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Posted by Kazzie SE England (My Page) on Sat, Jun 4, 05 at 16:16
| Hmmm... this has been put on the side of new pond (I don't want to talk about the new pond, it's awful). Anyway, what is this thingy please?
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hi
looks like it may be some kind of uv filter
what does it say on it? |
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- Posted by AJC_1 8 the fens (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 4, 05 at 18:44
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| Well now I'm worried... I guess that means it needs to be exposed? Flipping great!!! |
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| How do you go about hiding yours? I ask because this thing is not subtle |
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| How about a couple of planted tubs in front of it? |
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| Can I do that Damp? I thought the uv thingy needed good sunlight. How are your wrens coming along? |
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| The UV is a UV tube, isnt that why there is a power cable running into it, surely it doesnt utilise the sun's UV. |
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| How embarrassing!!! Even the Irish can expose me as dumb... it don't get much worse than that!!! Many thanks Sean for stating what I now realise is obvious. |
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| Kazzie, will send you photo asap, however all of our 'electrics' UV included are 'decked' in under a seat type decking. |
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Kazzie you could have done with one of those embarrasing smilie faces that flash pink from my forum. lol. Not just any Irish person exposing you, but Sean. Now that is embarrassing.lol.
Alison |
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| Linda... I have received your pictures. Thank you so much (there is hope!!!). Alison, for some reason I can't get onto your forum. Planting has started and waterfall is working... still looks a right mess out there. |
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I wonder what has gone wrong then. Have you tried to get on from the website? We can get on okay, but I will get sonny to try from work and that will be from a different computer. I have put pics of the garden on there now with all the gravel done and everything. Send me an email if you still can't get on and we will see what has happened.
This message might disappear and I might get told off again for mentioning my website/forum, but I don't understand why as I am no threat to this site and am not a business or anything and still come on here.But we shall see.
Alison |
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| Think I've cracked it Alison... twaz gremlins! Well the UV is hidden, pond should be completed tomorrow:
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| thats looking grand Kazzie. Are you feeling a bit more comfortable with it all now? |
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- Posted by AJC_1 8 the fens (My Page) on
Thu, Jun 9, 05 at 15:26
| Thats better kazzie, looks nice, like the fern :) |
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| Linda... there are parts that I'm hugely relieved about. I like the pond, its a bit weird at the moment because plants need to mature (everything is looking new / clinical). The bit I'm unsure about is the slate chippings... I didn't want grass so they have used different textures (it'll be finished tomorrow so I can show you what I mean). I like the alpine wheel... it needs to establish though. I've just taken a pic of it and you can see the slate chippings:
 Alan, I hope the fern survives, I've never had much success with them in the past. Any tips? |
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| kazzie i completly misssd this thread lol at the uv bit but! looks stunning! imagine what a year or twos growth will do? keep ferns wet but obviously eve is best - no sun scorch. btw did u bury the uv? u need to change the bulb! or do you have a cunning plan? with cunning planting? jo o/ |
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Hi Kazzie,
Of the three pics you've posted I can only see the last one of the alpine wheel and the slate chippings. For some reason the first two show as a square with a red cross in it - any idea why this should be?
The slate chippings look perfect - do they continue to the pond? Tricia |
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- Posted by AJC_1 8 the fens (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 10, 05 at 8:08
| Kazzie they do like shade, but keep it well watered it should be ok, is the area around it mulched with something? |
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- Posted by Kazzie SE England (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 10, 05 at 10:20
| Jo, there is good access to the uv bulb (from behind), but well hidden. Tricia, the slate chippings go right up to the pond... its taking some time getting used to them! Not sure about picture problem. Alan, they've put some kind of peppercorn looking things in the soil... they slow release nutrients (I've never seen them before). The pond is now finished, but still in a very raw state. Hopefully this weekend I can go to a nursery to get 'dressings':
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- Posted by AJC_1 8 the fens (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 10, 05 at 11:32
| Thats good, sand i can see its mulched now with the gravel, so just keep it well watered and it should be ok, it might get a bit of rust on it from sun light tho. Looks nice kazzie, all the stress you got from thinking about it has paid off :) |
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| what UV???????????????????????? -----------David----------fishmaduk----------------- |
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Kazzie, it does look really lovely now.
Tricia I have found that if a picture is not there I right click with the mouse on to the cross and it opens up a section where one of the catagories is "show picture". If you select that it will show the pic. I don't know if it happens all the time but the last twice I have done this it has worked.
Alison |
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| Looks great! And because you have planned it so well, absolutley stunning when the plants mature. Looking forward to future pictures. |
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| hhhhhmmm i like it! well done \\o \o/ o// (mexican wave) jo |
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- Posted by Kazzie SE England (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 11, 05 at 16:35
| Thank you very much... I agree the plants will make all the difference. Jo...  |
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