Ponds are big attractor of wildlife. Not that we have caught or have on film, the deer drinking from the pond but see tracks all the time around the edge and into the water a little bit. As spring started to come, and dragged out for what seems like forever with rain and below normal […]
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Spring has arrived, at least on the calendar it shows spring is here. After what seems like another long cold and lots of snow winter it good to know it’s almost over. (video at bottom) After seeing and plowing snow almost every day, to waiting for the temperature to rise above zero it seems like
We can finally say spring is here the ponds are doing well and the ice is off the pond. We didn’t have a fish kill but did have a few fish die, more on that in a minute. The ground is still squishy with water saturation from snow and rain and the grass; well it’s
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At Least the date on the calender says Spring is here. The week after that date we had temps in the single digits the first part of the week and the snow almost melted as the week warmed up a bit just breaking the 32 degree mark. Here comes Saturday and with it Winter storm
Spring update at the pond. Wild life at the pond, In a recent post we talked about spring taking forever to get here and by the time it did arrive we ended up with geese hanging out at the pond, even though we chased them off each day, they are persistent and apparently bull headed.
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Winter just wouldn’t let go and by time it did it was too late. Spring arrived at WhatPond and the two legged nutrient machines have been coming around for a month now and it didn’t take much to get them to leave, simply walk towards them and off they go. Our usual geese deterrent is
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It’s been a long winter season, but after last year’s drought I guess we shouldn’t complain too much. This is a time to replenish the ponds and saturate the earth so we can hopefully have better crops, fuller ponds and water to drink. Global warming. Never thought there was such a thing but I would
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What a great couple weeks of warm weather but now back to the normal temps. Maybe your pond got a jump on spring too. We kept hearing the toads and I really didn’t think they would be mating this early but after walking around the pond, yep there are eggs. Even the perch have left
Spring is coming…and so are the nutrients that create algae in our ponds. All winter long the pond has been frozen over and covered with snow. No sunlight entering the pond and very cold water temperatures has left the water column in a clear state. Meaning the nutrients and plants that had been in the
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Wow amazing weather the past few days and hopefully sticks around through the summer. Spring has hit and life is just popping up all over, even at the pond, below is a short video of some of the events going on at the pond. From the Koi surfacing and their first feeding to the frog
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