RE: habitat/ponds/plants

Congrats...we keep adding up...wonder how many of us are certified now?  We
don't have too many large animals...mostly a wide variety of birds, and
rabbits, opossums, squirrels, skunks, voles, skinks, snakes, turtles,
butterflies, raccoons, and one beaver (seen this summer).  We see fox in
the wooded area near our house but have never seen them on our property.

Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN




> [Original Message]
> From: Lynda Young <lyoung@grindertaber.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 01/28/2004 5:36:21 AM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] habitat/ponds/plants
>
> Well, you guys inspired me.  I got certified yesterday.  It was quite
> simple and did not take a great deal of time.  I'm glad the subject was
> brought up - I've had the paperwork for over a year - just never took
> the time to complete and mail it in.  I never thought to check and see
> if it could be done online.  Thanks to the chat group once again.
>
> Lynda
> Zone 7 - West TN
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Chris
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 5:08 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] habitat/ponds/plants
>
>
> Eva,
>
> Water plants are available many places locally.  Just ONE water hyacinth
> is enough to populate your whole pond!  I stopped using it because it
> multiplied so quickly and my pond is only 10' x7' (3' deep).  We use a
> biological filtration system too. We don't add any start bacteria.  Just
> like in a fish tank, you just rinse the filter material.  We never clean
> the algae off the sides of our pond.  It makes a good source of
> vegetation for the fish to eat.  We built the pond when our feeder
> goldfish had out grown the 100 galloon tank we had moved them up to as
> they got bigger and bigger.  Don't let anyone tell you that those
> goldfish your kid wins at the fair always die!  We have some large koi
> too.  Grown from babies of course.  We still have some foot long
> tropicals in the house!  We do use a UV light for periods of time in the
> spring to help clear the algae that floats in the water.  
>
> I have a big tub water garden on my deck that has no running water and
> it stays very clear just by balancing the plants and fish (only mosquito
> fish in this one).
>
> It's great that more of us are getting our gardens certified.  Come on
> everyone, doing it online is a piece of cake!
>
> Chris
> Long Island, NY
> Zone 7
>
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