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Autumn Pond Prep Advice please

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  1. ARMANDII

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    You could also add a small bog garden to the pond if you wanted to. By building a dry wall of bricks across an area of the pond from one side to the other and then back filling between the brick wall and the bank with ordinary garden soil. The pond will seep/leak through the gaps between the bricks and keep the soil moist making a natural bog garden which you can plant to your heart's content, and the bonus is that the plants in the bog garden actually take out the unwanted nutrients out the of water helping to keep the water clear.:hapydancsmil::snork:

    You should have dunked his head in the pond three times and only brought it up twice!!:heehee:
     
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      Who says I didn't ;) :whistle:
       
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        pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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        I dont have any marginal plants in my pond these days as I find I dont have enough space for them.
        My pond is not very large, I find to keep the water clear you really need plants that grow without soil, ie things like you water hyacinth but hardier ones work better.
        Elodea soaking up the nutrients, the odd water soldier etc., along with waterlilly to shade the water from sunlight.
        If I had more room, I'd use more plants but unless you have a fairly big pond, I'd not bother with marginals.
        Slightly larger than mine, but only by a foot or so.:)
         
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          Lovely thread this one,
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            Informative or funny, our JenJen, either way it has served it's purpose :)

            (I say that knowing you are taller than me :heehee: :lunapic 130165696578242 5: )
             
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            Errrrrrr. who isn't???:scratch::doh::dunno::heehee:
             
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              Really? :dunno: But, in which direction, Pete (Our Mandy, aye, is quite particular in this regard) this could make all the difference ;) )

              All I want to know is: what the flub am I supposed to do with me water hyacinths?
              Size has never been an issue with me :heehee: (unless, and UNTIL, I am compared to a garden GNOME! :whistle: - cheeky Blighter, that one!:sick0026: )
               
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                I know some members, "M", put their Water Hyacyinths in a fish tank [not occupied by fish:doh:] and overwinter them indoors.:snork: I don't have Water Hyacinths in my pond as they're classed as tender and I rather have "Water Soldiers" that are hardy and sink to the bottom during the Winter and rise up to the surface in Spring.:dunno::snork:
                 
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                  :hate-shocked:
                  You *actually* said that!!!???? :hate-shocked:
                  You ACTUALLY *posted* that!!!????? "busted"

                  You PUBLISHED that ... :hate-shocked:

                  SIZEST!!! "Hell ... ooooooooooooooooh! Admin ... SIZEST remark!!! :whistle:

                  Short "R's" = big "person"-AL- ity :heehee:

                  :lunapic 130165696578242 5: :lunapic 130165696578242 5: :lunapic 130165696578242 5:

                  Remind me: how tall are you? ;)

                  Cheeky chappy! :heehee:
                   
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                    Depends whether I've borrowed Ziggy's high heels or not:dunno::hate-shocked::heehee:
                     
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                      Zigs is so low profile, his "heals" only register .o15 on the Richter Scale ;)
                       
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                      You haven't seen him dressed up going to the local Straw Dance and wearing stilettos.:dunno::snork::hate-shocked:
                       
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                      I reckon there's enough room for both of you in my car boot,
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                        Now that would get people talking!!:lunapic 130165696578242 5:
                         
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                          Hey! Potential to make "Woof" (and even "Woof-Woof!") a more universally accepted language :doggieshmooze:
                           
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