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» biogardener - Will pass the URL on I will have to pass the URL of this article on to my friend Betts from the GardenWeb. She started a pond and has some fish in it. I wouldn't bother around here. I would not be able to sleep worrying about someone poisoning them. I have enough trouble nursing my cats back to health after they get poisoned.That reminds me. My brother in British Columbia got a pail full of water plants for his pond from a friend. From it hatched all kinds of fish, because the eggs were hidden in the plants. So he didn't have to do a thing to colonize his pond. -- posted by biogardener » bindweed - Your Pond I enjoyed your article on Koi, have had a major crash course on this subject this year. When I finish my last roll of film I will send you a picture of a Koi pond I helped make. Design can certainly be incorporated. The five thousand gallon gunnite pond is fed by two waterfalls -- a rock garden pool affair. Ornamental grasses and bullrushes are included. Behind the pond are gunnera and bamboo and all sorts of bold foliage plants. Around the entire pond I built a narrow rock ledging with interesting plants to soften the effect of the concrete. The owner put a small gazebo next to it and had a lovely deck built from the gazebo to the pond.The ponds is great, the maintainence not. We have three vortex filters and the upkeep of this pond is time consuming. The KOI are must definately pets and feed from our hands. All are named. My own Koi pond is much like your own. To all Koi lovers who wish to have offspring, a proper nesting area must be provided. Had I designed the gunnite part of this project I would have included a small shallow offset that could be filled with Juncus or other matt growing plants. Koi like to lay their eggs in such material. I believe a floating but anchored mat of some material that includes some water oxalis, sedum or other dwarf plants might help. Herb -- posted by bindweed » bindweed - Koi Ponds and Spawning mats I just found a great article on this subject. It was in Water Gardening -- the March April issue.Two great recommendations involved the use of a cotton mop head. Well rinsed out (for chemicals) and pre soaked for a few days. "Lay the mop down so that the head is several inches away from the edge of the pond and hangs serveral inches into the water." The mop handle is anchored down with a heavy stone. They also suggested using a brick with round holes in it supporting some sort of parrot grass. Some of us might be concerned about the jagged edges of the brick. Use of concrete blocks and sharp edged objects is questionable as far as I am concerned. Herb Senft -- posted by bindweed » Red - Kirk, I certainly enjoyed... your article on Koi Ponds. It was educations, informative, well written and I thoroughly enjoyed the links. Great work.I would love to have a pond, but we don't have enough yard to do so. Also, there is a city ordinance that requires any yard with a fish pond or lily pond to be fully fenced with a 6 ft. fence. One day, however, I hope to have a pond. Keep up the good work Kirk. I really had a great visit. -- posted by Red » Tina_Coruth - I enjoyed your article, Kirk. I enjoyed your article, Kirk. Your pond must be beautiful. The practical side of me is very interested in this natural mosquito control!Very interesting -- thanks! Christina -- posted by Tina_Coruth » terri_in_pa - Very interesting Article! I got here via Delphi. I found this article informative and helpful..I have a pond, wont call it a Koi Pond but i do have 7 Koi, 2 shubunkins, a fancy goldfish, a catfish and yes, a Blue Gill. Every one lives happily in the pond, its about 12 by 12 round and 3 1/2 ft deep at the deepest point, 3,000 gallons, approx. I have some rocks on part of the shelf to raise it. Plants include grasses, cattails, lilies, and the floaters, pennywort, and hyacinth. my link below, home & gardens has pics of the many flowers i grow as well as the pond itself.. -- posted by terri_in_pa » Kirk_Johnson - Terri Terri, I tried the link for your home and garden page. I got the following message "Sometimes we like to get a little crazy and type in totally random URLs to see what happens. This is what happens.Actually, we couldn't find the page you requested. Please check the URL." -- posted by Kirk_Johnson » biogardener - Event coming up I have just posted a message in the Editors Discussion entitled "Animals Event" which I would like you to look at.-- posted by biogardener
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