All the koi are finally in the pond. We had one goshiki in quarantine but Carmen seemed very sad and lonely. So we decided to shorten quarantine for Carmen as well. The koi are all swimming around the pond and enjoying being in the school of big koi and the school of little koi. I’m…
Author: lorivertin
A Lucky Koi Keeper
I’m pretty lucky to be married to someone who works so hard to build exactly what I want. Today the pond digger and I worked on the waterfall. The landscape designer suggested we put a little curve in it. The pond digger saw a photo on Facebook of the waterfalls at the Mirage in Las…
Koi shopping
Every year, Koi Acres in Scandia, MN has an open house and one really fun activity is the koi and equipment auction. Great deals on all sorts of koi. Plus it’s just fun to bid on koi. We ended up bringing home six new koi. Most of them are tosai. While many people like to…
Taking a Break – Hosting a koi club meeting
We took a little break today to host the local koi club meeting. The only work the pond digger did today was to install a UV filter on the upper pond. He’s been doing a great job installing everything neatly in the equipment pits. He’s had some difficulty with the new structure – being quite…
Shiros in the Lower Pond
The lower pond is finally open and some of the koi are enjoying life outdoors again. We first put in Jet Li, a Kikokuryu to test out the pond. Since it’s always sad to have only one koi, we let Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid swim around for the evening with Jet Li. I…
Winter to Spring
We really must be crazy to spend practically every weekend doing pond and garden work. Spring and summer are pretty short in Minnesota so we have to use every hour we can to get the koi in the ponds and have the gardens looking nice. This year our ponds and garden will be on the…
Sunshine or Rain – we got a lot of work done
A ton of work was completed this weekend: The lower pond was started up with almost all of the equipment hooked up! The pond digger finished up the work in between raindrops today. See this PAGE for photos. The upper pond waterfall was cleared and is ready for changes. Near the upper pond waterfall, the little…
Meet Miyu
Today our newest koi flew in on a non-stop Delta airlines flight from San Jose to Minneapolis. This was definitely a better option than the disastrous FedEx experience we had the other week. Miyu is an Omosako shiro utsuri with a different kind of pattern – kage sumi. She is 3 years, 60 cm (about…
Weekends are for Gardening and Pond Work
This weekend is going to be pretty warm in Minnesota and we are busy doing garden projects and working on the equipment pits. Our landscape designer presented us with a preliminary plan on changing the look of the backyard. We have some specific trees to purchase and I’ve sourced them at a local farm. They…
a really sad story
Yesterday should have been a happy day with nine koi coming home to Minnesota. Two boxes were carefully packed by GenkiKoi on Tuesday and sent out FedEx Priority Overnight. One box arrived well before 10:30 am on Wednesday. The second box is still lost and the odds of two beautiful koi being alive are practically…
It always looks worse before getting better…
In Minnesota, the little saying must be “April snow showers bring May flowers.” We had a little snow event before the weekend and I’m hoping the chillier temperatures are really on their way out since Spring arrived almost a month ago. We have had a few 50-60 degree teaser days but for the most part…
Another day in the garden
Lots of work still going around the equipment pit. The pond digger has undone some of the old concrete and poured some new concrete to accommodate the moving bed filter in a different spot. Since the equipment area is going to be a busy zone, we dug up the plants. The pond digger tries to…
You must be logged in to post a comment.