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Pond Chat / Re: Do you like miniature roses

« on: May 27, 2007, 07:48:43 AM »

Thanks Sue, Gander has me wanting to start a bed of roses now......

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Pond Chat / Re: Can you say Green?

« on: May 27, 2007, 07:46:37 AM »

Mikey......that's too funny.....

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Chit Chat / Re: Need some prayers for happyoutsidegirl's husband!

« on: May 27, 2007, 07:43:13 AM »

Deb you will remain in our thoughts and prayers and we will be here for you waiting......

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Photo Album / Re: Newbie.....

« on: May 26, 2007, 03:08:40 PM »

Welcome and I love your ponds. We started out with a little 45 gallon preformed.....sometimes I wish I still had just that. 

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Pond Chat / Re: Koi Clay

« on: May 26, 2007, 03:05:32 PM »

Koi Clay fan here.....

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Pond Chat / Re: Can you say Green?

« on: May 26, 2007, 03:03:03 PM »

Dyed mine when it happened. It helped but ended up getting UV to it.  Speaking of lily's....ain't nothing blooming down here!!!!! Pads are growing.

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Pond Chat / Re: Tropicals are finally starting to show up/

« on: May 26, 2007, 02:59:22 PM »

  very nice gander love the first one.

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Pond Chat / Re: Five More Blooms Today

« on: May 26, 2007, 02:58:26 PM »

Very nice I have pads......

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Pond Chat / Re: Tropical water lily blooms, Rachel Presnell & more

« on: May 26, 2007, 02:56:51 PM »

Thanks for sharing.....again I have nothing to look at yet down here. 

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Pond Chat / Re: My new "potting" shed

« on: May 26, 2007, 02:54:43 PM »

I think it is cool. Some people between here and Callahan have an outside by their pool. 

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Pond Chat / Re: First bloom in TX: Green Smoke (pics)

« on: May 26, 2007, 02:52:56 PM »

Think that is the prettiest Green Smoke I've seen yet.

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Chit Chat / Re: Happy Birthday Shanna (Desertponder)

« on: May 25, 2007, 11:45:12 AM »

Ah, you went and had a birthday and I didn't know it.......!!! Oh my goodness. Here's to a belated Happy Birthday.

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Chit Chat / Re: It sure is quiet around here...

« on: May 25, 2007, 11:42:53 AM »

Andy sorry to hear that. I lost a good friend to suicide and will never understand why she did it. I was with her the night before she shot herself.

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Chit Chat / Re: Need some prayers for happyoutsidegirl's husband!

« on: May 25, 2007, 11:40:35 AM »

Great idea Esther ........poor Deb has been on my mind for days now.

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Pond Chat / Re: Yesterday's bloomers

« on: May 25, 2007, 11:38:43 AM »

I love them. My lily's are not blooming much this year so any time you feel the urge to show some more I'll be happy to look.

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Pond Chat / Re: Pics of my ponds today 5-25-07

« on: May 25, 2007, 11:37:20 AM »

Very pretty......thanks for showing them off.

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Pond Chat / Re: ya pays ya 25 cents and ya get to feed the fish!

« on: May 25, 2007, 11:36:21 AM »

That's precious.

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Pond Chat / Re: Do you like miniature roses

« on: May 25, 2007, 09:03:37 AM »

Thank you....I still think your red is the prettiest I've ever seen.

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Chit Chat / Re: A video of some of you (added one)

« on: May 24, 2007, 05:57:23 PM »

Thanks ya'll.

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Pond Construction & Filtration / Re: 2x12's doubling (modified 05/22)

« on: May 24, 2007, 05:54:58 PM »

Well that looks like another great idea Scott. Thanks for sharing.

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Chit Chat / Re: It sure is quiet around here...

« on: May 24, 2007, 05:41:59 PM »

Thanks so much....I'll let DH know that I now know what a skippy is.

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Chit Chat / Re: It sure is quiet around here...

« on: May 24, 2007, 02:41:17 PM »

I need his input but a lot of us do. Jerry you can help me....what does a skippy do and what is the benefits of a waterfall? BTW I haven't hugged you lately.  Now Jerry and I are just friends so don't nobody take that the wrong way.

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Chit Chat / Re: It's sprinkling rain!

« on: May 24, 2007, 02:39:39 PM »

Kim, I think may take up the same thing and turn on the sprinkler this weekend that sounds like a good idea to me. DH's birthdday is this weekend and not much outside activity going on.

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Pond Chat / Re: Daily Maintenance

« on: May 24, 2007, 02:31:39 PM »

Yep it is getting that way Karen for sure. Thanks for your input.

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Pond Chat / Re: Twin Spider lily blooms

« on: May 24, 2007, 01:41:13 PM »

Pretty I don't think I've ever seen those before.

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Pond Chat / Daily Maintenance

« on: May 24, 2007, 12:44:42 PM »

Our pond right now is not quite 1000 probably 750 gallons. We have a Beckett pump hooked up to the Fish Mate UV Bio Filter and a Pondmaster 950 hooked up to the skimmer. DH rinses both pump filters daily and the skimmer filter daily. He vacuums the pond every 2 weeks. Now we do have clear water......

How much daily maintenance do you have to do?

We are planning on expanding the pond another 1000 to 1500 gallons and adding a waterfall with a skippy. Will that reduce the daily maintenance?

My problem.......I love my pond but DH is tiring of having to mess with it daily and if enlarging it and adding the right equipment won't help I don't think enlarging is fixing the problem.

Hope this makes sense........

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Pond Chat / Re: Do you like miniature roses

« on: May 24, 2007, 10:30:33 AM »

Gander I was outside today while the wind was blowing west which means NO SMOKE and snapped two shots of the only mini I have left. This plant is 10 years old.

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Chit Chat / Re: Need some prayers for happyoutsidegirl's husband!

« on: May 24, 2007, 09:52:31 AM »

Debbie my heart and prayers go out to you and your family. I'm so sorry.

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Chit Chat / Re: Then & Now- Graduation Pics

« on: May 24, 2007, 09:50:40 AM »

He is a cutie. Congrats!!!!

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Chit Chat / Re: It's sprinkling rain!

« on: May 24, 2007, 09:49:46 AM »

We got .24 of an inch lasted 10 minutes then 30 mph winds. This is old ...... really old now.