What does your pond look like ... Today?

[GBBUDD]

AND IM THINKING AT 700 BUCKS FOR THE WIRE YOUR LOOKING AT DOING THE ENTIRE BOTTOM . Thats not needed chipmunks should only burrow the top 3 feet i would think. there is also concrete blanket but im sure thats probably not cheap

 

[j.w]

Hardware cloth cleans the line quite nicely off a toidy bowl

Just in case you need to know

 

[brokensword]

Hardware cloth cleans the line quite nicely off a toidy bowl

Just in case you need to know View attachment 147703

only problem with that though is it'll also take off the glaze on the porcelain and now, that 'scraped part' will 'hold' smutz easier...best to use a liquid chem that won't touch that finish!!!

And no, don't need to know how you know....

 

[j.w]

only problem with that though is it'll also take off the glaze on the porcelain and now, that 'scraped part' will 'hold' smutz easier...best to use a liquid chem that won't touch that finish!!!

And no, don't need to know how you know....

I've been doing it and so far so good. The chems ruin our septic system so smutz can just get gone when it arrives

 

[brokensword]

I've been doing it and so far so good. The chems ruin our septic system so smutz can just get gone when it arrives View attachment 147717

ah, hadn't thought of that; never had a septic system to learn about it...now I do!

 

[j.w]

ah, hadn't thought of that; never had a septic system to learn about it...now I do!

The Castle uses the moat as a septic system so it needs to be kept really sparkly clean for the crocks and gators don't ya know, oh and the whales and the tippy's who fall in there while cleaning it which is you know who, look in the mirror Mr Kingy boy.

Pond is looking good today out there in the rains by the way! Actually stopped raining just for the photo shot!

 

[rubyduby]

Soooooo - I just called a local manufacturer of hardware cloth/metal screen/etc. Talked with a super nice young man who was trying to help me find options, prices, amounts.
A 4' x 100' roll of #8 mesh (not stainless) is $727.00.
Arrrgggghhh!
I have to decide if I want to postpone the pond for another year so I can save up to buy this.
Or do I put in another layer of heavy duty underlayment to discourage the chipmunks? (So far, knock on wood, they haven't chewed anywhere in the front yard pond and I know they live in the hill with the waterfall filter.

(not stainless) not good...will rust eventually and then you could have a real problem since the pond would be established....

 

[addy1]

I've been doing it and so far so good. The chems ruin our septic system so smutz can just get gone when it arrives View attachment 147717

We use bleach, the squirty blue purple stuff, etc , our septic system does not seem to care. Have not had to clean it in 11 years. Paint brushes , dry wall mud, etc get cleaned outside.

 

[sissy]

I just saw it at lowes hardware ,, sad to say very upset went by 3 macdonalds and 2 wendys annd 1 hardys and 3 subways and all of them closed do to supply chain problems . Even KCF WAS CLOSED BIG SIGNS ALL SAY CLOSED . I had to go to lowes and to rural king and foodlion and half the freezers turned off and no bread . took me 2 more stores to get milk for hubbies coffee and 1 loaf of bread . I usually make my own bread but no self raising flour either and gas went up . No one hardly in the stores either . Even hubbies favorite elizabeths pizza said closed .

 

[j.w]

@sissy that's life in the big kitty cat world right now, not a happy place for a lot anymore. Won't get any better w/the king we have right now for sure, for sure..............going down w/the ship fast! Guess we are fortunate sorta for being retired. Still we pay through the nose tho!

How's your fish and pond doing?

 

[sissy]

It has been warm and then cold and pond never really got ice on it this winter . I have not had much time to look at it . Going to be in 60's today and was 21 last night and says above 70 tomorrow . This up and down weather must be confusing them right now .I am getting a lot of outside work done before spring gets here . Shed and basement almost done . I still have to replace some of the old flooring in the den .

 

[bagsmom]

It has been warm and then cold and pond never really got ice on it this winter . I have not had much time to look at it . Going to be in 60's today and was 21 last night and says above 70 tomorrow . This up and down weather must be confusing them right now .I am getting a lot of outside work done before spring gets here . Shed and basement almost done . I still have to replace some of the old flooring in the den .

Sissy - me too! I am out in my woods, hand-pulling TONS of English ivy that completely overran the lot. Each year, I'm doing as much as I can before the yellow jackets and mosquitos come out for the season. So far, I'm at 60 big brown yard waste bags!

 

[brokensword]

Sissy - me too! I am out in my woods, hand-pulling TONS of English ivy that completely overran the lot. Each year, I'm doing as much as I can before the yellow jackets and mosquitos come out for the season. So far, I'm at 60 big brown yard waste bags!

careful when you're pulling; just been edumacated that you might be pulling out rats right along with it!

 

[bagsmom]

careful when you're pulling; just been edumacated that you might be pulling out rats right along with it!

If that happened, I would scream, poop my pants, then worry I had traumatized the poor rat by screaming in its face. Honestly, I am more worried about running into a copperhead. The terrain out there is perfect camouflage.
Here are some before and after shots of this project:
And that is just one section. There is just so much ivy...

 

[brokensword]

If that happened, I would scream, poop my pants, then worry I had traumatized the poor rat by screaming in its face. Honestly, I am more worried about running into a copperhead. The terrain out there is perfect camouflage.
Here are some before and after shots of this project:
And that is just one section. There is just so much ivy...

hmm, don't copperheads EAT rats? Methinks you're up to yer eyeballs in potential pants-pooping screams...heh heh. Poor widdle itty bitty wat! The very nature of ivy is what makes me hesitant to ever recommend it but when all else fails to grow, you can depend on ivy. I have visions of PJ's domain one day, house totally entwined, trees festooned with trailing ivy, driveway covered, some tendrils snaking (oops, sowwy about that reference!!) up car tires, getting into the tailpipe...BUT! looking out back, the pond is perfectly clear of any noxiousness, him sitting pondside, drink in hand, extolling the virtues of being the Prez of the BLC...heh!