Frank Smith Posted September 29, 2017 Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 On 29/09/2017 at 18:16, Colin James said: The new duck pond sign is ready! Thank you to Becky and the team at Vets4Pets for sponsoring this sign and for Print Plus for creating it. The new sign is super, well done to everyone involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin James Posted September 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 Good news just spoke with our MP Jesse Norman and he will be joining us tomorrow at the duck pond to lend a hand with the cleanup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin James Posted October 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped with the clearing of the duck pond and gardens today and to the scouts/cubs for all of their help and for providing hot food, soup and drinks. Also huge thanks to George from the Castle Hotel and our MP Jesse Norman. We plan on having another day again later in the year. Good to see Jesse Norman lending a hand today before he left for Manchester for his parties conference. DILLIGAF (Doug) and Colin James Looking much better Our new sign Keith Marston and Colin James Plenty of good people taking time from the private lives to volunteer today, what great community spirit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin James Posted October 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Plenty of kind volunteers today. Keith Marston in his waders Good to see Jesse Norman getting stuck in today, especially as he has to drive to Manchester for the party conference now. Our volunteers, including our ragwert Only me Canoeist clearing the weeds and duckweed from the water Thank you to Becky and everyone at Vets4Pets for sponsoring our new sign and also to Print Plus for creating it. Doug (DILLIGAF) up high in the tree Credenhill Scouts We were provided some fantastic soup and hot sausage rolls as well as drinks by the wonderful cubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragwert Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Great turn out Colin,well done. Few pics from missus phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin James Posted October 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Great turn out Colin,well done. Few pics from missus phone Thanks, buddy, it was really good to see you both today, thank you so much for your support. Thanks also to Bill Thomas who helped out for several hours all very good of you all to take time out to join in with the cleanup, great community spirit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DILLIGAF Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 https://youtu.be/jXnuWpQSsV4Here is a video I put together.https://youtu.be/Nw_MLoNVPfwHere is another.Thanks to all involved.Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DILLIGAF Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 Not fair! I wanted to play with the chainsaw!! 🙊🙈 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyS2992 Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Was any of the green stuff removed from the pond? It’s so unsightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DILLIGAF Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Yes lots of the Duckweed was removed, however there is so much and it is so thick that we barely made a dent in it! To eliminate it, needs heavy duty equipment. I believe that this is being addressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin James Posted October 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 8E0A9E66-B60D-46A7-8BD0-4811587818EB.jpeg Not fair! I wanted to play with the chainsaw!! ha ha here is another of DILLIGAF treehugging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragwert Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Carp & their family members Goldfish are used as a natural way to rid ponds of most types of weed especially duckweed.Maybe an introduction of these fish into the pond will help with duckweed control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin James Posted October 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 I popped along early this morning and saw Corden Smith kindly jet washing the wall as he promised, thanks, Corden. Also nice to see the water, the breeze today has pushed the duckweed to one end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Thomas Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 I enjoyed the day. Well done to Colin for helping organise this event and to all those people involved, this was community spirit at its best, it was good to meet some nice people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Thomas Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Great turn out Colin,well done. Few pics from missus phone You look determined on this photo Colin :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.Butt Posted October 2, 2017 Report Share Posted October 2, 2017 Super effort by Colin and all the volunteers, you should all be feeling very proud of yourselves, credit where credit is due. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin James Posted October 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Here are a couple of before and after photographs. Before After The breeze had moved the duckweed to one end as you can see from this photo and although there is a lot of silt at the bottom of the pond the water itself looks pretty clean. Petrina doing her best to remove the duckweed It wasn't long before Petrina capsized and Steve came to the rescue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin James Posted October 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 You look determined on this photo Colin :) I think the branch was a lot heavier than I had anticipated lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise Lloyd Posted October 3, 2017 Report Share Posted October 3, 2017 Well done to the good people of the County who strive to make things better or rather put things how they should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin James Posted October 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 I called by the duck pond today and is was good to see Corden there scooping out the duckweed. To be fair to Corden he has been spending two or three hours here everyday this week in between jobs. The duckweed appears to be sitting at the one end, which is making it a lot easier to manage. Corden has created a nice stack ready to be spread out, where it will rot naturally. If anyone is around this afternoon or tomorrow and have some nets please come along a lend a hand. I will be here again tomorrow. The pond is looking a lot better since the event last weekend and Corden continued efforts to remove the duckweed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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