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It's a good time if year to build a pond.
By the time summer arrives the earth will have greened back over it it will be buzzing with life.
I built one of these last year and the other three years ago.
By the time summer arrives the earth will have greened back over it it will be buzzing with life.
I built one of these last year and the other three years ago.
I was lucky as I had a few things in my favour.
A permanent wet area of a field (first pic)
A spring/well on higher ground
Clay soil/bluestone (which holds water)
None of these are essential and you can put a pond in almost any size garden. Guides for big & small linked below.
A permanent wet area of a field (first pic)
A spring/well on higher ground
Clay soil/bluestone (which holds water)
None of these are essential and you can put a pond in almost any size garden. Guides for big & small linked below.
The minidigger just didn't cut it for the depth I wanted, so we supersized it.
When I hit the iron pan, I was worried I had damaged the water tightness of the hole, but it was fine even through the drought.
Getting the depth right is important if you wish to attract the WIDEST range of visiting species.
A few teething problems like algal blooms to begin but they both ponds have found some kind of equilibrium at this stage.
One has a constant growth of amphibious bistort, which I just lift out and throw on veg garden.
One has a constant growth of amphibious bistort, which I just lift out and throw on veg garden.
These places are magnets for biodiversity, from the bottom to the top of natures web.
I've seen fungi, plants, insects, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals all use the water and its edges.
Many simply were not there before theponds were dug.
I've seen fungi, plants, insects, reptiles, amphibians, birds and mammals all use the water and its edges.
Many simply were not there before theponds were dug.
