And now for the The Oval Pond koi harvested this morning…
Sold, Sanke, 66cm
Sold, Ai Goromo, 67cm
Sold, Sanke, 64cm
Sold, Sanke, 66cm
Sold, Gin Rin Sanke, 65cm
Sold, Gin Rin Showa, 61cm
Sold, Sanke, 66cm
Sold, Doitsu Goromo, 61cm
Sold, Kohaku, 63cm
Sold, Sanke, 59cm
Sold, Sanke, 66cm
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NT06-534_Sanke_70cm
NT06_Kohaku_60cm
This morning’s harvest was our Oval Pond. Only 15 girls in there so they had lots of room to roam! Still no sunshine, Nor’Easter number two is rolling through. The koi don’t seem to mind though! Koi kichi made it out for the harvest, but unfortunately the weather is keeping some people from coming to the harvest. We are hoping that with tomorrow being the harvest of the 555 pond and the big girls, more people will be willing to brave the weather. Just wear boots and a jacket with a hood and you’ll be fine 
It will definitely be worth it!!
And now for the koi that were harvested from the Acre Pond…
Photos courtesy of Henry Culpepper
Sold, Showa, 61cm
Sold, Asagi, 60cm
Sold, Shiro Utsuri, 57cm
Sold, Showa, 57cm
Sold, Sanke, 55cm
Sold, Showa, 62cm
Sold, Showa, 61cm
Sold, Doitsu Gin Matsuba, 53cm
Sold, Showa, 60cm
Sold, Kohaku, 60cm
Sold, Sanke, 56cm
Sold, Kohaku, 56cm
Sold, Kujaku, 51cm
Sold, Gin Rin Kohaku, 54cm
Sold, Kohaku, 58cm
Sold, Asagi, 59cm
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NT06-227, GinRinAiGoromoGoshiki, 54cm
NT06-546, Showa, 58cm
NT06-600, Gin Rin Ai Goromo, 53cm
NT06-602, Sanke, 54cm
NT06-603, Asagi, 59cm
NT06-604, Shiro Utsuri, 59cm
NT06-608_Sanke_61cm
NT06-654_Sanke_62cm
NT06-656_Sanke_60cm
NT06-666_Showa_59cm
NT06-671_Showa_57cm
NT06-702_Sanke_64cm
NT06-810_Sanke_65cm
NT06_Gin Rin Sanke_54cm
NT06_Kohaku_61cm
NT06_Showa_58cm
We only had one harvest planned for today since it was the Acre Pond. The pond is truly the size of an acre! We only had 34 koi in the pond so they had lots of room this summer. Just to give you an idea of how massive this pond is, the seine net alone is just under 300 feet long. It took a team of three people on each side to pull it through the pond. They managed to get 100% of the koi in just one pull. On one side, Mat lead the team of Mike Frady and Verne Gilkes, and on the other side Ross led the team of Luke Frisbee and Dave Hicks. Luckily the rain held off until later in the afternoon.
Photos courtesy of Kavent Bwint
We all huddled in the greenhouse to keep warm
You asked and we listened!! We have a brand new tshirt for sale. If you are coming to harvest you can buy your tshirt at the farm. If you can’t make it to the farm the tshirts are now available for sale in our online catalog. We are also selling khaki and navy hats, which you can also buy at either the farm or online. Tshirts and hats are $15 each.
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Below are pictures from today’s harvest of Pond 27. These koi entered into the pond as Nisai (two years old) and were harvested today as Sansai. The koi that are sold are labeled as such and the koi that are for sale are labeled with their SKU, and will be added to the catalog after Main Event. The pictures aren’t “glamour shots” but in the rain we have to work quickly Just an interesting side note…60% of these sold koi were purchased in last year’s 555 Event and came back to the mud pond for another season of growth.
Tomorrow, the Acre Pond!
Sold, Sanke, 55cm
Sold, Showa, 60cm
Sold, Kohaku, 53cm
Sold, Sanke, 53cm
Sold, Showa, 55cm
Sold, Showa, 52cm
Sold, Showa, 57cm
Sold, Kohaku, 58cm
Sold, Sanke, 58cm
Sold, Showa, 53cm
Sold, Sanke, 56cm
Sold, Sanke, 57cm
Sold, Showa, 54cm
Sold, Showa, 57cm
NT07-017, Showa, 49cm
NT07-201, Kohaku, 54cm
NT07-204, Sanke, 55cm
NT07-205, Showa, 57cm
NT07-206, 53cm, $3000
NT07-211, Kohaku, 52cm
NT07-212, Showa, 55cm
NT07-510, Kohaku, 59cm
NT07-511, Sanke, 58cm
And so today begins our Main Event Harvest weekend. At the farm we equate it to Christmas morning…coming down to see all of the wrapped presents sitting under the tree and being so excited to unwrap each present and see what you have been anticipating all season. You want to rush through it and tear off the paper quickly, but at the same time you want to savor each and every present one at a time. As Henry mentioned in his Koi-Bito post, it truly would not be a Nisei Koi Farm harvest if we did not have torrential rain and howling winds (and Henry should know as he has been to EVERY harvest since 2003 (possibly 2002???). So I thought I would start the blog by setting the scene so you can feel like you were there shivering with us. We had a morning pull and an afternoon pull.
Today we harvested a mudpond where the tosai entered as 6-7″ and were harvested at 12-16″. Another great day, except that Bob had to head back to the Windy City. We thought we would each share with you our favorite koi from today’s harvest. Don’t forget to check the catalog today for the new additions!
Mat's favorite koi
Ross' favorite koi
Jen's favorite koi
Tara's favorite koi
Bob Brudd's favorite koi
Mike Frady's favorite koi
In case you were ever wondering just how the koi “glamour shots” get to your computer screen, it takes a team of highly trained professionals! Mat and Ross have the easy job…they just seine the pond and bring the koi to our photo booth. In the photo booth each koi is treated to luxurious accommodations in an 8′ show tank one at a time. Once in the tank, Mike Frady uses small culling nets attached to longer polls (we call it the chopsticks) to gently guide the koi into proper photo position. Bob Brudd then works his magic behind the camera to get the best photo possible. Sometimes we have koi who may not want to cooperate (males!!!), but koi photographing is a game of patience and we wait until the koi is ready to cooperate. Once Bob gets the shot he hands it over to me, Tara, and I pop it into the laptop to make sure the photo is a keeper; if so, the photo gets processed. I crop the photo and record all of the information (SKU, variety, size, gender, and price). Then I hand it off to Jen where she adds the koi into the website catalog. Each koi that goes out to mud has a running record of all of the information. This is especially important with Tategoi so that we can track it’s development over time. We are also tracking how certain genetics develop over time. This record keeping process keeps us very busy in the office!!
More and more nisai!! Another great harvest day! Mike Frady came to join us working on the “chopsticks” (Mickey will know what this means). We harvested koi that went into the mud in May as 7-8″ and came out today as 14-16″. We are definitely happy that the koi doubled in size this summer considering the cool and rainy weather, but our goal is to have the koi double in size and add two more inches in the tosai to nisai year. Below are three more koi in the new nisai growout sale…more details to follow…
Some of our top picks from the day….
We have been updating our catalog daily with the harvested koi. Now is a great chance to get well-priced quality koi. Below are some of these koi, which are only $300! This are just a few Selects, check out our catalog daily to see newly added koi.
