Welcome to McNeary's Ponds and Aquatic Plants

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Cankerworm current information 2009

McNeary’s Ponds & Aquatic Plants.
Information about ponds, watergardens, lotus and waterlilies

Interesting facts, comments, and articles about the outdoors and the environment


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Purpose of the McNearys Ponds and Aquatic Plants.
This is a site where there will be information about outdoor watergardens and koi ponds. There will be information here about observations that encompass other things happening in the outdoors especially around the yard or garden setting. In our area which is the Piedmont section of North Carolina, we have insects that create problems for us, and these same insects may or may not be a problem where you are. The same thing applies to invasive plants. What might be invasive here will not be a problem in your area. Our winter season usually shows a little snow and sometimes the ponds freeze over, so what happens here might not be the same for you.

We are interested in environmental issues so expect to see comments about them.

On this first page we will always start with current information. This will read backwards so if you want to see what happened several weeks ago, just scroll down to the appropriate date. One of the issues we follow closely is the Fall Cankerworm problem in Charlotte so we will post that daily during the fall and spring seasons. Go directly to Current Cankerworm information.

Photos (mostly Koi, waterlilies, and lotus), Featured Dog (Blackjack), My background,


		Blackjack - best dog ever



		Blackjack showed up at my shop 14 1/2 years ago as a pup. Some of my men decided that we needed a watch dog. At first I was reluctant, but Dave told me he knew of a dog someone wanted to give away because it was too big for them. I agreed for a trial period. After I was hooked on Blackjack, I was told the real story. Blackjack had been tied up to a table leg, and then when Blackjack got a little bigger he was tied to a hand rail outside while the owners were away at work. More Photos of Blackjack.

Charlotte’s larger trees are really suffering. I have been watching trees in Charlotte for many years, and there are many of them that are on the verge of dying. The droughts of recent years (mostly 2007) have affected them; however rainfall was much improved in 2009 and 2010 is getting off to a good start. Cankerworm attacks over the years have also weakened many trees.

If you want to see the history of the cankerworm in this area go to cankerworm. You can read about this current years status and fo

Below are some of my koi.

llow a daily count of cankerworms on a l arge willow oak .... see Current Cankerworm Information. read more Charlotte’s Trees


	Here Spring is just around the corner. Left is Woods Blue Goddess a tropical water lily.


	The three most prominent koi below are from our main pond. The two butterfly are Andy who is the male and Mistress who is the female. These two koi are the ones I bred from for almost ten years. They always produce some beautiful babies. Some of their young are still in the pond and have become really pretty. These and others were sold in the Spring of 2009. If you want to use any of my photos, just contact me at jmcneary(remove this)@gmail.com Also see a few more photos from our collection below.


	Below Yamabuki butterfly koi is about 22 inches long and I had had him for years. The Sanke is one from Quality Koi and I particularly like the lightning strike on the nose. When he arrived, I said I need that one for my own pond.



	Lightning is in this photo also, but a really fine fish is the Kujaku on the right. This is turning into a very fine specimen. In front of the koi is a willow oak leaf floating on the water. The leaf should be two or more inches long which will give you an idea how large these fish are.


	McNeary’s Ponds and Aquatic Plants 3521 Monroe Rd, Charlotte, NC 28205 Phone: 704.618-6214