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In This Issue:
Dec 3, 2005
|| Winter Fish Loss from Predators
|| Our Christmas Gift to our Subscribers
|| Have you thought about....
|| Fun (Pond) Fact
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PondMarket Gift Certificates make great Gifts for gardeners!
They are mailed with a catalog and a gift message
either to the purchaser or the recipient:
Pond Market Certificates
Order soon...Christmas is fast approaching and you want to
make sure it gets there in time!
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|| Winter Fish Loss from Predators
We are already getting many emails from pond owners who's
precious pets have disappeared!
Sometimes there are signs of a visitor: Rocks are moved, plants
flattened and the area around the pond is generally a mess.
These clues usually point to a racoon.
Often, however, there are no signs at all and yet...the fish
are gone!
In those cases the suspects are usually birds: Hawk, Owl, Heron
or other predatory flying guests.
What can be done to prevent these visitors from making a meal or
your fish?
The best protection is a pond net:
Pond Net (scroll down the page about 2/3)
It will replace some of the cover the fish lost when the plants
died down and protect them from all but the most vicious
predators. It has the added benefit of keeping leafs and debris
out making spring start up easier.
If protection is needed during the "ponding" season or at other
times when we do not necessarily want to look at a net over our
pond, then the "scare crow" may be a better option:
Scare Crow
|| PondMarket Christmas Gift to Subscribers
We are giving away, free, to all of our subscribers the
booklet: "German christmas Recipes and Traditions"
Please download it here and enjoy it with our best wishes:
Xmas Book (you may need to scroll down
the page - then scroll back up and click on "check out" in the
upper right hand corner).
Merry Christmas to All!
|| Have you thought about....
...the fact that pond stuff makes great Christmas gifts?!
Gardeners would enjoy starting a pond with our great new
"Flexponds" which start at just $ 63.99 or one of the many
pond kits available!
Or how about lighting up an existing pond with some of our
wonderful pond lights?
Can't decide what is wanted or needed? A Gift Certificate will
fill that stocking!
Take a look around at
our On-Line Store
|| Fun (Pond) Fact
Aquatic frogs hibernate in the pond, but they do not dig into
the "muck" at the bottom. They would not get enoug oxygen.
They usually lay on top of it, or partially dig in. They
may even swim around a bit on a warm day.
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