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@Calli



Joined: 03 Jul 2005
Posts: 1682
Location: Galway
PostPosted: Sun Oct 22, 06 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

eerm how many geese does it take to crop a field........

Cathryn



Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion
PostPosted: Sun Oct 22, 06 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Dunno - but you could work on it

Camile



Joined: 26 Apr 2006
Posts: 376
Location: Co. Galway - Ireland
PostPosted: Mon Oct 23, 06 8:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Good morning !

that looks great ! I'm sure the geese and ducks will be happy ..

you should put a small island on the middle ! where you could house the ducks ..

but is this pond not gonna attract more minks to you ?

@Calli



Joined: 03 Jul 2005
Posts: 1682
Location: Galway
PostPosted: Mon Oct 23, 06 12:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

More traps arrived this morning along with the saffron bulbs!

We are surrounded by deep drainage canals ( not ditches!) so mink aplenty...Not in traps again yet....

Mike talking about a floating duck house.....

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45372
Location: yes
PostPosted: Mon Oct 23, 06 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

perimeter

Bodger



Joined: 23 May 2006
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 9:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I'm very envious of you people with ponds.
When we moved to where we are now eighteen years ago the previous people had dug out a fairly large pond with an island in the middle, the works.
There was just one draw back. The land that we have is pretty good , a few feet of reasonable soil and then we are down to sand and pebbles. The pond was as dry as a bone.
Its for this reason that all our water feaures take the form of flooded boats.
The next place that we move to will have to have water on it.
From experience Calli , that pond of yours will have eels in it very quickly.
We have friends who had a new pond dug in a similar situation as yours and a couple of years after its completion I set 8 nightlines in it. I had 7 eels out og 8 the very first night and the pond was a good 40 yards away from the nearest water course.

@Calli



Joined: 03 Jul 2005
Posts: 1682
Location: Galway
PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Eels, hadn't thought of that one
What can you do with eels then?

OH is a southerner so jellied??

judith



Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire
PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 9:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Calli wrote:
What can you do with eels then?


By the power of Downsizer...

Bodger



Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 9:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I use to go fishing at a particular fishery and every year these Dutch people came over armed with their own smoker.
They didn't want the trout that everyone else wanted, they came strictly for the eels.
One day one of them came to me and gave me a pepperami sized portion of cold smoked eel.
It was delicious and bodger has been addicted ever since.

@Calli



Joined: 03 Jul 2005
Posts: 1682
Location: Galway
PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 9:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Judith - very clever!!

Bodger - help your self

Bodger



Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 10:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Start collecting oak chippings for next years visit.

@Calli



Joined: 03 Jul 2005
Posts: 1682
Location: Galway
PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 11:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Oak chippings - as in oak logs through shredder type , ooh this sounds lovely and messy

Camile



Joined: 26 Apr 2006
Posts: 376
Location: Co. Galway - Ireland
PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 11:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hello ..

would you not have to import the eels from somewhere ?

or would they simply appear in the pond just like magic ?

Bernie66



Joined: 14 Jan 2005
Posts: 13967
Location: Eastoft
PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Apparently eels can "migrate" across short distances of land, in wet conditions I believe.

@Calli



Joined: 03 Jul 2005
Posts: 1682
Location: Galway
PostPosted: Fri Oct 27, 06 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

eeuww what a thought......I did think they came from eggs on legs.

so thats what they were eating

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