Wildlife ponds are fantastic, we've had ours 16 years now and never tire of watching the newts and toads. It will soon settle itself and and you'll have some visitors before you know it.
Enthusiastic but impatient describes my level of gardening thus far
Wildlife ponds are fantastic, we've had ours 16 years now and never tire of watching the newts and toads. It will soon settle itself and and you'll have some visitors before you know it.
This is our pond I dug last summer, it's waiting for a batch plants but already it has tadpoles, newt's, diving beetles and God knows what else. I wasn't really clued up on what to do so dug a hole (being a Yorkshire lad I'm good at that) with some shelf's and a deep bit and a shallow bit. Left it for the winter just minding it's its own business as we forgot about it really and hey presto wildlife. I've started the beach area but need more stones, added a bog area to the back, a stumpery to another corner with ferns. The wildlife has to contend with the kids play area but obviously they don't mind. As they say in the film "build it and they will come"
@tommo9320 will do. The pond was a total random thing that I decided to dig out on my early morning garden workouts before proper work. It's really enhanced the garden now next to our meadow area, the rest of the garden is really quite formal (Mrs Wilderbeast based it on Newby halls long border's) so the wilderness part just gives it a slightly shabby edge. We plant loads of pollinator plants and get loads of butterflies so hopefully the pond has opened up another wildlife friendly area
So a bit of an update after all the suggestions and hoped to put a few into practice!
Plants were hard to come by but a local nursery started a delivery service! 😊
Plenty of pollinators and perennial shrubs as well as cover for wildlife that instantly softens the pond. Crocosmia bulbs have been planted in areas out of the photo to hopefully add cover for any amphibians and add as a natural link to the rest of the garden. Wildflower seeds have been sown in the rockery above the pond so will be sure to add any further photos at a later date.
Just thought it would be nice to try to show the stages of our small but hopefully wildlife beneficial project.
Thanks again for all your advice and welcoming into the forum. 😊
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Thanks very much I'll check that out! 😊
I'm a keen gardener but a naturist by heart.
With the decline in garden ponds I suppose every little helps, right?
This is our pond I dug last summer, it's waiting for a batch plants but already it has tadpoles, newt's, diving beetles and God knows what else. I wasn't really clued up on what to do so dug a hole (being a Yorkshire lad I'm good at that) with some shelf's and a deep bit and a shallow bit. Left it for the winter just minding it's its own business as we forgot about it really and hey presto wildlife. I've started the beach area but need more stones, added a bog area to the back, a stumpery to another corner with ferns. The wildlife has to contend with the kids play area but obviously they don't mind. As they say in the film "build it and they will come"
When you manage to finish planting take some more photos would be great to see finished.
So a bit of an update after all the suggestions and hoped to put a few into practice!
Plants were hard to come by but a local nursery started a delivery service! 😊
Plenty of pollinators and perennial shrubs as well as cover for wildlife that instantly softens the pond. Crocosmia bulbs have been planted in areas out of the photo to hopefully add cover for any amphibians and add as a natural link to the rest of the garden. Wildflower seeds have been sown in the rockery above the pond so will be sure to add any further photos at a later date.
Just thought it would be nice to try to show the stages of our small but hopefully wildlife beneficial project.
Thanks again for all your advice and welcoming into the forum. 😊
There is very little else there and little cover so we relocated to the pond.
Just out of interest, were we right to do so or should we have let him find his own way there?
A young common frog by the looks of it and I'm guessing there maybe more than one?