Joe and I were up early today and headed into Harrison to find out about fish to stock our big pond. I planned on getting some minnows for the ducks and turtles and just to have in the pond. I wound up buying 2 lbs of LITTLE minnows ( about 200 minnows), 100 little catfish, about 4 inches long, and 2 grass carp. The carp are about 9 inches long and supposed to eat algae, water grass, and green stuff in the pond. Not sure what we are going to do with 100 catfish but minimum order was 100 for $39. So we now have a pond full of catfish. I asked the man what to feed them and he said until they get a bit bigger, throw them some dog food. You'd think they would want cat food being catfish. Haha.
Joe and I took turns releasing the fish. What fun being in the country. Releasing fish is something that never crossed my mind until I saw the flyer about pond fish being sold outside the feed store April 3! This sounds terrible and cheap but, if all the fish die or are eaten by the wild ducks turtles, and herons, then I am not out too much money on fish. On the other hand, if the catfish grow big, we might be eating catfish quite often. I can't get the picture of Joe releasing the fish to download! I tried to cut and paste, but the picture may be too large to view. Bummer.
The weather has been beautiful today, with light rain off and on, and occasionally the rumble of distant thunder. Temperature hit 75 which was wonderful with the cloud cover. We will be under a thunderstorm watch later tonight . We are camped in our LQ trailer right by what we call " the bomb shelter "since it is made out of concrete and blocks in the side of a small hill. Shelter is just across the drive from the house.
Think I will go sit outside as soon as the news is over and soak in the beauty surrounding us. Well, the thunder is getting closer, so I might just lay here on the sofa with Muffin (my Yorkie) and listen to nature and look out the screen door.
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