It does snow in North Carolina Early December 2024 we had a light dusting of snow. It’s kind of pretty and usually disappears in a few hours. My kind of snow event. January came in with the coolest winter weather temperatures we have experienced since moving to North Carolina. This snow lasted a few days….
Category: koi judge
Japanese Maples, Nishikigoi, and Chickens
Hobbies take up a lot of my time. I’m looking forward to retiring in about six years so I can devote all of my time to japanese maples, nishikigoi, vegetable gardening, and keeping the chickens away from the afore mentioned. This year we dove into japanese maples. We had about twenty assorted maple trees (large…
We’re making progress!
Just when I thought our projects were just poking along – we have completed a lot of work the last three weeks. Work on the pond roof started earlier this week and I know it will make a big difference for the koi. The concrete work will be a three feet skirt around the pond….
2019 Greater Louisville Koi and Goldfish Society Show
The Greater Louisville Koi and Goldfish Society hosts their annual show every Memorial Day weekend. It’s always a well attended show with a lot of social media buzz. This year I was invited to be part of the all-women judging team. Our judging team included head judge Pam Spindola from Southern California, Luanne Porter from…
Student Judge – 2019 Central Florida Koi and Goldfish Show
This past weekend I had the privilege to be a student judge at the 2019 Central Koi and Goldfish Show. If you are ever in Orlando in March, this is a great show to experience koi and goldfish. You can’t beat the weather, particularly if you live in Little Siberia…and the show is really big….
Koi Keeping in the Winter
It’s not a very exciting time of the year. Outside it’s just cold and we’re wishing for a little more snow. We have some wild turkeys that must live nearby since they are always walking through the yard several times each day. The pond digger tries a variety of methods to discourage them. In the…
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