Michigan

[Opa]

I have an elaborate water feature with a stone line raceway the flows 65' with several waterfalls in its 12' drop. 3000 gallons of water per hour flow between the two ponds and for five or six years of constant maintenance it was absolutely gorgeous. However, it is a lot like deciding that since all of your kids are grown lets get some more. Lots of work. Currently it isn't working and I'm seriously debating the wisdom of getting it operational again.

 

[ChicwannaB]

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Im hearing ya there, should have looked for meeself a farmer, and fell in love with him. but I didn't. got what I got.

 

[keyt1969]

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Farm boys are awesome...mine is darn near perfect. Who wasn't was his grandfather who turned this over 400 acre property into 1 acre! But maybe that's a good thing or I would have 3x as many animals lol

 

[ChicwannaB]

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Farm boys are awesome...mine is darn near perfect. Who wasn't was his grandfather who turned this over 400 acre property into 1 acre! But maybe that's a good thing or I would have 3x as many animals lol

Im sure you could handle it Keyt

 

[eeyore75]

Does anyone have baby ducks right now for sale?

IN THESE AREAS: I'm in Lansing, will be in Stockbridge on Sat & Charlotte on Sun......... anyone with 2-4 little fuzzy baby ducks?

My neighbor is looking for some. I'm not nice enough to drive too far out of my way

 

[babigyrl22]

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My husband THINKS he's a farmboy. He's really a small town boy that's extremly handy. Caring for animals and gardening....um not his forté. Spoiling them rotten and creating bad behaviors....that, he is good at.

I can only say my peace and then sit back and watch him learn on his own.

One day he decided to give our mangy rescue some bacon greese in her food (it'd be good for her [forever shedding] coat...he says). I protest but he's does the deed. Needless to say we had to put the dog out of the house. I couldn't light enough smell good candles to combat her severe indigestion issues.

You know it's bad when your dog can't even stand herself. Alas we have a hilarious story and a lessoned learned... the hard way.

 

[Chickmate]

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Hey Fife, there are much easier ways than electrically converting a problem husband. I just got a divorce!

 

[RaZ]

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Having a pond requires some work but I don't see it as a major problem. Of course, I may be one of those "enablers" that you hear about.

 

[Mom 2em All]

I would love to have what Opa describes that he has- fancy smanchy water display..but I cant even handle this darn pond.

lets see-
aeration- I have that covered with a water fall, a spouty thing attached to the filter that shoots the water up, and a pump with a bell-shape water thingy..
barley balls- got those. two of them....

green water.

*sigh*

 

[Stacykins]

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Algae overgrowths are caused by a surplus of available nutrients in the water and low oxygen content in the water. Sadly additives supposed to 'clear' it up don't do a thing. In order to solve the problem, you need to take care of the causes. Increasing water flow will increase the exchange of oxygen. This only happens on the surface of the pond. In nature, wind or naturally flowing water does this. To control excessive nutrients in the water, don't let dead leaves, dead fish, etc. stay in the pond. The organic waste decomposes quickly and feeds the problem. Another way to control the problem of excess nutrients is to add a fast growing aquatic plant that outcompetes the algae for those nutrients, or reduce sunlight getting to the pond (since algae is a plant, with less sun, there is less algae).