The koi I purchased in late October/early November 2023 finally came home. Two pretty females, about 21 inches long each – Torazo kohaku (red and white), Omosako shiro utsuri (black and white). I purchased them through Russ Peters (PS Koi) on his fall trip to Japan. It’s always exciting to see all the social media…
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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…
Learning to love the kohaku
All my koi keeping friends love the kohaku. I must be a slow starter since I really avoided buying or liking kohakus until the last year or so. Truthfully, it’s very difficult to learn all the nuances of kohaku appreciation. There’s so much to learn about this variety and it’s difficult to find all the…
Birthday fishes are always better than birthday stitches
Last year, the pond builder took me to beautiful Lake Louise for my birthday and I ended up with 26 stitches due to a horse riding accident. This year the pond builder gave me some beautiful koi – fishes are better than stitches. The beautiful koi from Mystic Koi, Upland, California flew in today via…
Summer is over :-(
It’s Fall now and I feel I have missed a great deal of the beautiful Minnesota summer this year. I certainly have been a little behind in posting, so I’m going to play catch up. Mostly photos but read the captions… First up is a video of the koi taken about a week ago. All…
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