sissys pond

[sissy]

my new predator computer and lighted keyboard , hooking it up later

 

[GBBUDD]

good luck with it.................. i upgraded this year as well . i could have chilled a bit but i usually keep a desktop 10 years

 

[sissy]

I had a 1 year old predator but it has had issues from day one and they have tried to solve those issues and they gave up and replaced it with the new one and called and asked them where I should ship the one year old one and they told me throw it away . Can you believe that , just throw it away . I don't think so . They gave me the build date for the new one and 3 weeks later I got it .I rarely get the time now to go on it but it is great for when I want to build something I have a picture of ,as it gives me the cut list and what I need to do and finish the project . I can also go on repair sight to put in a pic of what I need repaired and it tells me how to do it or how to trouble shoot it. But towers are huge and heavy

 

[GBBUDD]

theyy have only gotten bigger over the years my video card if you sliced it in half is the size off a laptop

 

[sissy]

Everything else gets smaller but towers for puters are getting bigger . My son and hubby both have predators and no problems with them and my son bought my first one last year and had problems with it from day one . They had it looked at and paid for that and then sent a guy to my home twice and he could not figure out what was wrong with it . Of course I get the LEMON . I have not hooked up new one as I am waiting for the new wifi modem and the mesh system to come . It is supposed to be here today . My old modem is from century link and new one my son bought along with test kit for it , It was supposed to be here yesterday . I went back to my old tower for now .

 

[sissy]

STARTED UP AGAIN yesterday and rain overnight made upper waterfall pond part of pond . I got filters done and some reusable furnace filters and quilt batting from chair cushions I took apart . Both filter stock tanks done the same . Then used a flower pot on one spitter and will put a water loving plant in it . Lilly's are coming up fast and healthy . I see banana plants are coming up from main stalks again . It got up to 62 yesterday but some sun but mostly clouds

 

[j.w]

@sissy Looking like all is up and running and wow Banana's already coming up.
We are gonna be awhile before they come up here for sure! Mine are all mush to ground level this year

 

[sissy]

I always leave my stalks at east 5 feet high and when they bend over and were easy to pull loose from the base you should do it . It allows the plant to breathe . Leaving the stalk on protects the roots . You should only remove the leaves and only a small amount of the stalk . My neighbor is involved with the college that reproduces plants and how to manage them and protect them . Not sure he was right until the last couple of years I have done what he said to do . Even experimented with it , I cut the stalks down to less than 2 feet above the ground on one side of the pond and other side i left them at just around 5 feet 2020 sorry trying to find a better pic of both sides

 

[j.w]

I'll try that next year @sissy . Usually we don't get so cold and the stalks stay good way up like you said. This year they froze all the way to the ground but they do always come back from the roots.

 

[sissy]

Even though they die back they should be left there as protection . I tried what she said and last year I had lots of baby bananas and plants got bigger . I wanted some nice big leaves for making cement leaves for birds to drink from

 

[sissy]

been busy new showers doors and new bathroom remodel and new floating shelves (5 of them 6 coloprs of stain to get the color I wanted ) and recessed lights . It just never ends . New water filter . The cats were really interested in new shower doors . I had to unload them from a huge freight truck

 

[j.w]

@sissy don't you ever sit still or get tired

 

[GBBUDD]

Sweet color,
it's in the same lines that i have as well love a nice warm reddish wood tone.
I hope in that bathroom you have a ceiling fan that goes on everytime the light goes on the shower humidity at the ceiling can do some damage to the urethane

 

[HARO]

All right, Sissy... I give up! Who is the blonde girl and what's she doing there?

https://www.gardenpondforum.com/attachments/dsc03176-jpg.148009/

 

[sissy]

@sissy don't you ever sit still or get tired

NOPE NEVER YOU GET OLD BY SITTING STILL