Wisconsin Pond Build

[sissy]

hey thats labor your daughter is doing there I see her hauling stone whats her pay there daddy .daddies girl for sure .

 

[addy1]

nice outlet cover, she is a cute helper

 

[CountryEscape]

Looks great, Herz. Seems your daughter likes to stack blocks. I remember my son doing that, his favorite past time. Follow his daddy around, pick up the pieces of 2x4's and then play with them for hours. And, love her bare feet. Who needs shows anyhow!

 

[herzausstahl]

hey thats labor your daughter is doing there I see her hauling stone whats her pay there daddy .daddies girl for sure .

LOL sissy I don't have to pay her, she sees me get ready to haul rocks, runs and grabs her wheelbarrow and tells me to save the small ones for her wheelbarrow, if any end up in mine she yells at me

nice outlet cover, she is a cute helper

thanks addy!

Looks great, Herz. Seems your daughter likes to stack blocks. I remember my son doing that, his favorite past time. Follow his daddy around, pick up the pieces of 2x4's and then play with them for hours. And, love her bare feet. Who needs shows anyhow!

she always grabs the small leftover wood and wants to build a house with it, and she likes to place things on the deck for decoration (mostly rocks), and in summer she is almost always barefoot, usually I am too unless digging with a shovel.

got some hornwort for the whiskey barrel today, 2 bunches from the pet store and threw it in. I also added some plant fertilizer spikes to the pots and will see what happens. will probably get some rosy red minnows for it coming up.

 

[sissy]

yep sure don't need to buy toys as all that neat stuff is all around to have fun with .Does she get excited at a garden center too and want her own plants to plant ,bet so .I have 2 sons all grown now but remember I had chickens and got fresh eggs and caught my son planting eggs to see if they would grow lol /hey I even dig with a shovel barefoot ,can't stand wearing shoes .

 

[CountryEscape]

OMG, that's funny, Sissy, your son burying an egg to see if it would grow! And, digging with a shovel barefoot??? I have to at least wear flip flops.
Herz, your daughter is obviously a great little girl, getting Daddy time and Mommy time. That's special for any child, most don't get time with both parents these days. Then parents buy them all sorts of things to make up for not being home with them, and they become spoiled teenagers and the parents wonder why they are demanding a new car for their 16th birthday! You're very lucky to have her home with you and to have that one on one time with her. If you were my son, I would be extremely proud of you.

 

[sissy]

and flip flops will do what cut the skin between your toes when you are digging .I wish I had not given my son his childhood album it was really a cute pic .I even had a video of it ,him showing me what he planted he was only 4 years old and there were the chickens scratching the earth and he thought they were trying to dig them up .He kept chasing them and he would not let me take them out of the ground .I ended up getting a rooster so i could show him what really happens to eggs .I needed new hens to lay eggs anyways .

 

[j.w]

That's so cute about your son and his egg seeds sissy,lol!

Hey sissy I find that the flip flops w/ the cloth or whatever they are made of between the toe strap does not cut like the rubber or plastic ones. They are actually quite comfy!

 

[sissy]

but flip flops you might as well be barefoot .I do have some and keep them by the door but always forget and just walk out side in bare feet .

 

[j.w]

Maybe so but if you step on a bee or piece of something at least the bottom of your foot would be protected. But that's ok, you go barefoot anytime you like, you have my permission,lol!

 

[CountryEscape]

I like the flip flops with the fabric between the toes, too, JW. I can't handle the rubber or plastic that is thinner as it cuts my toes, too. I used to go barefoot all the time, but when my feet got so rough that they felt like sand paper, I figured it was time to wear shoes. And, stepping on a bee helped convince me to wear something, too. My flip flops are fine for digging, but my dirt is not super hard to dig in. When I dug my pond, I always wore tennis shoes, that was more than sandals could handle. Plus, I've never seen so much junk in a yard than my place. The former owners must have burned their trash, and when the house was built, that area spread around the yard or something. Or, they just tossed things into the yard. Each time I have dug a pond, there have been lots of pieces of metal, horse shoes, pieces of farm machinery, you name it, it was in that hole! And, tons of glass and old rusty nails, too. Not fun things to step on with bare feet.

 

[addy1]

hubby is always telling me wear BOOTS! I usually have my keen sandals on, I can wear them into the pond and around the yard. This is their 4th year, just now wearing out the tread, they are build wonderfully, soon need to buy some more.

 

[CountryEscape]

I had to look up "Keen" sandals. Wow, those are some nice looking sandals! Wondered how you had sandals that lasted 4 years. I've never seen them around here, probably have to go to bigger cities to find them. My sister likes her Crocs, but I've never owned a pair of them either.
Oops, better get off foot wear on Herz's site. Sorry!

 

[herzausstahl]

Thanks sissy and patti! And it was just this past time at menards buying plants that she saw me getting some and wanted her own, so I got some and planted them by her play house for her. That is a cute story about your son too! lol And feel free to talk about whatever you like on here, I wouldn't go barefoot either patti with all that stuff out there, not worth it. When I am doing stuff in the yard I am usually wearing boots, but when I am just walking out there, its usually barefoot. I can't just hand dig with a shovel in the clay I have so always have to wear shoes to do it.

 

[sissy]

you should have bought her some everbearing strawberry plants .This way she has something she can pick and eat .Would be cute seeing her with strawberry stains all over her .They grow great in even poor dirt conditions .I have them planted here and they spread fast and you get more and more of them and if you mulch them in for the winter they may survive .