Water Gardening

Could you use house bricks or slightly smaller paving blocks.Using some thin plastic coated or galvanised wire , or all plastic long cable ties, that you could fasten to the plants pot at 2 or 3 points then hang it to a hook screwed to the underside of the top decking board ?

When I had my pond I'd Hoover the bottom with an old wet & dry vacuum cleaner 2 or 3 times a year.

Asking for a friend as I don’t have a pond, I do have a rather nice wee burn than runs infront if the property so a pond would be a bit of overkill to be honest. A neighbour has a stunning clump of Giant Marsh Marigold that bloomed it’s head off for weeks, just starting to stop now. It is in an...

pond update still more to do

You must have a better surgery than I have, can't even get through to speak to the receptionist, let alone a Doctor.

hi i am noticing a small leak at the back of the pond but unsure where its coming from only noticing the underlay and liner are a bit drippy in one spot at back of pond no pipes are leaking ..

Thanks for your advice

baby fish

Thank you @WeeTam that is very helpful and confirmed to me what i had been thinking. Much appreciated.

hmmm.... no signs of any frogs or toads in our pond this year ??We do see, via the cameras, loads of cats and a fox going into surrounding gardens....

Thank you NigelJ That is a great help I will be looking online again there is a lot out there! :-)

Loving the pond @Fizzing Ada. Just hope my smaller scale one will look somewhere nearly as nice as that when i get it built.

Do you have a local Koi Carp Club ,if so someone is sure to take them off your hands. My Dad was a member of this one.Welcome - South Hants Koi Club

Concrete floor so it'll be strong enough.It's for large tropical barbs. It doesn't have to be 1m deep, I could go a little shallower. Say 70cm minimum. The footprint is the more important thing for them.

Every day atm, around lunch time of course

Thanks Noisette. I think my pals are planning to restock but perhaps with less expensive fish just in case they attract unwanted visitors. They do not want to repeat being a carry out again, literally. I will pass on the info as I think they mentioned getting gold fish rather than Koi. Can you...

Many thanks for your help and advice.. Would these bugs be coming from other plants in our garden.. I will have a read up on water side nursery thanks

Hi can anyone give advice about our plants as they seem to have spots on them thanks

Hi look on my post about pond weed and on post I think number 4 is says about blog.. But no worries I looked on pond expert for advice about blanket weed and bought the items shown in last post.. I think it is keeping weed at bay but not getting rid of it all I have tried all of the products...