Yep I'm in France! I know conditions are different here that's why I didn't say move all your ponds to the shade now, just, put up temporary shade in hot weather if the pond is not well colonized yet
As for my back I worked all day in the orchard... with this drought there is not a blade of grass left, so perfect time for uprooting all the nasty little bits and pieces of bramble and thorn and varuous nasty shrublets that were left after we cleared the wood for planting... they hurt the ducks feet... and my back was still fine. Then I went home, bent down to pick up a cushion from the floor, and CRRRRRACK! It's always the same story. I threw my back picking up a piece of string once, and I used to lift heavy stuff ALL the time.
Thats always the way with back Katherine W, just the straw (or string) that breaks the camels back so to speak! Hope it will be better soon, I obviously dont know if you are British, here the advice for backs is not to rest them, as used to be the case, you would be on bed rest laying flat probably in traction, would love a pic of your pond.
Thank you Nanny. I don't like to rest too much either (I was born restless). I am pottering around quietly and then resting some... in these temperatures, you have to anyway... for the record I am Italian, married to a German... I moved around quite a bit in my life
I will try to dig up some pictures from the spring for you. Right now the water is a bit low and the pond surroundings are bone dry, not very pretty at all
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Yep I'm in France! I know conditions are different here that's why I didn't say move all your ponds to the shade now, just, put up temporary shade in hot weather if the pond is not well colonized yet
As for my back I worked all day in the orchard... with this drought there is not a blade of grass left, so perfect time for uprooting all the nasty little bits and pieces of bramble and thorn and varuous nasty shrublets that were left after we cleared the wood for planting... they hurt the ducks feet... and my back was still fine. Then I went home, bent down to pick up a cushion from the floor, and CRRRRRACK! It's always the same story. I threw my back picking up a piece of string once, and I used to lift heavy stuff ALL the time.
Thats always the way with back Katherine W, just the straw (or string) that breaks the camels back so to speak! Hope it will be better soon, I obviously dont know if you are British, here the advice for backs is not to rest them, as used to be the case, you would be on bed rest laying flat probably in traction, would love a pic of your pond.
Thank you Nanny. I don't like to rest too much either (I was born restless). I am pottering around quietly and then resting some... in these temperatures, you have to anyway... for the record I am Italian, married to a German... I moved around quite a bit in my life
I will try to dig up some pictures from the spring for you. Right now the water is a bit low and the pond surroundings are bone dry, not very pretty at all