How to Hide a Pond Liner
I did some work on my pond this weekend. I divided some plants and repotted some others. They’re all set to grow nice and big now. And I think I’ve solved a problem that’s been bothering me: the sides of my pond liner have been visible when the water level drops. During the summer, evaporation would cause the liner to be exposed almost all the time. Normally, a person digs a little ledge and makes the edge of the pond two stacks of stones high. I didn’t have the foresight to do that. Noticing that some of the moss on my coping stones has come to life, I decided to buy sheet moss and use it to hide the exposed liner. It looks really good. And now I’m wondering if it will live. Live, moss, live!
I also got my first pond fish. Yay! I got comet goldfish, because they’re really tough. I decided on one solid orange, one solid white, two mostly orange, and two mostly white.
Don’t they look like swimming jewels? That’s what all the pond books say.
Max supervised my work from the upstairs window.
That cat’s not sad - he’s hungry. Yummy swimming jewels…..
How do you get the moss to stay put?
They grow it in sheets, so I could just tuck it under the stones and let it flap in the water. It is an actual possibility that the moss will come back to life. Air dried moss can enter a state of dormancy.
Hey - maybe you’re in a state of dormancy, and that’s why you fall asleep in doctor’s offices!
I don’t know if you can really call getting a couple of each type of thing “deciding”.
If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.
Excellent!!!!!!!
Live long & prosper little shishes! We hope not to see your lovely sides again any time soon!
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PS Are these the kind of goldfish that get enormous?
They only get six inches long at their largest. Koi are the ones who grow to be two feet long.
wow i got my 1 gold fish today i am 11