Oh No, it started!

[addy1]

I could let you borrow Nessie (well, when she shows back up in the Spring, that is) We're thinking we'll have to relocate her this year, so perhaps I could just ship her down to you?
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My three nessies all disappeared. The huge nessie and the small nessie.

I don't feed and in 10 years have not yet gotten over populated. Tons of plants lots of spawning area, lots of hiding spots.

 

[rubyduby]

Frogs have been the best at keeping the fry numbers down in my pond. The one year I didn't have frogs I spent the whole summer with a minnow trap in the pond trying to catch and give away the babies.

I am hoping for frogs cas but none have shown up…I had so many toads in my pond in Virginia that every day, sometimes twice a day I would have to empty my skimmers of them during mating season…a few frogs would be nice though…I wonder if they are rarer here in Florida?

 

[rubyduby]

My three nessies all disappeared. The huge nessie and the small nessie.

I don't feed and in 10 years have not yet gotten over populated. Tons of plants lots of spawning area, lots of hiding spots.

Your ponds are awesome addy1….very established…my pond is small (900 gallons) which on one hand is nice because I can reach the middle without getting in but on the other there is a limited amount of natural food available (especially this time of year…

 

[addy1]

Your ponds are awesome addy1….very established…my pond is small (900 gallons) which on one hand is nice because I can reach the middle without getting in but on the other there is a limited amount of natural food available (especially this time of year…

aww thanks, retired early, he was still working, too much grass....................never give a gal a tractor and turn her loose! Hills that were miserable to mow all planted grass gone. Still a lot of grass but on flatter land. Mainly in the back field.

 

[BKHpondcritters]

ahhh….no thank you BKHpondcritters…I will pass on the kind offer but she is beautiful from a distance…what kind of snake is she?

She's a Northern Water snake, so perhaps she wouldn't really be happy living so far south, anyway.

 

[rubyduby]

aww thanks, retired early, he was still working, too much grass....................never give a gal a tractor and turn her loose! Hills that were miserable to mow all planted grass gone. Still a lot of grass but on flatter land. Mainly in the back field.

I do miss the privacy and solitude of a big property but now that I am old (I can’t believe I am saying that…it just crept up on me) I am limited on how much I can manage

 

[addy1]

I do miss the privacy and solitude of a big property but now that I am old (I can’t believe I am saying that…it just crept up on me) I am limited on how much I can manage

agree on that, I still take care of all of it. Might hire some to come off and on and help control the weeds the vines that grow everywhere!

 

[rubyduby]

agree on that, I still take care of all of it. Might hire some to come off and on and help control the weeds the vines that grow everywhere!

You are lucky you can still do it. Enjoy while you can...That's another problem (getting people to work on property) I have had the hardest time trying to find people to do menial tasks that I no longer can....

 

[brokensword]

I spent the whole summer with a minnow trap in the pond

didcher fingers and toes get all pruney?

 

[brokensword]

I am hoping for frogs cas but none have shown up…

have you put up a sign?

 

[brokensword]

She's a Northern Water snake, so perhaps she wouldn't really be happy living so far south, anyway.

Nessie don't like tans and umbrellas with sippy drinks????

 

[j.w]

@rubyduby Congrats to you grandma on your new little babes

 

[rubyduby]

@rubyduby Congrats to you grandma on your new little babes View attachment 147556

They ARE awfully cute...well maybe I could keep a few....

 

[j.w]

They ARE awfully cute...well maybe I could keep a few....

Just keep one of each different pattern

 

[brokensword]

Just keep one of each different pattern

especially since Ruby now knows how to get more! Oh, and 'birds and bees' is NOT my department here at GPF...too many floors need swabbing for any free time to do that!