sissys pond

[sissy]

Now that's a creative use for a kitty pan top! Do you have to weight it?

yeh that clean spot is where a rock goes under the handle tight and i drilled a hole in the rock to wire the rock to it and the rope is so i can pull it out to net under it so fish poo does not just sit under there and ferment .Under the tomato plant i am not sure what kind of flower that is .The flowers are speckled with with and are pink ,dark pink and also white .I could not understand the lady because she only spoke spanish

 

[sissy]

today hens and chicks flowers and the what marks are left from my over 3 week old snake bite .

 

[pecan]

Sissy I love the banana trees, do you have them in pots or are they in the ground? if in the ground do you leave them in the ground each winter?

And keep an eye on that bite. Even non-venomous snakes can give you a nasty infection due to bacteria.

 

[sissy]

I was in urgent care for 5 hours that day .I had double vision and was sick as could be .Lucky I even got back into the house from the yard .If I did not get better they were going to transport to the emergency room .I was trimming shrubs at the time .The bananas are in the ground and I put them in last year and they stay in the ground all winter with lots of mulch over them .They get lots and lots of babies which I give to other ponders who live around here .So far that has been 11 babies and this year I put some in pots in the pond and they have babies .They are in my filters .They do have very aggressive roots .The plants in the ground right now have 12 babies but you have to pick certain ones that can be cut from the mother plant

 

[pecan]

I was in urgent care for 5 hours that day .I had double vision and was sick as could be .Lucky I even got back into the house from the yard .If I did not get better they were going to transport to the emergency room .I was trimming shrubs at the time .The bananas are in the ground and I put them in last year and they stay in the ground all winter with lots of mulch over them .They get lots and lots of babies which I give to other ponders who live around here .So far that has been 11 babies and this year I put some in pots in the pond and they have babies .They are in my filters .They do have very aggressive roots .The plants in the ground right now have 12 babies but you have to pick certain ones that can be cut from the mother plant

Wow on the snake bite! Were you able to tell what kind of snake it was?

I tried banana trees one year and built fancy winter shelters around them, they rotted over the winter and I haven't tried again. Might though and just mulch them rather than trying to build shelters. The shelters I built I think may have caused the rot.

 

[sissy]

Yeh you can't cover the top part you just need heavy mulch around the bottom .I also put a heavy duty large garbage bag under the mulch ,it helps keep the roots warmer and you cannot cover the top part you just let it die back .Ugly but that helps it grow .I had to go on the internet to learn how to divide the babies and which ones to divide .I also learned they need fertilized a lot .It was a black snake I think ,it was living under my azaelas and a guy came out and got it and relocated it .Aggressive snakes are not welcome here .I had seen it a couple of times over the years ,but it had gotten huge .Funny thing is I grew up on a farm and never once was I bitten in NJ and I move to VA and this is the second time .Thank you for your concern it is appreciated .I thought when it happened my heart was going to jump out of my chest it was beating so hard and fast .

 

[callingcolleen1]

OMG Sissy that bite could have killed you!!! Good thing you got in to doctor quick.

Love your big bananas! I wonder what zone that type is good for.... maybe they would work for me if I mulched good and built a little shelter for them

 

[sissy]

The label on the cold hardy one I have says zone 5 if protected by a layer of mulch it can go to an even lower zone if corn bulb is taken in .But it does spread fast and has lots of babies .That is the main reason my son took me to urgent care because it is so close and they are equipped to take care of snake bites and allergic reactions to any bites of any kind

 

[Tula]

Sissy, what a terrifying experience !! Do non venomous snakes have fangs? I'm sure glad that thing was relocated.

Your yard, pond and gardens are beautiful

 

[sissy]

I guess they do or this like the guy said could be some kind of mixture of snakes .He looked at it closely and thought it was a black snake but never saw one with a blue lavender colored belly .I should have taken pics but was not getting any where close to it .He said he could see where it seemed to be nesting and used a hoe to really make sure there was no eggs or other snakes under the Azalea's .He sprayed something under them all also and waited and watched but nothing .I just hope there are no more .He also said it was more aggressive than he has ever see a snake be .It was striking at the thing he had it in .He covered the cage to calm it down but even that did not calm it .

 

[addy1]

Snakes love you Sissy, not good! We have them here, I very seldom see them. The pond snake I have not spotted it since the first time.

Glad you were not badly hurt.

 

[sissy]

update for today july 12 2015

 

[sissy]

today also

 

[sissy]

fish today they see me they think food .POOR THINGS

 

[callingcolleen1]

Looks really good Sissy! Your place looks like a lush green banana plantation! !