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Are you kidding?!? Lighting up the area with me in the tub "au naturel" would scare all the wildlife away.
Put in a pond?
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Are you kidding?!? Lighting up the area with me in the tub "au naturel" would scare all the wildlife away.
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We've discovered a new deer repellent!
Bet it would run the deer out of an area!
Now, thistle, my feelings are hurt
. "We" have discovered nothing! I am NOT volunteering to give it a test run! Don't expect to go into production any time soon.However,
if
you would like to send money now, I might consider running a few private tests in the future. Hum-m-m! Blow-up nus* of Smart Red bouncing in an orchard
. . . wait, we won't go there! Eek!*nus = French for something or other
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Awww Red, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings..., I'm just always on the lookout for new ways to thwart those 4 legged landscape redesigners.
However....if you change your mind I have clients that would pay good money to get the deer to steer clear.
However....if you change your mind I have clients that would pay good money to get the deer to steer clear.
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However....if you change your mind I have clients that would pay good money to get the deer to steer clear.
Everyone has a price.
It is all in the negotiations. I fear we wouldn't live long enough to complete them. 
Er, um, ah, ahem, yes, thistlebloom. I think putting in a pond is a super idea! You know how my vote will go. Do we get to vote?
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Killing?
We were discussing chasing the wildlife away.
I never considered it would die laughing. Really bad, bad, bad idea @baymule.
We were discussing chasing the wildlife away.
I never considered it would die laughing. Really bad, bad, bad idea @baymule.
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@Smart Red at least the deer would die happy....
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And the ASPCA wouldn't be far behind!
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We had a pond at our old house. Came with the house & I miss it terribly.
Whoever dug the pond was smart enough to trench a cable out & put out a GFI outdoor outlet & box on a very short post to run power out to it. I used a trough heater from the local livestock supply company to keep the pond from freezing solid and my goldfish lived there year round. That outlet also powered the pump. I didn't have the space at the time to winter them indoors anywhere either so I tried to do the best I could for them. They survived fine and bred and produced multiple offspring for me.
You want some surface disruption be it from water falling back into the pond from a fountain or an upper portion like a waterfall or even currents created by a pump. That surface disruption helps with gas exchange for your fish and will help with overall water quality.
There are plenty of info on wintering ponds too when to stop feeding for the winter, when to resume feeding etc.
I also kept a couple large strawberry pot in the deepest parts of the pond. I sunk them to give my fish a place to hide. The smart ones figured it out and survived. The not so smart ones were bird/coon food.
There were some variegated grasses at one end and I added some water lilies to help shade it a bit. When in bloom it was beautiful.
I'm a big fan of sarasa comets when I had my pond. Gorgeous coloration, and they won't get gigantic like koi will. Ip've found them at most mom & pop pet stores even Petsmart carries them. One thing to keep in mind when looking for fish is how they will be viewed. When you look at pond fish your looking down on them. That's the view you want to see before you buy them. They may look very flashy on the side but their back can be all 1 color. So if your looking for something with a little pop or more striking be sure to ask to look at them from the top down so you get the same perspective as you will in your pond.
Most pond stores that sell fish will give you that perspective because they know how they are viewed, but placed like Petsmart will just give you a normal aquarium front on view. I always had the sales person hold the catch cup (the little clear cup they fill with water and net the fish into to transition them into a bag) down for me so I could see the markings on the fish's head and back. If I just wanted orange looking fish Id buy the 25 cent feeder fish!
I really love a beautiful pond (can ya tell?) and they are worth it. You will be so glad you did it once it's up and running and you can't imagine not having it.
Whoever dug the pond was smart enough to trench a cable out & put out a GFI outdoor outlet & box on a very short post to run power out to it. I used a trough heater from the local livestock supply company to keep the pond from freezing solid and my goldfish lived there year round. That outlet also powered the pump. I didn't have the space at the time to winter them indoors anywhere either so I tried to do the best I could for them. They survived fine and bred and produced multiple offspring for me.
You want some surface disruption be it from water falling back into the pond from a fountain or an upper portion like a waterfall or even currents created by a pump. That surface disruption helps with gas exchange for your fish and will help with overall water quality.
There are plenty of info on wintering ponds too when to stop feeding for the winter, when to resume feeding etc.
I also kept a couple large strawberry pot in the deepest parts of the pond. I sunk them to give my fish a place to hide. The smart ones figured it out and survived. The not so smart ones were bird/coon food.
There were some variegated grasses at one end and I added some water lilies to help shade it a bit. When in bloom it was beautiful.
I'm a big fan of sarasa comets when I had my pond. Gorgeous coloration, and they won't get gigantic like koi will. Ip've found them at most mom & pop pet stores even Petsmart carries them. One thing to keep in mind when looking for fish is how they will be viewed. When you look at pond fish your looking down on them. That's the view you want to see before you buy them. They may look very flashy on the side but their back can be all 1 color. So if your looking for something with a little pop or more striking be sure to ask to look at them from the top down so you get the same perspective as you will in your pond.
Most pond stores that sell fish will give you that perspective because they know how they are viewed, but placed like Petsmart will just give you a normal aquarium front on view. I always had the sales person hold the catch cup (the little clear cup they fill with water and net the fish into to transition them into a bag) down for me so I could see the markings on the fish's head and back. If I just wanted orange looking fish Id buy the 25 cent feeder fish!
I really love a beautiful pond (can ya tell?
) and they are worth it. You will be so glad you did it once it's up and running and you can't imagine not having it.
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