Starting A Garden Pond

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Starting a garden pond.

Welcome to nate s practical dream pond an easy to follow guide for creating a perfect and pragmatic pond. In this episode nate jumps i. A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden. The key stages of creating your brand new garden pond.

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. For a start always make a garden pond as large as possible small ones heat up like a saucepan of water and that encourages the development and growth of blanket weed and algae. A backyard garden pond with running water floating plants and darting fish can make a bland space breathtaking. Advice for starting a garden pond i ve had several different types of ponds over the years and no matter what size or style the basic maintenance and care is all the same.

How to start a new pond. 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. I ll walk you through everything you will want to consider before building your backyard pond. There were frogs in my pond just a few months after building it.

That eureka moment helped spur the ideas to build a purpose built frog pond in the vegetable garden. 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. 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. It is thought that some amphibians such as frogs are now more common in garden ponds than in the countryside.

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. Creating a pond can be a very rewarding addition to your garden but there are a few things to consider beforehand. I ll be sharing how i built mine a bit further on but want to share the most exciting bit of news. They find it on their own in most cases and all you have to do is build one and.

You can build a pond at any time during the year but if you start in autumn or late winter.