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goldfish

Larry; 
I appreciate your comments. We have a serious problem with the way Americans
want their ponds to be and at the same time want no maintenance, just like
the rest of their landscape. There are making things very difficult. I get
slammed by the environmentalist, and by the scorched-earth crowd at the same
time, the zealots will not allow for a happy ground. Well guess what? Ponds
are here to stay and we have to find a happy medium. Personally I’ve drawn
the line at no chemicals (bacteria only), and no ponds under the size of
11x16, and if you want koi 15x25. It’s funny I get slammed on the left for
what I do; but where is the outrage on the condition of our water. We not
only have to add Dechlorinator at the beginning; but now we add a
dechlorminator to protect the fish. Something to do with killing the fish by
way of their gills. How ironic the water is safe enough for humans to drink,
but this very same water will kill fish-does that seem right
Lon, if you could see “mile-a-minute-vine”, (kudzu) in Tenn. And N. Carolina
you would understand why anyone would be afraid of it. Water Hyacinths are
great water purifiers, but in southern climes where they do not die back,
they are indeed invasive
There are a lot of complicated questions here and elsewhere in what we deal
with, there are no easy answers. We must all learn to deal in the gray, it
is not going to work in the black and white. As garden Writers we bear a
responsibility to report the facts and let our readers make “informed”
decisions (unless you are a opinion columnist), isn’t that what honest an
fair reporting is. I don’t think that goldfish are going to be the end of
civilized society, I just wish we could save the wetlands we have left
Thanks for the letting me rant
This is a well-informed, witty, intelligent group I am glad I am able to be
able to share in it, thank you all.

Rick Anderson
wcicrane@sssnet.com
495 Colony RD.
Canal Fulton, Ohio 44614

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