Re: [gardeners] St. Swithin's Day
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 11:14:12
At 10:32 AM 7/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 01:50:07 +0000
>>From: "Catharine Vinson" <cvinson@cris.com>
>>Subject: Re: [gardeners] St. Swithin's Day
>>
>>Matt wrote:
>>
>>> You could try a small liner pond with a gently sloping pebble 'beach' on
>>> one side. It will work wonders for the wildlife
>>
>>If you can talk MaPat into digging a pond (or getting anybody to do it
>>except at the point of a double barreled 12 gauge with both chambers
>>loaded) you're a braver man than I am Gunga Din. When you have 1/2 inch of
>>top soil on top of solid granite and limestone, the act of digging a
>>hole....any kind of a whole....is something of a major project.)
>>
>>God invented above ground stock ponds for people who live in the Hill
>>Country. You just get them hauled onto your place and plunk 'em down on
>>top of the ground.
>>
>>Catharine/Atlanta
>>
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> Woops! Never mind! ;-) I guess that would certainly change the situation.
>Hey, maybe one of George's sons would dynamite the hole for her?
Hey! George only got one son and he's a yuppie, doesn't play with dynamite.
Now my middle grandson might want to help.
>
> Otherwise, I guess the stock tank would need a ramp up, and a gentle slope
>down inside, since the idea was to help the wildlife and not drown them.
> Catharine, want to bring your mom a trailer full of topsoil, to build up
>around the outside of the stocktank, on your next visit home? 3gal size
>plants would add some quick soil, and taller plants would help shade the
>water. Add a ring of soaker hose to keep it all going, and you would have a
>mini oasis.
>
>
>Matt Trahan <matttrahan@ecsu.campus.mci.net>
>USDA zone 8, AHS heat zone 7, Sunset zone 31, northeastern N.C.
>
>
George