Still Under Lockdown … but I have some new koi 😄

Two weeks since my last post and a lot has happened. Four new koi flew in on Southwest Airlines in May, all the winter koi moved to the outdoors ponds and one moved back into the quarantine pool due to injury. The upper pond is looking pretty good and all of the koi seem quite…

The Replacement – Azukari Adventure Continues

Last year I purchased my first Japanese azukari koi. Kevin Pham (Genki Koi) had been looking for an inazuma pattern kohaku for some time for me and Taniguchi Koi Farm had one available last fall. A price was set including care by the breeder through the following year. The first year of azukari is guaranteed…

Azukari – a new adventure for mnkoilady

Keeping koi is a lot of fun and I love having these beautiful, graceful animals swimming around in the ponds that my husband builds for me. As we learned more about the hobby, we heard a lot about azukari koi in Japan. A few years ago I privately thought – “these guys are nuts…who wants…