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Journal of events related to the pond and its perimeter. Does not include the pond yard.
1/19/2021 – Mary scoped out 5 gallons of pecan wood ash from the fireplace and we spread it around the four oleanders in the NE and NW corners of the pond yard. The soil test report this month showed the soil’s pH is 4.9, very acidic, and they like an alkaline soil although can live […]
Continue Reading1/2/2021 – Dug up multiple small scopes of soil 3″-5″ down from the Garden, the Horse field, and the Pond Field. Spread the soil onto aluminum pizza pans and left outside to dry.
Continue ReadingResults with Aquacheck Test Strips pH – 6.2 Total Alkalinity – 0 Total Hardness – 25 ppm Results with API GH & KH Test Kit GH, General Hardness – 1 drop = 18 ppm KH – Total hardness – 1 drops
Continue ReadingAs the dirt in the pond area, as dealt with when planting the magnolias, is compacted and hard, we sowed Annual Ryegrass around the magnolias & oleanders to get the benefit of the deep roots to help break up the soil. Mary has treated the oleanders and magnolias for ants too many times. Mixed Extinguish […]
Continue Reading11/5/2020 – Bought 500 fathead minnows (to the 500 that were added in February this year) and 100 Shellcrackers from Alabama Fish & Pond truck at St. Elmo F&S. The guy said there were probably 600-700 minnows in their bag. Told him that our Coppernose Bluegills we got from him last February are 5″-6″ long. […]
Continue Reading10/29/2020 – The north and the west ones were all the way over lying to the north. Dug out some of the muck on the south side and stood them up. The south shorter one—south most—only went over to about 45°. Set four new T-posts (i.e. one additional) to support them.
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10/20/2020 – For our 25th Anniversary present for each other we bought three 35-gallon Bracken’s Brown Beauty Magnolias from Oak Hill Tree Farm. 10/21/2020 – Used Frank’s post hole auger to start the holes for the two on the south side of the pond. Made the hole 6″+ larger than the 35-gallon pot. Mary cut […]
Continue Reading7/15/2020 – The change to only early morning feeding is that when they were fed in the PM there was not much activity and then little in the AM. When fed only in the AM they really hit the feed and seem to eat all of the 4 handfuls thrown into a large space around […]
Continue Reading7/25/2020, 7:30 AM pH – 3.2 Alkalinity – 0-40 ppm. Color is between the 0 and the 40 colors. Total Hardness – 25 ppm This morning we bought the API GH & KH Test kit that can provide an alkalinity reading of 17.6 ppm that is better than the test strip of either 0 or […]
Continue Reading6/7/2020 – Tropical Storm Christobal’s winds have begun and cycling from the north to from the east. Threw in 50 more pounds of lime (total now 150 lbs) from the east-side midpoint, around the northern perimeter to the west side midpoint. Throwing hard and high allow the wind to carry the pellets to near the […]
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