8 January 2012

Batten Down The Hatches

First of all ..... hope you all had a great Christmas and our best wishes for the New Year!

Who knows what new and thrilling times lay ahead as we enter in to 2012. One thing is for sure when it comes to the pond life in 2012 will start off the same as it left 2011 .... with the covers ON!


Behind the scenes (or the covers for that matter) everything's running as should and the Koi in the pond seem to be weathering the winter well. We had a small hiccup during the severe windy conditions just prior to Christmas when one of the polycarb panels on the filter house roof managed to be ripped off. Thankfully it wasn't raining at the same time and we managed to fix the panel back on again the next day, just before a downpour!

The Koi in the QT system are thoroughly enjoying the luxury of a winter spent swimming around at 13C. We're finding it very difficult to not feed them as we did in the warmer temperatures.

After a very busy 2011, in fact quite hectic at times, we're hoping that in 2012 we'll be able to kick back and enjoy the fruits of our labour .... whilst having a beer and a BBQ of course. Before then though we've still a few jobs to attend to which have been left over from the previous year. These include :-
  • Completing the brickwork around the posts and window of the pond.
  • Applying the edging around the pond.
  • Applying the render to the outside walls.
We also need to complete landscaping the area around the pond however this will probably be a project for another time ... or even year.

Happy 2012!