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  • My new pond.

    Hello all,

    Thought I'd share a few photos of my new wildlife pond. I started digging on Maundy Thursday, so at 12 weeks and 5 days old it is now finished.



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    Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
    By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
    While better men than we go out and start their working lives
    At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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    I've wanted a pond for ages so I'm feeling quite pleased with myself.
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    Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
    By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
    While better men than we go out and start their working lives
    At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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    • #3
      That looks lovely, well done to you

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      • #4
        Excellent job bud,turned out really nice
        He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

        Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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        • #5
          Well done.....You can while away hours just watching the pondlife
          S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
          a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

          You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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          • #6
            Lovely. Good idea to put a bed at the back against the fence, saves teetering along the edge of the pond with the mower.

            edit - you'll have to teeter on hands and knees with a trowel instead
            Last edited by mothhawk; 03-07-2012, 08:36 PM.
            Location - Leicestershire - Chisit-land
            Endless wonder.

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            • #7
              Yeah, I'm not sure I thought that through properly.

              I intend to use it for wildflowers, so hopefully maintenance will be approximately nil.
              Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
              By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
              While better men than we go out and start their working lives
              At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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              • #8
                You've done a grand job MBE and the frogs think so too. You could pile up some stones and logs on the bed at the back to give the frogs some cover when they come out of the pond. Turn it into a sanctuary for them

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                • #9
                  Nice one MBE. I did wonder what you are going to grow up the fence at the back - how about a climber? I tend to put clematis and honeysuckle together everywhere I can.
                  Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to?

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                  • #10
                    I was a bit agreived that my frogspawn just seemed to vanish, either wasn't fertilised or predated I reckon.

                    Imagine my surprise when I lifted a plastic plant pot that had been blown in, out of the pond to find two large newts nestling in it.

                    I HAVE NEWTS!!!!!!!!!
                    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                    Diversify & prosper


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                    • #11
                      and that's why you've no frogspawn...........
                      S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
                      a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

                      You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                        You've done a grand job MBE and the frogs think so too. You could pile up some stones and logs on the bed at the back to give the frogs some cover when they come out of the pond. Turn it into a sanctuary for them
                        I've actually got some curved bark pieces (thanks again BB!) that I'm going to put where the wheelbarrow is, to form some shelters. I've already got a pile of logs down the side of the shed for the same purpose.
                        Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
                        By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
                        While better men than we go out and start their working lives
                        At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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                        • #13
                          Nice job, looks really good!
                          Tried and Tested...but the results are inconclusive

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                          • #14
                            Awesome! Might show that to my son and see if that could be his next project! He likes that kind of thing. We however will not be putting down logs and other 'wildlife cover' type things, as you know what sort of wildlife would be haning out there in summer! And the frogs just attract them more! Spose it would save them getting into the ceiling for the mice like one did last year. There's reason I like winter even tho I complain about the cold.
                            Now I just have to work out where I'd put a pond in the backyard here. And how to cover it so the Kelpie didn't dance in it like she did when I tried a fishpond.

                            I think I'd quite like to live somewhere where a pond was a relaxing thing rather than something to attract slitherers.
                            Ali

                            My blog: feral007.com/countrylife/

                            Some days it's hardly worth chewing through the restraints!

                            One bit of old folklore wisdom says to plant tomatoes when the soil is warm enough to sit on with bare buttocks. In surburban areas, use the back of your wrist. Jackie French

                            Member of the Eastern Branch of the Darn Under Nutter's Club

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Feral007 View Post
                              Awesome! Might show that to my son and see if that could be his next project! He likes that kind of thing. We however will not be putting down logs and other 'wildlife cover' type things, as you know what sort of wildlife would be haning out there in summer!
                              Ahh...Australia. The place where anything that doesn't want to eat you just wants to kill you.

                              I would love to have a slitherer visit. mrbadexample snr's got one in his pond:



                              I'm jealous.
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                              Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
                              By singing-'Oh how beautiful!" and sitting in the shade,
                              While better men than we go out and start their working lives
                              At grubbing weeds from gravel paths with broken dinner-knives. ~ Rudyard Kipling

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