What have we done since our last blog entry on February 1? Lots of projects inside and outside…as well as the endless projects. So that’s around the farm in 80 days. We think that we should be getting ahead to have some loaf around time but that’s not happening. Good thing we like doing most…
Tag: gardening
Happy 2025 – we have been working, just not blogging
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….
A lot to do by September 13…
The pond builder and I are working hard to finish a number of projects around the farm before we host the Charlotte Koi Club meeting on the 14th. I hate to jinx the unfinished projects but I do believe the pond might be truly finished by then. Rodney the contractor has disappointed me a few…
January has been quite rainy
2024 started with a road trip from North Carolina to Southern California. We completed the trip over four days and ±2500 miles. Before flying back to North Carolina, I had the opportunity to visit the Dreamworks campus in Glendale. The campus included a vast water feature consisting of waterfalls, pools and a very large, shallow…
Late Summer on the Farm
Life seems so much easier now that the pond is running and the koi are out of the garage. We still have a gazillion tasks like finishing off the last wall of the equipment house, pergola, wood cladding around the pond, landscaping – basically years of work ahead and nothing is ever totally finished. However,…
Still learning after two years
Almost two years ago, we bought the farm. It seems like ages since we first arrived. The pond builder has done a lot of work clearing woods, weeds and building fun stuff. I have been playing with fruit and vegetable gardening with a mixture of success and failure. There’s always ‘next year.’ Just a few…
Moving koi, pouring concrete and gardening
Great weekend weather and we played catch up – pond builder has a lot of energy – here are some photos:
Spring 2018 has finally arrived
Twenty days ago we had a lot of snow on the ground and the pond builder was lamenting the thick layer of ice on the upper pond. Since then, the temperatures have gone up and spring has arrived in Minnesota. Along with the warmer temperatures, my pair of showas came in from GenkiKoi this week….
Koi keeping and gardening is still on hold (sad face)
While much of the world is enjoying the start of spring, we are still indoors this weekend. A little snow fell last night and temperatures are only in the 30s. My cousin sent me a photo yesterday taken in the Mihara area of Japan (east side of Hiroshima). The cherry blossoms have started blooming a…
Spring morning in Minnesota
Winter seems really long in Minnesota. Spring seems to turn everything green overnight and the plants come back to life pretty quickly. We’re still in the middle of opening up our ponds. The upper pond filtration equipment is being redone and the koi might come out of the garage this week. The lower pond re-do…
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…
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…
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