Well, that should cost a fortune!!!
jw

> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 10:54:55 -0800
> Reply-to: <eschulz at gte.net>
> From: "Ed Schulz" <eschulz at gte.net>
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Bird ponds

> An added benefit of koi is that they might attract osprey! :-)
>
> Ed Schulz
> email: eschulz at gte.net
> Phone: (425) 259-6877
> Everett, WA
> ----------
> > From: Irene Wanner <iwanner at u.washington.edu>
> > To: Gayle Benton <gbenton at thesanjuans.com>
> > Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> > Subject: Re: Bird ponds
> > Date: Thursday, February 12, 1998 10:00 AM
> >
> > I have a wet back yard and talked to some landscapers at the
> garden show
> > last weekend about ponds. Some people suggested lily pads and
> koi; the
> > koi, they say, eat algae. Of course, herons and such find out
> about your
> > koi and slurp! But you migh check ideas out at the library,
> arboretum or
> > with landscapers whose specialty is yard ponds. - Irene, Seattle
> CD
> >
> > On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Gayle Benton wrote:
> > > >
> > > We have a small concrete pond built especially for the birds.
> They love it
> > > but it is a royal pain in the neck. It leaks (and we can't
> find the leak),
> > > but the main problem is algae....
>
Jane Westervelt
Moscow, ID