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RE: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 - Man From Ironbark - 07-12-2022
Depth of water and temperature are significant factors yes but would be less likely if there was not the phosphates.
RE: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 - damar - 07-12-2022
I assume some phosphates are naturally occurring in soil?
I know the use of phosphates in household detergents have been eliminated for years and I remember how prior to that, a local stream would foam/suds on Saturday mornings from washing machines discharging into waterways. It was disgusting.
RE: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 - Rich - 07-12-2022
Our lake is fed by a creek which was dammed up in the early 1920's. The creek feeding us is also cattle land. As you said Patty, cows don't care. We are getting a set back and other measures too. Been going on for years!
Any overflow of the dam keeps the lake from flooding the landowners around the lake and feeds the creek continuing downstream.
Peter, lovely waterdrops!
RE: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 - Man From Ironbark - 07-12-2022
This might help.
RE: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 - Dreamin - 07-13-2022
Patty, another lovely ocean shot....nice blues....the ship in the distance adds interest!
Lorell, never ate a Mallow Cup....do they still make them? I love Reeses PBcups....they are better during Easter when they make the eggs, seems like the peanut butter filling is fresher.....You did a great job catching that bird catching a bug! and the curve of yellow flowers is a nice frame for it!!
Rich, again, marvelous blues! Remembering childhood campiing on the island: must have been a fun time! As I look at your photo, I want to see down into that concrete structure....in our area, it would be well fenced in, so we don't slide in and drown....
Peter, I am a little agitated by your comment on farmers and phosphates....farmers I know and am related to, are doing MORE to protect our local bay (Chesapeake Bay) than the big cities do....so many yards are overfertilized by people and in winter they have even been told to use fertilizer to melt snow, and it runs down those concrete streets and into the drains and right into the Bay.....the "dean zones" in the Bay are worse in the areas of big cities like Newark and Baltimore and Annapolis.....but the farmers are still blames.....mostly because of politics...less farmers to vote, more city people to get votes, so blame the farmers.....agh....don't get me started.
Interesting ground cover....
RE: Tuesday, July 12th, 2022 - Man From Ironbark - 07-13-2022
Believe it or not, I wasn't blaming farmers. Though I was referring to farming practices. Yes, I do know that all farmers want to keep on the farm but it is also true that farms do require the use of phosphates and that price and availability mean that mostly this has been in the form of superphosphate.
Our marketing chains want produce, people need to be fed and farmers are forced to produce more. It is a complex situation and farmers are the pig in the middle.
These things have been what has brought us to this point and that most farmers are nowadays doing everything they can to save their environment. However, the problems were created and are here for the for the long run. It is a global issue which we will be dealing with for quite some time yet. Whether we are farmers or not, we as a society are causing these problems and as a whole society or as one, we need to move together on the issue of leaving an environment for our childrens childrens children.
I'm from farming stock and have made my living from farms and farmers. Have never lived in a city.