{"id":321,"date":"2011-04-30T14:31:22","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T14:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/?p=321"},"modified":"2011-05-12T00:03:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T00:03:00","slug":"deluxe-pond-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/2011\/04\/deluxe-pond-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Deluxe Pond Net"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While standing at the bus stop with my children yesterday one of the other neighbor kids pointed to the sky and exclaimed &#8220;Bird&#8221;. Expecting to see a hawk or cardinal, I glanced upward. Flying at about 50 feet above us and in a path parallel to my pond was a large blue heron. <\/p>\n<p>Fortunately I had just ordered a net for the pond. Instead of opting for the cheap bird netting with 1\/2 holes I ordered a custom net with small holes which also offers about 40% shading to help reduce light needed for algae. The net is 8&#215;10 and has a binding around the edges with gromets every two feet. I used nylon rope and tent stakes to hold it down. That should deter most any critter. <\/p>\n<p>It reduces my ability to see fish easily but the protection for when I am not home is far more desirable. It will be nice in the fall too when the Bradford pear tree starts losing its leaves.<\/p>\n<p>I ordered the net from Wakoola watergardens who ordered it from DeWitt Company. Cost $80 including shipping plus another $20 for the metal tent stakes and nylon rope. It took about 45 minutes to install. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/pond_net_may11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/pond_net_may11.jpg\" alt=\"Pond with net in May 2011. Plants filling in in the bog.\" title=\"pond_net_may11\" width=\"599\" height=\"411\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/pond_net_may11.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/pond_net_may11-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While standing at the bus stop with my children yesterday one of the other neighbor kids pointed to the sky and exclaimed &#8220;Bird&#8221;. Expecting to see a hawk or cardinal, I glanced upward. Flying at about 50 feet above us &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/2011\/04\/deluxe-pond-net\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,6],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pond-budget","category-pond-building","category-predators","tag-delux-pond-net-with-gromet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335,"href":"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions\/335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esearing.com\/pond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}