Water Gardening

I made a wildlife pond many years ago now from a plasters bath, partially sunk into the ground & surrounded by dry stone wall.. Sloping at one end inside with a huge stone.. It is thriving & always has been since the word go.. I had to replace the plasters bath a few years ago but it made no...

We have a similar problem here (near a park with numerous large lakes, so the mozzies move in within minutes, it seems!). I was advised that keeping the water moving is the best single method. You don't have to have a sprinkly fountain, if you're not into that sort of thing. Just a gently bubble...

Thanks everyone. Some great ideas. I have put the 2 box plants in the middle of each side, surrounded by tall irises at the back and side of the box plants, with shorter ones at the front and side nearest the pond. I love the grasses idea which I may put at the back of the pond, and put spring...

Although it has now been replaced I would like to mention the following99% of submersible pond pumps are sealed with resin, this means that if they develop any internal fault they have to be replaced.If the cable gets damaged you can use a waterproof connector, but these can be fiddly, and...

Hi Cluess what a grate idea and also it would make easier for me to move it round for photographing butterflies :D thanks Hugh [hr]Hi kindredspirit sorry for taking so long to get back, the Canon 350D is a good camera also giving you the opportunity to ad a zoom lens, the kit lens with...

Hi watergardenthe resin I suggested to transfer the fish to tank was that it would be easier to treat the fish that way, the parasites I was thinking of were gill flukes and skin flukes, leeches fish louse treated in the tank rather than destroying the ecosystem in the pond what maybe left...

A good point Dave,I am the Borg, I will be dropping by in a minute, don't bother hanging on to anything from your present life, it's really good where we are going, you won't miss anything.Bit like the present (emergency?) Gouvernment I think.

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This is what I did:Any thoughts, suggestions for plants,etc?

I should have been so lucky!

I have to agree with Doghouse Riley. There is no easy 100% way to stop cats from doing anything, so as Doghouse Riley also says, anything will have to take its chances.

Thanks for your kind words.

Well Herb, in my pond I have... Zandesia lilies potted & placed in the pond will also sit as marginals too... Hope that helps.. :thumb:

:thumb: I would go with Doghouses weld mesh idea Mat if you are only renting.. :thumb:

Somehow it seems better ( if you can call it better ) than being taken by a heron

.Much better to be safe than sorry.Kids love water!.:gnthb:

oh i have just turned GREEN with a bad case of pond envy absolutely stunning!!! loopy

The grass "appears" to be Reed Canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea) but I'm still not sure. Don't know if this is a phragmite or not. (Never did biology at school.) Here's the wikipedia entry for it.

Firstly new to this forum so HI We have just acquired some land where we need to water the newly laid lawn and at a later date add a water feature The problem is we do not have any mains piped water to the area BUT we do have a nice deep stream running alongside I went out and purchased ( in...

I am just about to remove our pond because of grandchildren but rather than bale out I am just going to take the grape over the liner, let it drain and let the frogs find their way to the local reservoir.