Winter and Netting

Some of you may remember we strung up pond netting from deck to fence
because of the dying maple. Little did I realize that a little wet snow
would cause it to come crashing down. I've never seen anyone ever mention
this. ??? ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us



~ jan

"~ jan" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Some of you may remember we strung up pond netting from deck to fence
> because of the dying maple. Little did I realize that a little wet snow
> would cause it to come crashing down. I've never seen anyone ever mention
> this. ??? ~ jan
> ------------
> Zone 7a, SE Washington State
> Ponds: www.jjspond.us

Yup.
The first year we put up netting around our semi raised pond, the same thing
happened.

I had spar like pieces of wood screwed into the sleepers (railway ties for
the US) at intervals around the pond, so we could raise them as and when
needed for the net.

The first heavy snow (the ONLY snow really), and I was looking into a pile
of trapped snow that had pulled the spars from their screws and was covering
the surface of the pond.
Luckily the filter return kept a small open bit.

Peter

really surprising. it took 55" of snow to bring the greenhouse over our pond
crashing down. Ingrid

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 21:33:33 CST, ~ jan <> wrote:

>Some of you may remember we strung up pond netting from deck to fence
>because of the dying maple. Little did I realize that a little wet snow
>would cause it to come crashing down. I've never seen anyone ever mention
>this. ??? ~ jan
>------------
>Zone 7a, SE Washington State
>Ponds: www.jjspond.us

On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 21:33:33 CST, ~ jan <> wrote:

>Some of you may remember we strung up pond netting from deck to fence
>because of the dying maple. Little did I realize that a little wet snow
>would cause it to come crashing down. I've never seen anyone ever mention
>this. ??? ~ jan

I haven't had any snow for several years now, but I am considering
some netting since I moved the pipe vine to a lattice near the pond.
I've been dipping leaves daily and some are still going through the
bottom drain. I'm hoping a fence around such a small pond will be
adequate instead of covering, that way it will be easier to keep
feeding.
--
Hal Middle Georgia, Zone 8
http://tinyurl.com/2fxzcb

On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 08:47:34 CST, "2pods" <> wrote:

>Yup.
>The first year we put up netting around our semi raised pond, the same thing
>happened.
>
>I had spar like pieces of wood screwed into the sleepers (railway ties for
>the US) at intervals around the pond, so we could raise them as and when
>needed for the net.
>
>The first heavy snow (the ONLY snow really), and I was looking into a pile
>of trapped snow that had pulled the spars from their screws and was covering
>the surface of the pond.
>Luckily the filter return kept a small open bit.
>Peter

I wish I had known. We only had an inch, but it was wet snow. Here I had it
all nice and clean under the netting and now all leafy again. The ponds are
covered with mosquito screen, so nothing entered them, thankfully. Course,
as often happens here, soon after the snow we had Chinook winds and it
probably would have been all leafy down there again anyway. Hopefully we'll
have a nice enough weekend so I can clean up. The latest wind striped all
the leaves off the trees around us, so hopefully very few will move in
future winds (she said wishfully). ;-) ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

"~ jan" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Some of you may remember we strung up pond netting from deck to fence
> because of the dying maple. Little did I realize that a little wet snow
> would cause it to come crashing down. I've never seen anyone ever mention
> this. ??? ~ jan
> ------------
> Zone 7a, SE Washington State
> Ponds: www.jjspond.us
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I don't allow leaves to accumulate on my nets. Most blow off on their own.
--

RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
Zone 6. Middle TN USA
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>On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 08:47:39 CST, dr- wrote:

>really surprising. it took 55" of snow to bring the greenhouse over our pond
>crashing down. Ingrid
>
You get 55" of snow!!!!! Yikes, pictures? ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:47:56 CST, "Reel McKoi"
<> wrote:

>I don't allow leaves to accumulate on my nets. Most blow off on their own.

It wasn't accumulated leaves, it was a bit of wet snow. ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State
Ponds: www.jjspond.us

here is picture of the smooshed greenhouse
http://weloveteaching.com/hopepond/greenhouse.html
but I cannot find pictures of the snow. I tried to google for that snowstorm, but
didnt find anything. it wasnt one shot, it was 2 or 3 storms within a week or so
that hit.. I think it was Dec 2000 or ?? anyway, we had already moved into town. My
friend the Pond Lady was talking about a couple of her greenhouses collapsing too. My
mother couldnt see from the house that ours was also collapsed. So we didnt do
anything. that year all the fish that were in those ponds died. the koi had already
been moved to their new pond in town. Ingrid

On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 18:05:22 CST, ~ jan <> wrote:

>>On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 08:47:39 CST, dr- wrote:
>
>>really surprising. it took 55" of snow to bring the greenhouse over our pond
>>crashing down. Ingrid
>>
>You get 55" of snow!!!!! Yikes, pictures? ~ jan
>------------
>Zone 7a, SE Washington State
>Ponds: www.jjspond.us

On Dec 5, 7:05 pm, ~ jan <Seewebs...@jjspond.us> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:47:56 CST, "Reel McKoi"
>
> <dorundayREM...@THISgmail.com> wrote:
> >I don't allow leaves to accumulate on my nets. Most blow off on their own.
>
> It wasn't accumulated leaves, it was a bit of wet snow. ~ jan
> ------------
> Zone 7a, SE Washington State
> Ponds:www.jjspond.us

Hi Jan, we cover our raised pond with window screening - over a
network of strong pvc pipes and 2 x 2's. We also found out a framework
of some kind was needed....the hard way, like you. We used to do it
with netting but beneficial snakes kept getting caught in it and we
got tired of having to save their lives with scissors and patience and
holding the snakes. One of 'em was 6' long and kept curling his tail
around my bare legs under the nightie I had on. DD had discovered it
about 9:30 one evening, and altho she hates them, insisted on us
saving it's life.
We do try to blow or suck all the leaves off as they do get heavy with
water and snow.

Nan