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April showers bring May flowers 🌺 It’s a great morning to call in with your gardening questions!! 731-423-8101 is the number! We are on a LIVE Remote at Carlock Nissan on Vann Dr.! Stop by and say HI! Or test drive a car and be entered to win $1,000.00! It’s a GREAT day to get a DEAL on a New or Used vehicle!
Big Steve from Carlock Nissan is inviting EVERYONE to stop by!
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Everything is happening in the Garden!
- Time to plant – EVERYTHING!
- Trim and Prune!
- Fertilize
- Mulch
- Clean that Koi Pond!
- Plant your vegetables 🍅
- Get out and visit some local Garden Centers!
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For the entire month of April, every Friday is a “Fishy Friday”! That means all of the fish you purchase are at a 20% discount! TGIFF! | Carter’s Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, TN
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Spring is in full swing! We are past our last frost date and the whole world is greening up, I LOVE it! So do my Koi! 😊 They have been tearing up the Cool Season Koi Food and the veggies I have been feeding them. In fact, many of my customers and fellow Koi enthusiasts have been feeding Cool Season Food & have asked me the all important question…
– When can I start feeding regular and Color Enhancing Koi Food?
– My Answer- Remember the rule of 60!
When the water temperature has stabilized above 60 degrees Fahrenheit you can switch to a Higher Protein or a Color Enhancing Koi Food. We like to call it the ‘Rule Of 60’… | Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, TN
We have covered The Rule of 50 in previous Blogs, when coming out of Winter into Spring, you must let the water temp stabilize for at least a week at 50+ degrees Fahrenheit before you start to feed your koi. AND, when you do start back to feeding, you should use a quality, Cool Season Koi Food! And don’t over feed! Gradually reintroduce food to them in small amounts.
Now, at least for me (check your thermometer) it’s time to make the transition to a regular Koi Food. In fact, I will start to feed both high protein and color enhancing feed, alternating weekly between the two.
Every Pond should have a floating Pond thermometer. Our finned friends are cold blooded & water temperature is very important when it comes to seasonal feeding times. Pick one up at Carters Nursery, Pond & Patio | Jackson, TN
So to wrap it up, check your water temp & when your above 60 degrees for several days in a row and climbing, you can transition to warm season Koi Food. That’s the “Rule of 60”… 😉
Viva La’ Spring!
Happy Pondering 🤔
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As I sit listening to the morning birds welcoming the day, I’m a happy man 😊 The chirping of Hummingbirds is back too! My Koi are eating like crazy! All the trees are coming out beautifully & it seems the whole world is in bloom!
Like some of you, I go through a tough time in the Winter months… I literally get “depressed”… They call it – Seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Lack of energy, moody, easily agitated & not sleeping well are all symptoms of SAD… BUT, the change of the seasons seems to melt it all away & I feel alive and well again 😊 Think “Spring Thaw”!
When the Winter blues melt away, I am truly a better, happier person…😊
So, bye bye grumpy & Hello to my favorite me! Spring is here! And Summer is right around the corner 😎
Happy Pondering 🤔
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Filed under: Fountains, General Blog Entry's, God Bless America, Koi, Koi Ponds, Lake and Pond, Landscaping & Gardening, Love, Nursery, Outdoor Lifestyles, Pondless Waterfalls, Videos, water garden, Waterfalls | Tags: Frosty Morning, Good Morning, I ❤️ Waterfalls, Koi Pond, Moment of Zen, Monday Morning Moment of Zen, Monday’s, Naturalistic Waterfall, Video, Water Garden, Waterfall Video, Waterfalls, Zen
Such a crisp, cold Spring Morning. This was probably the last frost of spring today… Now, let’s enjoy the Zen of a simple waterfall and a Koi swimming in the pond.
Happy Pondering 🤔
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What a Beautiful Spring morning! We are LIVE at Rhodes Diner in Medina, Tn.! Big Steve from Carlock Nissan is buy EVERYONES breakfast until 11am! So get in here!
‘Live’ from Rhodes Family Diner in Medina, Tennessee!
Big Steve from Carlock Nissan is buying breakfast!
Call us with ALl your gardening questions! 731-423-8101.
– LOTS of calls about plants and gardens!
– Stop by the Nursery and get some plants!
I’m on with the 180 Crew – Dan Reaves & Sea Bass- every Friday from 9-11am Call in with ALL your gardening and Outdoor Lifestyle questions at 731-423-8101.
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Filed under: Family time, Fountains, General Blog Entry's, God Bless America, Koi, Koi Ponds, Love, Nursery, Outdoor Lifestyles, water garden, Waterfalls | Tags: Hump Day, Hump Day Koi Fix, Hump Day Koi Story, I ❤️ Koi, Koi Accessories, Koi Art, Koi Crazy, Koi Cups, Koi Fix, Koi Gifts, Koi Health, Koi History, Koi Jones, Koi Lantern, Koi Names, Koi Story
I don’t know about you, but I’m kinda Koi obsessed… I Design and Build Water Gardens & Koi Ponds for a living & I have several Koi Pond/Water Gardens of my own. I also raise and retail Koi & I have many Koi that I have been raising for years each with an individual name 😊 Beloved Pets every one! I write a weekly Blog about Koi every Wednesday, Hello! I even have Koi art and accessories all over my home and office! Koi are a big part of my life! In many ways Koi are my Life, and Life is GOOD! 😊
Koi Lanterns to “set the mood”…
Koi Fans as hanging art.
3-D Fish swimming out of the walls 😊
I Love ❤️ my old Fisherman. He’s sitting by the edge of the Pond on a boulder & the Koi swim around him.
We even have a Koi Sink with a bamboo faucet … 😎
Now you know my awful secret… I’m, Koi CRAZY 😜 😂
But seriously, I just love to bring my love of the Garden & Pond into our home. Decorative art pieces, ceramics, oven mitts, trivets, coffee mugs, plants, etc,etc… All little reminders to go out and have a cup of tea and feed my Koi. Try some in your home and you’ll know what I mean 😊 It’s all designed to draw me outside to my place of Zen – My Pond! Are you excited? Did all this Koi Love satisfy your Jones? 😊 Say it with me – I ❤️ Koi!
Enjoy your day! & Enjoy your Koi!
~ Happy Pondering 🤔
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Well, it’s time to clean up the canoes and kayaks and hit the local rivers in earnest! I’m posting a video of a great local place to go float the Buffalo River. Whether you have your own canoe 🛶 or need to rent one, they got ya’ 😉
I usually do a Pond Or Waterfall video, but since the season is kicking back in – This is my kinda Zen 😎 Springtime in Tennessee!
See y’all on tha’ River!
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