeds???
I also had a nice Jasmine plant that was thriving again after that real bad winter we had 2 years ago. It was about 8 feet and growing nicely. The dingbat cut about 3 feet off the top!!!

haha no...wow...thats pretty bad