It’s ‘Spring Season’ On!
Prep work for the Koi pond.
It’s “Spring Season” on! Our morning started out with coffee cups in hand enjoying the sunny breezy morning. Several days before I had retrieved the table from the potting shed for the back patio along with two chairs to enjoy just such a morning as this. Right off the bat there were chilly temps that were forecast to reach a possible 70 degrees for the warmest day since November of 2013. We had waited for this type of morning for a long time.
Before long, hubby Dennis had the sump pump installed in the Koi pond that is on the west side of the potting shed and began pumping out the melted snow. Our Koi that have been in a horse tank in the garage since late last fall will soon be swimming laps outside. It doesn’t go as quickly as it may seem. Thin sheets of remaining ice needed to be pitched out onto the patio. As the sump pump did its job, the thick muck on the bottom of the rubber-lined pond soon smelled like silage from a farm silo when it is dislodged. Dennis filled the pond with enough fresh water to brush the rubber as clean as possible as the sump pump had one more go at getting the pond empty. The snowball bush farther to the east was given a lot of water that included extra fertilizer from the pond’s standing water.
A few coffee breaks ensued as we planed for all that was needed to get organized. Dennis had the water filter pump stored during the winter with all that it takes to keep the water moving 24/7 once the Koi are in the pond. The water needed to be pumped through the filter process a good 24 – 36 hours to allow the chlorine to dissipate. By noon today we deemed it had been a good morning and we went on to fill the coffee cups one more time to enjoy hot buttered toast for a noon lunch. Life on Stauffer is sweet indeed.