It’s Hawaiian Jingle Bells. Why is that weird?

@@tunzjnky 😂😂 nope. It looks better now. I like to think my song had something to do with it, but I think he just wanted to park his car in there so now I can walk through the garage but only when my husband isn’t home 😁

@@jaketahoe thank you ☺️

@@asherray4969 we got everything at Home Depot

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@@LaurenSoderberg-d5w I think that the corrugated panels could be mounted on top of pretty much anything as long as you cover at least top 4 feet of your fence on a 6 foot fence and there’s no trees or other climbable structures close enough to the fence for a cat to jump from. The trick is think like a cat when you look up to the escape routes from your yard. My husband cut down our beautiful Japanese maple tree because our Houdini cat was using it to escape. You might run into height restrictions if you add 4 more feet of height to a four foot tall fence but that would be at about the height ours is which technically is against code where I live but they don’t enforce unless someone complains.

@ thank you for your response! How did you attach the corrugated plastic to the top of the fence? Would you be able to show a close up photo or something?

@ not sure how I would do that here. You used to be able to do video replies on KZbin but I don’t see any way to do that now. It was my husband who did the work so I can’t even say exactly what he did but it wasn’t terribly complicated. It probably also depends on the fence you’re attaching it to. I might be able to make another video but not today.

@@raymondfryar1533 his mom found me by posting on Nextdoor asking if anyone knew of a ukulele teacher that would go to your house and the guitar player in my band saw the ad and gave her my number. 😁 I just lucked out that he’s such a cool kid 😁

@@ianlugies I wish I knew how to answer that question! 😬🤨😔 I never used to be embarrassed to be American until the orange idiot came along. I really do think his day is done though. There are a lot of us who are fed up with the bs

@@californianorma876 😂😂😂 he laughed and said where are they. He’s a helpful guy

First of all thank you for commenting. I appreciate all comments positive or negative. Sorry about the music. Hopefully the information in the video makes it worth the music or you can mute it. It’s not immediately obvious to me how to change the audio once a video is uploaded and I have just spent about a half hour trying to figure it out. I do know that I’m stuck with KZbin offerings for alternative audio and that right there will also be time consuming because I really don’t like much of what they offer. When you add music to a video, you have to either have rights to it or be sure that it won’t get a copyright strike. So there’s more to it than just changing the music. Not saying that the music on this video will never change but I don’t have time to put into that right now.

Thank you @@michaelpdawson 💕💙

It’s all there in the video. The strum pattern is mostly down down up up down up in a 4/4 time signature. This is also known as the island or calypso strum pattern. I don’t have any tutorials just on strum patterns but maybe I should make some. In the meantime if you need help with that pattern there are an actually a bunch of tutorials right here on KZbin. Thanks for commenting. Hope this helps.

Ours are a 2 foot extension over the top of our 6 foot fence, however we found out after the fact that it’s actually against code. Our code enforcement doesn’t do anything if nobody complains, and nobody ever has so we’re good but you should check your local code before making your fence taller. However, as long as there’s nothing near the fence that a cat could jump from even just putting these panels on over the fence should work because cats can’t dig their claws into the panels which makes them pretty much impossible to climb up.

​@@JulieVaughn thank you very much 🌻 bless

Perfect, this was my question too. So 2 feet in width for the plastic. I have to try this. My handyman made a catio on my deck, but the first thing that happened was it caught a bird and then one of my cats killed the bird. So I need to figure out a different way to prevent the cats from leaving without catching birds. 😞

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The type of coconut fiber I’m using in this video which comes on a roll is very densely packed at first and I wouldn’t put it over the crown of the lily without making a hole for it. You can make the hole wherever you need to but you don’t want to cover the crown of the lily with anything. Eventually the coconut fiber does loosen up and new sprouts and roots can then come through it. When I’m potting up a new one I always try to position the crown upwards in the middle of the pot because then I don’t have to repot it for a longer amount of time. It’s ok to change the direction of the crown when repotting.

Oh yeah, and you don’t necessarily need the sink protectors as long as you put rocks on top of the coconut fiber. The bigger your fish, the bigger the rocks should be. I’ve lately not been using the sink protectors and no trouble so far. The coconut fiber just helps to keep the lily soil out of the pond.

@@JulieVaughn so you don't have to lay the root 4 inches long horizontally in the bucket you can stand the root up vertically?

@@pamelaselbe3784 as long as the main roots are covered with soil you don’t. I always try to have them as vertical as possible because then I usually don’t have to repot as often. That’s also why I plant in a dishpan.

Yikes! I actually never thought about that until you asked this question. I do inspect them regularly to make sure that they’re not breaking down and make new ones if necessary however, apparently according to Google what they are made out of does include things that aren’t so good. That being said I haven’t had any issues. All my fish are healthy. The only thing that I can think of off the top of my head that might work good as an alternative would be expanding waterfall foam, which is designed for ponds and is guaranteed to be nontoxic and fish safe. You would have to put it around the edge maybe of a pot, or squirt into pvc pipe maybe? I don’t know but now you’ve given me a new thing to ponder. I do have several cans of expanding waterfall foam so maybe I’ll put my thinking cap on and come up with another idea. Thanks for your question.

Our Houdini cat has escaped many ways but not over the corrugated panels actually. They work really well.

@@JulieVaughn WOW! Thank you so much Julie. I'm diving in with these corrugated sheets! Also I checked out some of your videos. Love your talent and interests [which are some of mine too]. You are a very interesting woman, so have subscribed. Thank you, Pat [Love your original songs]. 🧡

They’re all koi fish. Some are Japanese standard fin koi, some are long fin/butterfly koi.

Thank you 😊

Thank you 😊

Most garden centers carry it and you can also get on Amazon.

Exactly. And not that I owe you any explanation into the division of labor in our household but I’m 67 years old and I have some physical limitations that preclude me from being able to do that type of work where I would have to be behind our pond. I do most of the daily maintenance on our pond and I do ALL of plant maintenance in and outside of the pond unless it requires a ladder. Then my husband does it because he doesn’t want me to hurt myself or be in pain. It’s called cooperation.

It’s basically just down strokes on the beat but I’m not strumming all 4 strings on beat 1 and 3. Just the first 1 or 2. I hope that makes sense

@@JulieVaughn okay thanks

Aww thanks 😊

My husband built a frame that he attached to the fence and then attached the panels to the frame. He first made pilot holes in the panels so they wouldn’t crack. You can also attach the panels directly to any existing fence right over the fence all the way up without making the fence taller in many cases. Cats can’t climb it. In our case our neighbors didn’t mind us making the fence taller but in a lot of places there are rules about how tall your fence can be. It’s not so much about height, it’s more about material that cat claws can’t get into. I hope this helps.

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Thank you 😊🥰💕

That is just GENIUS! I've been scratching my head recently trying to find a solution to a problem that you have just solved. Thank you so much for that. Declan in Ireland

I agree with you! She has a beautiful smile, hair and attitude 😊

Sorry I just noticed this comment. I’m not sure if you’re referring to the netting or the paneling. The netting is either bird netting or deer netting, I’m pretty sure most of it is just regular bird netting that you use to keep birds out of fruit trees. They also make elastic netting which works well too but it’s more expensive and wears out faster. The bird netting wears out too but it’s good for at least 3 years and all you have to do to check it is pull on it a little and you can tell if it’s gone brittle from UV exposure. The panel’s are plastic corrugated panels and they come in clear like we have and also lots of other colors that give more privacy. Cats cannot climb them at all. Both items can be purchased at home improvement stores, like Home Depot.

Thank you for your comment. There are different densities of styrofoam and these aren’t the regular styrofoam that breaks easily. They’re much denser and meant for flower arrangements and so far have stood up well. If I do see any sign of them breaking down I’ll remove them for sure.