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Your “Hump Day” Koi Fix – WHAT Does A Koi Pond Symbolize ? | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, Tennessee

February 13, 2019, 6:39 am
Filed under: General Blog Entry's, God Bless America, Koi, Koi Ponds, Landscaping & Gardening, Love, Nursery, Outdoor Lifestyles, water garden, Waterfalls | Tags: Friendship, Garden Ponds, Hump Day, Hump Day Koi Fix, Hump Day Koi Story, I ❤️ Koi, I ❤️ My Job!, I ❤️ Ponds, I ❤️ Waterfalls, I Love Animals, Kanji, Koi, Koi History, Koi Ponds, Love, Love Your Pets, Valentines Day, Water Gardens

I ❤️ Koi! And of course I ❤️ Koi Ponds too 😊

Lately I’ve been studying Kanji & symbolism in Japan. Last Wednesday I wrote about how the Kanji for Koi & Love are 1 in the same… 😊 I LOVE that! Koi also symbolize several other things in Japanese culture that are worthy of note!

Swimming koi represent advancement and determination. Fish symbolize wealth & surplus!

In the Koi Pond, the synergy of the Koi & the Pond & the Waterfalls come together & Love & Friendship are manifested.

This is the Kanji for Koi as well as the Kanji for Love.

This Kanji means Friendship.

Tomorrow is Valentines Day, a day made for Love & Friendship! We could start a new tradition – Take that special someone to the Koi Pond on Valentines Day 😊 I better not get too carried away, but I thought it was a great Segway between the two…

I really enjoy learning more about the Japanese culture! And I always Love learning more about Koi & Koi Ponds 😊 I have forged many friendships around Koi Ponds! So cool! I truly ❤️ My Job!

Have a great day & enjoy your Koi!

PS: Happy Valentines Day Eve…

Happy Pondering 🤔

Mark Carter

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More Photos of … Yep, Waterfalls! 😊 | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, Tennessee

February 12, 2019, 7:31 am
Filed under: Fountains, General Blog Entry's, God Bless America, Koi, Koi Ponds, Lake and Pond, Landscaping & Gardening, Love, Nursery, Outdoor Lifestyles, Pondless Waterfalls, water garden, Waterfalls | Tags: Disappearing Waterfall, Garden Photography, I ❤️ Waterfalls, Instagram, Naturalistic Waterfall, Photography, Pond Photo's, Pondless Waterfall, Waterfalls

This rainy weather has had me looking at photos & trying to prepare for Spring. Now, Its no secret – I ❤️ Waterfalls! I Love Designing them! & I Love Building them! I have learned to Love photographing them too. I have been posting some of my Landscape & Waterfall photos on Instagram. Please check em out at the link below. If you like em, click Follow & you will see new photos as they are posted.

Lots of beautiful photos of landscapes and waterfalls on my Instagram page. Click the link below to see more…

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Friday Radio Report…

Today is a Super Fun Day! We are LIVE at Carlock Nissan on a remote! You gotta stop by!!! Test drives! Giveaways! Drawings & more!!! Every test drive enters you to win $1,000.00!

The 180 Crew is LIVE at Carlock Nissan! Come by and see us and test drive one of these Awesome vehicles!

Nostalgia break- We got to talking about the old Datsun cars and trucks that were big back in the day. Nissan merged and replaced the old Datsun – Progress!

Lots of calls about Spring Landscaping! When to trim, when to aerate & overseed fescue lawns & more!

Spring is Coming! Be ready!

It’s time! Trim! Crepe myrtles! Roses! Most all deciduous shrubs & trees!
aerate and overseed fescue!
Topdress and till garden beds (thank me later 😊).
Get all your Landsacpe Designs completed and start building!
Clean out Water Gardens and Koi Ponds starting now.
Everything is Happening!

The Blacksmith song lyric question of the day was – a Tool song – Scism! The winner gets a $10 gift card to the Blacksmith! Joe called in first & nailed it! Bam 💥!

We also talked about the World Famous Ginny’s Ice Cream – ONLY available at Grubbs Grocery in Jackson, TN!

Wow! Fun day with the 180 Crew as usual!

Happy Pondering 🤔

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Now Is The Time To Prepare For Spring! | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, Tennessee

February 7, 2019, 8:14 am
Filed under: Fountains, General Blog Entry's, God Bless America, Koi, Koi Ponds, Landscaping & Gardening, Love, Nursery, Outdoor Lifestyles, Pondless Waterfalls, Videos, water garden, Waterfalls | Tags: Design, Design Consultation, Design/Build, Here’s to Spring!, Landscape Design, Spring is Coming, Spring News, Water Garden Design

We are “Post Groundhog Day” & rapidly approaching Spring! You have been saving $$ and planning to put in that Water Feature you have always wanted… Now is a great time to start the process of Designing & getting on the Work Schedule!

Spring will be here soon & it will be time to feed our Koi again. Stay ahead of the pack and get on the schedule ASAP.

So many people wait till that perfect Spring day in April, the flowers are blooming and the birds are singing, and they say “Let’s do this”! When can you start? And I tell them 6 to 8 weeks… Most understand that we stay pretty busy, but many are disappointed in the waiting time. BUT, this is YOUR reminder😊 Give me a call now and let’s get you on the early Spring schedule- The seasonal clock 🕰 is ticking, stay ahead of the game.

Happy Pondering 🤔

Mark Carter

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A Koi Story for Today | What Does Koi Mean in Japanese? | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio

February 6, 2019, 7:31 am
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If you don’t have a Water Garden & keep Koi, you don’t understand how attached you get to your Pond & Fish! You just don’t understand how going out and interacting with your fish and hearing that waterfall literally takes you to another place… Almost instantly, you calm down… Your blood pressure goes down… Your breathing smooths out… It’s like… Magic! I Love My Pond & I LOVE my Koi!

Love your Koi & keep your Koi happy and healthy as we transition into Spring by feeding them quality Cool Temperature Koi Food | Carters Nursery Pond & Patio | Jackson, Tennessee | I ❤️ Koi!

As you know Koi are huge in the culture of Japan. I love learning more about Japan & about Koi. I’ve been blogging about Koi every Wednesday for the last year & have learned a lot of things in the process. I have also tried to pass along some good information to you through my BLOG. One thing I have had fun learning more about is their language & about Kanji – what is kanji you ask?

kan·ji

/ˈkänjē/

noun – a system of Japanese writing using Chinese characters.

I wanted to share a similarity that I thought was Awesome! The word Koi in English means decorative carp of course. But in Japanese it has more than 1 meaning, and it makes complete & total sense to me 😊

This Kanji means Koi. It’s also the Kanji for Love ❤️ Makes sense to me 😊

恋は盲目
Koi wa moumoku / Love is Blind!

恋に師匠なし
Koi ni shishou nashi / Love needs no teaching

Both have the common Kanji

Koi &/or Love…

Isn’t that cool?! 😎 Going to the Koi pond is truly going out for a dose of LOVE! Bam! 💥 Write this down! – “KOI = LOVE”!

Happy Pondering! 🤔

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Monday Morning Moment of Zen | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, Tennessee

February 4, 2019, 6:40 am
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I don’t know about y’all, but it felt like a straight up Spring weekend! Complete with a bluebird sky and even a few flying bugs 🐜! So, of course I ended up outside messing around the gardens & ponds 😊 I ❤️ It! I took this short video to share this morning, hopefully to extend this feeling of early Spring!

The Koi are out moving nicely too. I think they heard what Punxsutawney Phil had to say about Spring as well 😊 I’m ready!

Have a Great day!

Mark Carter

Carter’s Nursery, Pond & Patio

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