INTRO:

We are in the Northwest corner of Arizona, Zone 7. It is a great place to live. We have the seasons and it gets quite cold in the winter and not too hot in the summer. We have really great sunsets and sunrises. The purpose of this web page is to introduce you to ponds and gardening; one led to the other. We started with a blank yard 20 years ago when we got married. We have quite warm temperatures in the 100's in the summer (but it is a dry heat!) and cool way down for the winter, we actually get snow.

Kingman is actually a great place to live. Laughlin, NV is 30 miles away if we get the urge to gamble which we rarely do. We have our own Hualapai Mountains; we go up there and camp during the summer or just spend the day for a picnic. They also opened a new motorbike trail last summer that takes you around the back side of the mountains and it is really beautiful back there. It is usually 10-15 degrees cooler up there. California is only 60 miles away if you want to hang out in hot Needles, and Las Vegas is 100 miles away. We go there periodically for fun and shopping.

Our favorite camping is in Williams in the forest and there is also fishing in several lakes. Flagstaff is about 60 miles farther east past Williams and we like to go there also to have dinner and shop if we're in Williams. Our camping rule is we take the grand kids with us as they get older but they have to be potty trained, no diapers in the motor home. We bought a new boat this year with the boys as silent partners. We took the family all on a trip the first weekend and they plan on taking it out fishing on weekends.

My husband and I have been amateur ponders for 18 years. He does all the plumbing and filter building for me. Our first pond was an old horse trough that holds 170 gallons, we still have it and use it for a holding tank when we clean the ponds. We have always talked about building a bigger in-ground pond. We've had many ponds and have taken down and rebuilt several times. I guess we are finally done, I'm really happy with our very large 2500 gallon back yard pond and will probably never have any more than the one now.

We put a greenhouse in the yard in the fall of 2009. Steve and my son, Bryan built it. It is a 10'x12' greenhouse from Harbor Freight. We put a small heater in it during the winter and we put insulation on the North wall. I have two citrus trees that I put out in the garden area in big pots. I have a couple of limes but no lemons yet. The lime tree I have had a couple of years and just got meyer lemon last year so I'm sure I'll get more fruit next year as they mature. I have them in big pots and will put them in the greenhouse for the winter and in the yard when it's warm.

So, sit a spell and cruise through my site. I have ideas for recycling, building filters to flower beds and lots of pictures of my pond and gardens, with a bit of art and quilting on the side.

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