A water garden opens up a new world of planting and landscaping possibilities.
Starting a garden pond.
To thoroughly enjoy your pond season proper pond care when starting out is important for a low maintenance pond season and a flourishing healthy pond ecosystem.
The first thing to decide is what species of fish you want to keep in your pond or if you want any fish at all.
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It is thought that some amphibians such as frogs are now more common in garden ponds than in the countryside.
Creating a pond can be a very rewarding addition to your garden but there are a few things to consider beforehand.
An ornamental or garden pond is beautiful and will add an element of unique tranquility to your backyard.
Start excavating the pond area down to the marginal shelf level saving good topsoil for use elsewhere in the garden.
You can build a pond at any time during the year but if you start in autumn or late winter.
A backyard garden pond with running water floating plants and darting fish can make a bland space breathtaking.
That eureka moment helped spur the ideas to build a purpose built frog pond in the vegetable garden.
The key stages of creating your brand new garden pond.
For the deluxe pond dig down to a depth of about 320mm 121 2 below ground level which will give you an eventual water depth of about 230mm 9.
Four feet by.
They find it on their own in most cases and all you have to do is build one and.
Welcome to nate s practical dream pond an easy to follow guide for creating a perfect and pragmatic pond.
You can start small with a hollowed out stone that catches rainwater a watertight patio sized container or jump right in with an in ground pond with water lilies fish and a fountain.
Keeping it attractive and trouble free takes work but with a little extra care at the planning and building stages you can create a pond that s almost maintenance free.
How to start a new pond.
A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.
I ll be sharing how i built mine a bit further on but want to share the most exciting bit of news.
There were frogs in my pond just a few months after building it.