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bindian
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Poor old booger wooger!
Poor old Booger Wooger got two helpings of deboned barbeque chicken this evening.:licking:
hugs, Brandi
I finally started my pond
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Poor old Booger Wooger got two helpings of deboned barbeque chicken this evening.:licking:
hugs, Brandi
He made out better than me! I just made half a frozen pizza after my evening of performing quality aircraft maintenance
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bindian
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I reworked the shallow end's bank last October. I still want to remove the two small trees in the photo and re slope that area as well.
The forklift pallet I had sitting on the bottom, for Fathead minnow spawning, near the cinder block fish hotel was rotten, so I removed it and relocated the fish hotel to a little shallower water.
The tops of the cinder blocks are about 10 inches below full water level now.
hugs, Brandi
The forklift pallet I had sitting on the bottom, for Fathead minnow spawning, near the cinder block fish hotel was rotten, so I removed it and relocated the fish hotel to a little shallower water.
The tops of the cinder blocks are about 10 inches below full water level now.
hugs, Brandi
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gregfender
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Loved following the building of your pond. I am hoping to begin work on one this fall. I'm in the NC Mountains and I have a spring and a small creek converge at the corner of my front yard and I hope to widen it out to around 1/4 acre and put a few trout and smallmouth bass in there. Thanks for the inspiration.
tcreeley
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Hooded Mergansers, male + female -- nice ducks!
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bindian
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Neatest duck so far to show up is a Mud Duck. He kept diving off the pier post 3 or 4 times then left.
My daughter saw some Mud Ducks on another pond and told me I need some on my pond, but I haven't found a pair to purchase.
hugs, Brandi
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I am so glad us tractor folks that have built one of our dreams can inspire others.
hugs, Brandi
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OzGrasshopper
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thought i'd better say hi on ur great pond thread Brandi - yes this pond & fish thing gets in ur blood a bit........ if u want to know a bit about another form of fish/vegie growing, we have a wonderful Oz forum at :-
Backyard Aquaponics • Index page
great place to learn about keeping fish - only a few of us r "ponders" most grow fish & vegies in tanks in their backyards! we have quite a few US members.
regardless where u live or what fish u keep, there r species that do better in harder conditions (ie lower hot water) in Aquaponics in our part of the world people grow trout in cold winter water and barramundi in hot water periods - they buy in a bit bigger fish & grow out to plate size in about 6 months - quite amazing. i'm doing it a bit different, i have trout in my first pond now, but the one i'm building will be to buy trout in at about 2" fingerlings & keep in AP system over winter then release into the pond to grow out for a year or so.
i'll be interested to see how u progress to second pond now u have had such interesting experiences - wishing u very good luck - cheers Oz G
Backyard Aquaponics • Index page
great place to learn about keeping fish - only a few of us r "ponders" most grow fish & vegies in tanks in their backyards! we have quite a few US members.
regardless where u live or what fish u keep, there r species that do better in harder conditions (ie lower hot water) in Aquaponics in our part of the world people grow trout in cold winter water and barramundi in hot water periods - they buy in a bit bigger fish & grow out to plate size in about 6 months - quite amazing. i'm doing it a bit different, i have trout in my first pond now, but the one i'm building will be to buy trout in at about 2" fingerlings & keep in AP system over winter then release into the pond to grow out for a year or so.
i'll be interested to see how u progress to second pond now u have had such interesting experiences - wishing u very good luck - cheers Oz G
