Doll Collectors on this forum?
trekaren
20 years ago
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Jonesy
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Pond as a natural water collector with no liner� bad idea?
Comments (11)Our pond is dirt based - no liner. It was a former cellar under a small building but kept filling with water. The previous owner filled it up with rocks. We tore down the building, rearranged the rocks and let Mother nature take over. The pond filled with water. Our gutter water runs into the pond to help keep it full. We have an overflow running under our driveway and down a hill to keep the pond from overflowing. Fish and one now large water lily are doing well. A filtration system was added 5 years after the original set up. Muck is a problem so a few years ago we removed the fish and sucked out all that we could. Instead of using small rocks again, we replaced them with various sizes of field stone. We have 30+ fish and they seem to thrive. We never feed them. Our situation is unique. This pond somehow links underneath our patio as the fish winter under our patio. They swim through the rocks and re-emerge in the Spring. We have no idea what is under our patio. . how much water is held. . how deep. .but we know when the pond gets low the fish disappear. I do add tap water during the summer months as the pond does evaporate rather quickly. It's not likely the chlorine will hurt the fish as I add it in gradually over a few days. Sometimes I put dechlor in but usually I am careful not to add too much. Our tap water has never hurt the fish that are in there. In fact, as the water is added, the fish swim underneath - possibly enjoying the cooling hose water. This pond is approximately 10' x 10' and 2' deep....See MoreAny doll collectors here?
Comments (2)It looks like that's where it came from. The displays in the auction photos look a lot like the museum. It used to be in a smaller building in Hobby City, and at some point, they built the big white house. I don't know if Hobby City is going out, or if the doll shop owners died or retired. It was a great museum. I don't collect dolls either, but it was always fun to go there and see dolls set up in perfect surroundings inside the display cases. Huell Howser is great for introducing people to places that they might never know about otherwise. This place was definitely part of Huell's 'California's Gold'. Linda...See MoreNew hoya collector
Comments (3)Hi Andrea, You came to the right place! We're a bunch of Hoya nuts and love to share our experiences with growing these great plants. What species are you growing now? Where are you in California? Can you grow them outside year round? Denise in Omaha...See MoreCollector's forum/exchange
Comments (1)Brendan, I agree - its a very good idea and Im sure there are plenty of g.w.Australia users who are interested as I note that they list such things as aroids, hoyas etc as their favourite sites. It is very frustrating not to be able to easily communicate with other collectors in Australia, who have experience with our climate, and growing conditions. I have sent my support for this forum to gw "as above"...See Moresylviatexas1
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