I used to teach in a nursery many years ago. As the little ones were coming back into the class area from outside through a patio door I asked...
Blimey, the sun has made an appearance this morning. It looked strange this morning seeing the sun coming up over the mountains. :SUNsmile: Now,...
Brilliant planting and I'm loving that large pond. Just gonna flick through the pics again :blue thumb: gazania
It does all look a bit more serious now as the rain continues to fall and saturate land and consequently plants. Here in N.Wales there is a...
I used these pics to test if I could upload pics. It worked so I've moved them here to the project forum. It is mainly somewhere for my good lady...
Hi Gaz, yes I am following your progress. That's gonna be one heck of a nice pond. My second to last pond was 8000 gallons and your koi are gonna...
Hi Freddy, I documented my last pond builds on koi websites and in a koi magazine so that would be okay. When funds allow I shall get to it. It...
Hi watergarden, only been in this bungalow for a couple of years and it has needed a little work so as yet no koi pond :dunno: A friend is looking...
I had a similar lily which took nearly 4 years to flower. But when it did flower it wasn't the most colourful in the world but it was very...
This might be interesting general info for people with ponds. http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=162 gazania
yes watergarden, correct on both counts. I guess I meant to say that before I had even thought about koi when I had a general fish pond I used...
Yes thank goodness for UV's. Before the UV I remember hanging baskets of barley straw in my pond, then all types of additives came out proclaiming...
Wow nice looking flower :) I'm looking forward to finding out what it is. Welcome :spinning: gazania
Hey nice koi Freddy. A nice mix. By the looks of the chagoi it looks like it gets its fair share of food :snork: My friend had a chag just over a...
Hi Freddy, that's a nice size for a pond. And yes, ground level sunken ponds do look better BUT imagine how much deeper you would have to dig ! I...
Hi Freddy, that's a nice looking pond. And yes, I look forward to seeing your new koi so post as many pics as you can. When did you finish the...
So Freddy, any pond/koi details. pictures ? gazania
Hi, I've kept koi in the past and have been very keen on Japanese gardens. Any fellow koi keepers out there ? gazania
Kenya Safari, wow ! I have had a fascination with Africa since I was a little boy. My dad was in Kenya for quite a while and you can imagine the...
Nice one. Definitely an out of the wind job (leaf burn,), and possibly a small stake with the weather we are having ? (root rock ? you will...
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