Building Lake Corona

[buckeyefarmer]

Another reason not to live in the south, lol

 

[workinonit]

There IS no reason to not live in the south.

 

[bindian]

Another reason not to live in the south, lol

Yeah, but Y'all have ice snakes up there.
hugs, Brandi

 

[deezler]

ice snakes? lol

I'm currently starting to get nervous that we won't have a severe enough winter up here this year. We need some solid 0 degree nights to kill the invasive plants and bugs! You guys can keep all those poisonous critters down south.

Plus, snow is beautiful and so fun to play in. Sledding, snowmen, x-country skiing, downhill ski/snowboard, etc. I could never live somewhere without all the seasons, I love them all. The only true bummer about Michigan winters is how it's cloudy almost every day from Dec-Feb. No one likes cloudy days....

 

[jk96]

ice snakes? lol

I'm currently starting to get nervous that we won't have a severe enough winter up here this year. We need some solid 0 degree nights to kill the invasive plants and bugs! You guys can keep all those poisonous critters down south.

Plus, snow is beautiful and so fun to play in. Sledding, snowmen, x-country skiing, downhill ski/snowboard, etc. I could never live somewhere without all the seasons, I love them all. The only true bummer about Michigan winters is how it's cloudy almost every day from Dec-Feb. No one likes cloudy days....

Same here. Past mid January and no daytime temps in the teens and few 20's. Several days in the 40's and some 50's this month. 43 degrees today and 53 tomorrow and Thursday. I think the bugs will be worse than normal this year. On another note no worries on the dock suggestions. I enjoy the discussions and even those that go off topic. It's what makes this forum great. Still no plans for a dock. Just don't want the expense or maintenance of one. If this pond works out I would like to do another in an area that is visible from the house in a few years. That one would be around 3 acres and a dock would be in the works for it.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Yeah, but Y'all have ice snakes up there.
hugs, Brandi

I’ll take the ice any day, I hate snakes.

 

[bindian]

ice snakes? lol

I'm currently starting to get nervous that we won't have a severe enough winter up here this year. We need some solid 0 degree nights to kill the invasive plants and bugs! You guys can keep all those poisonous critters down south.

Plus, snow is beautiful and so fun to play in. Sledding, snowmen, x-country skiing, downhill ski/snowboard, etc. I could never live somewhere without all the seasons, I love them all. The only true bummer about Michigan winters is how it's cloudy almost every day from Dec-Feb. No one likes cloudy days....

When you sit down on the ice, they are the things that crawl up your butt and freeze you to death:laughing:.
hugs, Brandi

 

[fried1765]

Yikes... I feel blessed to live in the PNW. Not too hot, not too cold, no big snakes and other poisoness critters. Could use a little (a lot) more sun though.

Yup ......nice temperatures, but so many days of just plain dreary.
If you can see Rainier, it is about to rain.
If you cannot see Rainier, it is already raining.

 

[jk96]

The pond continues to slowly inch up as we loose what little snow we had. Good sign as it means the bottom of the pond that penetrated the bedrock is sealed up well.

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[EddieWalker]

When my pond was full, I put a plastic yard stick into the ground so it was all the way in the water. When the water dropped an inch, the yardstick stuck up above the water an inch. I was able to monitor my water level this way to see if it was dropping during cool weather, and how fast it dropped during hot weather. For the first two years, I was always afraid of a leak. I knew of one area that I hit sand that might be an issue. I dug out the sand area several feet and then filled it with clay and compacted it, but I always worried that there might be another sand area just inches under the clay that I didn't know about. Eventually from watching the yard stick and comparing the water loss to the temperature, I became satisfied that all of my water loss was due to evaporation.

 

[pmsmechanic]

We have rattle snakes here in southern Alberta. It's said that no one in Alberta has ever died from a bite but you do get sick from the bite. The latest medical is just to let your body clean up the venom. No antivenom. The closest I ever came to getting bit is I stepped on one in the workshop. Ya if I could have gone straight up I would have.

 

[ponytug]

I believe they are like a rattle snake in terms of venom. In think most adults will survive a bite but they can kill.

Cottonmouths are regarded as less poisonous than rattlesnakes, though they are all vipers. Cottonmouth bites are almost never fatal unless there is an allergic reaction to the venom. Still, bites are treatable with antivenin. The common rattlesnake antivenin in the US is a mix of antibodies to the venoms of three rattlesnake species, and cottonmouth.

I'm not saying I would want to get bitten by a cottonmouth...just that it is less of an issue.

If you are concerned, you can get an app for your phone, Snakebite911, that will let you know where the nearest hospital with antivenin is.

And now back to jk96 and the wonderful Lake Corona.

All the best,

Peter