{"id":669,"date":"2020-04-22T08:41:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T08:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/?p=669"},"modified":"2020-04-22T08:57:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T08:57:04","slug":"lockdown-day-30-watercress-carnage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/lockdown-day-30-watercress-carnage\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown Day 30 &#8211; Watercress Carnage"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"669\" class=\"elementor elementor-669\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-337a103 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"337a103\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe463f2\" data-id=\"fe463f2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e2a0a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e2a0a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>For some time now I\u2019ve been thinking about removing a load of watercress from the pond. Our poor fishes haven\u2019t had much open water for a while. Although it\u2019s been nice and sunny, a cold wind has taken the edge off the temperature putting me off messing about in the pond. Not that I actually need to physically get in to remove the watercress.<\/div><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-292 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1088.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1088.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_1088-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"separator\"><div>I couldn\u2019t put it off any longer. It\u2019s not particularly difficult to remove the watercress but it does make a mess. It\u2019s a question of grabbing a handful and pulling and hoping that all that gets pulled out is watercress.<\/div><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-671 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC02542-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC02542-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC02542-3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div><div><div>The lovely clear water in the pond turned cloudy as I heaved out long strands of watercress along with its roots. I\u2019ve left all that I pulled out on the lawn. Hopefully, any creatures hauled out by mistake will have time to find their way back into the pond before all the debris is cleared away to the compost heap.<\/div><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-670 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC02541-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC02541-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC02541-3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div><div>At least the fishes have more open water now. It will take a few days for the remaining watercress to sort itself out. I still might have to remove some more but I\u2019ll leave it for a few days before deciding.<\/div><div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-672 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC02543-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC02543-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DSC02543-3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div>Once the water clears, the filter will need cleaning out as it will have collected all the floating debris out of the water. With a bit of luck, the water will clear overnight and in the morning the fish will emerge from the depths of the pond ready for breakfast.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For some time now I\u2019ve been thinking about removing a load of watercress from the pond. Our poor fishes haven\u2019t had much open water for a while. Although it\u2019s been nice and sunny, a cold wind has taken the edge off the temperature putting me off messing about in the pond. 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