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…
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Cleaning up the Lower Pond
Our lower pond has been taken over by string algae! The algae had gotten so thick it was clogging up the bottom drain. The pond digger decided that drastic action needed to be taken and he drained the pond. Over ten hours, he thoroughly scrubbed the walls of string algae. While the pond was being…
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…
Where is Hato?
Haven’t been posting much since winter basically had us in a deep freeze. This weekend the pond digger announced that winter was over. The temperatures have been above 40 and will be going up to the 50s this week. The outdoor ponds are beginning to melt and the indoor koi seem to be little more…
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