Spring So Soon?

The weather has simply been amazing; from a mild and short winter to an early spring.  Here it is the last day of March and everything is in full bloom and the weather guy is forcasting a high of 91 tomarrow!  This is the first time I've witnessed our daffadils bloom the same time as our tulips. 



Oft's Bed & Breakfast: March 29, 2012

  The growing season appears at least 4 weeks early this year.

Another spring event is restocking the pond with our fish.  In late fall, we remove our fish from our pond and drain and clean it for winter.  This gives us a chance for repairs and this spring we actually painted the bottom.  It seemed like it might have been leaking water through the pores concrete. 

Our fish stay in a 40 gallon tank in the basement during the winter.  The painted had sufficiently dried and we filled the pond and let it set for a couple of weeks.   It was time to bring them out.   

We have 3 smaller (6 inch) and one large (12) gold fish.   Its amazing how gold they are.  After draining the basement tank, the large gold fish is placed in one bucket and the smaller ones in their own.   The buckets are taken  out by the pool and pond water is slowly added over half an hour to temper them to pond conditions.  After they are use to the temperature in the pond they are released.  Its always fund watching them become reaccustom to their outdoor home.