Re: spring work ~ what do you need to do this year?

lets see if this works. I signed up with reader.greatnowhere.com.
configured it with outlook express to get it to work since my agent 1.5 wont
download new groups...pffft.

anyway. what I like about my veggie filter is all the clean up is done in
fall and it and I am just waiting for it to get warm enough to put in the
plants. the water is now 58oF and the piggies want their food. Ingrid


"~ jan" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Worked on the lily pond today. In the past I would drain it out completely
> and suck the muck out and refill. I found that not only was it a great
> waste of water, but then I had pH problems and getting the water balanced
> again. So today I used the shop vac on the bottom and shelves. While it
> drained I trimmed dead stuff off the marginals.
>
> Many of the plants will need dividing, hopefully not too many of the
lilies
> this year.
>
> The main goal is to get a barrel filter connected, which requires ordering
> the parts and digging a BIG hole for it. It will only be a 2 barrel
filter,
> rather than 4 like the koi ponds.
>
> I'll also have to trim the fish load in the koi ponds that I've yet to
take
> the screens off of and start the filter. I was hoping to do that this
> weekend, but they're predicting cooler temps again mid-week, so maybe next
> weekend.
>
> Marsh Marigold also about to burst into bloom. :-) ~ jan
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> Zone 7a, SE Washington State
>

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:30:36 CST, "drsolo" <dr-> wrote:

>lets see if this works. I signed up with reader.greatnowhere.com.
>configured it with outlook express to get it to work since my agent 1.5 wont
>download new groups...pffft.
>
>anyway. what I like about my veggie filter is all the clean up is done in
>fall and it and I am just waiting for it to get warm enough to put in the
>plants. the water is now 58oF and the piggies want their food. Ingrid
>
My barrels filters are also cleaned in the fall, but currently the lily
pond doesn't have one, pooey. :-( ~ jan
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Zone 7a, SE Washington State