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Pond Chat / Re: Mangkala Ubol & PF

« on: March 20, 2011, 01:04:02 PM »

Lovely!

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Aquatic and Terrestrial Plant Exchange / Looking for the following marginals

« on: March 18, 2011, 08:06:05 PM »

Please contact me if you have some! Can buy or trade various hardy waterlilies.

Full sized horsetail rush
Mares tail
Pickerel rush

Jessica

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Pond Chat / Re: Almost ready for liner!! (photo)

« on: March 18, 2011, 03:29:46 PM »

Now, to answer a few questions.

Here is a very crude diagram of the plumbing circuits.


1. 4" bottom drain in the shallow end (1.5-2' deep)
2. 4" bottom drain in the deep end (3-4' deep)
3. Savio 16" skimmer, modified with 3" bottom drain looping under pond floor via 3" flex pvc to hole where bottom drains are currently popping out.
4. Sequence 4200 GPH pump
5. Savio 31" Filterfalls
6. Undergravel filter in bog
7. Sequence 4200 GPH pump

We may also add in some TPRs in the shallow end to direct debris toward the bottom drains. Future filtration such as a sieve from the bottom drains to a bead type filter.

I hope the bog will eventually look like this photo from a Helen Nash book. Just ordered two lotus from Craig for delivery next week!

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Pond Chat / Re: Almost ready for liner!! (photo)

« on: March 18, 2011, 03:08:39 PM »

Photo updates!

Underlayment - light weight and easy.


Holy smokes this liner was heavy! About 360 lbs, DH and I could barely unroll it. Much easier to move once unrolled!


Bottom Drains - there are two and each is 4".






Time to fill it up!!




We've been watching the water meter as we have filled and it's about 5000 gallons right now.

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Pond Chat / Almost ready for liner!! (photo)

« on: March 16, 2011, 04:19:47 PM »

Looks like we will be swimming tomorrow, regardless of temperature. Thankfully it's going to be warm and sunny with a high of 83!

 

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Pond Chat / Re: First pics of the season..Blues...

« on: March 13, 2011, 11:49:38 AM »

Lovely!

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Pond Chat / Inconceivable!

« on: March 13, 2011, 09:15:59 AM »

Was just poking around in my container ponds and noticed that Bull's Eye, Lindsey Woods, and Ostara have all sprouted (Ultra Violet tuber was firm, no growth yet)! I kept these guys just a few inches from the surface over the winter...and we had some intense winter weather, with 4-5 days with high temps below freezing. These containers had solid ice for the top few inches for days at a time.

P.S. Bottom drain plumbing was finished two weeks ago, skimmer is nearly set, and I hope to have the liner in before the end of spring break.

Ponding life is good! 

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Pond Chat / Re: Rebuilding pond

« on: February 27, 2011, 04:40:31 PM »

Very nice! How far below water level is the stacked stone on the inside of the pond? Do you have a photo just before water was added?

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Chit Chat / Re: Conservatory pics (more)

« on: February 01, 2011, 10:47:27 AM »

I also saw the show at Fairchild in 2006. We also have a stunning piece in one of the imaging centers at the medical school here.

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Chit Chat / Re: Conservatory pics (more)

« on: January 31, 2011, 07:04:45 PM »

Beautiful! Chihuly sculptures are lovely!

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Chit Chat / Re: Packers or Steelers?

« on: January 25, 2011, 08:41:28 PM »

Ugh, I live in DFW and can't wait for the madness to be over!!!

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Chit Chat / Re: She's at it again....

« on: January 14, 2011, 12:58:16 PM »

Mikey, I ran out of time and attempted a corvette logo and font. It's so not my best work...but the recipient was thrilled!

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Chit Chat / Re: She's at it again....

« on: January 13, 2011, 03:27:15 PM »

She did a great job! I have not yet tackled fondant!!

Made a cute giraffe cake for a baby shower last week and am making a 'corvette' b-day cake tonight.

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Chit Chat / Re: She's at it again....

« on: January 12, 2011, 06:49:53 PM »

Another cake?

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Chit Chat / Re: Guess what I got in the mail Saturday?

« on: January 10, 2011, 09:12:19 AM »

And the theme for your new kitchen is a good one!

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Chit Chat / Re: Guess what I got in the mail Saturday?

« on: January 09, 2011, 07:34:56 PM »

Very, very nice. My boys still love the gecko towels she sent us 4 years ago.

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Pond Chat / Re: relentless tubers

« on: January 09, 2011, 01:08:22 PM »

Are the Ostara I sent you alive in there? They surprisingly survive the winters here.

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Chit Chat / Re: Hummingbird Convention

« on: January 07, 2011, 06:56:20 PM »

Not a tease, just brief when typing on the iPhone. If you have a dvr, set it to record the series, the episode airs occasionally.

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Chit Chat / Re: Hummingbird Convention

« on: January 07, 2011, 04:17:53 AM »

There is a program on PBS called Nature which has a fascinating episode on hummingbirds. I purchased it on DVD from amazon for $12 or so. It really is interesting!

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Chit Chat / Re: How about showing pictures of your Christmas Tree

« on: December 25, 2010, 08:49:36 AM »

Beautiful trees! Here is a photo of ours from Christmas Eve!

Merry Christmas!!!

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Chit Chat / Re: Still no Tinkster! Has anyone heard? GOOD NEWS!

« on: December 05, 2010, 07:37:03 AM »

Good!

I mostly check in via iPhone and don't always catch the spelling/autocorrect things... Lasagna is the iPhones way of correcting Lawanna! Sheesh!!

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Chit Chat / Re: Still no Tinkster! Has anyone heard from her?

« on: December 02, 2010, 05:18:20 AM »

Lasagna has posted on fb. She is OK!

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Chit Chat / Re: Just stopping by...

« on: November 28, 2010, 08:24:50 PM »

Didn't you work in a specialty sector of the auto part industry? Any possibilities for using eBay to start up your own business? Things happen for a reason. Hang in there!!

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Pond Chat / Re: Greg Speichert

« on: November 13, 2010, 05:01:46 PM »

Absolutly, LeeAnne! Water Gardening magazine brought me to the water gardening forum in about 2000 or 2001 and I have been around the group ever since.

Many thanks to the Speicherts for their contributions to the hobby. My sincerest condolences to Sue and family.

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Pond Chat / Pipe for bottom drain (3" vs 4")

« on: October 12, 2010, 05:05:41 PM »

So we glued together a bunch of 4" PVC for our bottom drains this weekend. Essentially all glued joints failed. We think it's because the schedule 40 pipe diameter is just a little too small. Moving on. We decided to buy some 4" flex PVC to try to simplify things. A 50' roll is pretty reasonable from the online retailer we use; however, they are out of 4" pipe and the distributor is not going to have stock available until the spring. We have plenty of 3" flex PVC on hand. Would it be too much of a compromise to use 3" flex PVC instead of standard 4" PVC?

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Pond Chat / Re: finally done---the new pond....

« on: October 11, 2010, 07:25:29 PM »

 I meant sprinkler box for the pump.

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Pond Chat / Re: finally done---the new pond....

« on: October 11, 2010, 05:08:27 PM »

Awesome!!! Are you running your new sequence pump(s)? Have any photos of the plumbing/construction phase? I need to put a sprinkler box in the ground between my skimmer and waterfall and am researching how others have done it.

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Pond Chat / Shopping for waterfalls. Suggestions?

« on: October 11, 2010, 05:05:16 PM »

I'm looking at both the 36" and 48" Atlantic Fastfalls as well as the Savio FilterWeir 31". We bought the savio skimmer and think it's great--quite durable. The savio filterweir looks to be of the same quality. Does anyone have any of these? Care to share photos of your waterfall in action?

Thanks in advance!

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Pond Chat / Re: Future Ponders of America.....

« on: October 05, 2010, 08:27:17 PM »

Awesome!

We finally had a rain-free weekend last weekend (first one since Labor Day) where the pond was dry enough to work on. I spent Sunday morning digging out a ledge on one side of the new pond and filled the wheel barrel with dirt as I did this. My two boys worked to spread out the loads of dirt as I dumped them behind the concrete block wall on one side of the pond (we dug into a slope). Dh worked on one of the trenches to the bottom drain, so it was great to have the whole family working on it most of the day. We're getting soooooo close to filling it (only 5 months after starting....)! 

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Pond Chat / Re: Moving pond to Mom's need advice for bottom drain!

« on: October 05, 2010, 08:24:19 PM »

We are still in process of building our mega pond....we bought bottom drains from a guy named Billy on koiphen for $25 each. He may be worth contacting for his latest deals.

Considering we broke ground around memorial day and are still working on it...and with all that you have going on, I second the suggestion of getting a large stock tank. There are some pretty good deals over on koiphen in the trader section.