My plan for my garden next year is for me to be able to gt out there and do something, anything! Clearing weeds, staking, reclaiming veg. patch etc. No further development plans or new plants, just try and get on top of jobs not done for the last two or three years.
@Fire, when you say a "window-box-pond", do you mean on the ground?
The pond I was describing is in a raised bed, but you could sink it anywhere. The dustbin pond is in the ground. The deeper the container, the better, as you don't have to top it up so often.
@Fire do you get mozzies in your dustbin ponds or are they so planted there is minimal water surface? I love the idea but know my husband's first reaction would be 'but what about mozzies?'
@Fire do you get mozzies in your dustbin ponds or are they so planted there is minimal water surface? I love the idea but know my husband's first reaction would be 'but what about mozzies?'
I use Mozzie Bits or Dunks as I am very allergic to the bites. About half a teapoon of Bits lasts about six months. Targets only mozi larva and works within 24 hours. I wouldn't be able to have ponds otherwise.
As usual I am thinking: bigger, more, rarer, more colourful, but.... will my failing health allow it? I can't imagine trying to make it less work, not in my nature.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
@Fire do you get mozzies in your dustbin ponds or are they so planted there is minimal water surface? I love the idea but know my husband's first reaction would be 'but what about mozzies?'
I use Mozzie Bits or Dunks as I am very allergic to the bites. About half a teapoon of Bits lasts about six months. Targets only mozi larva and works within 24 hours. I wouldn't be able to have ponds otherwise.
Ooh, now you are tempting me to have a go. 😁 I've never had a pond, but I do have frogs. They shelter in my slightly overgrown clumps of carex grasses through the summer. No one near me has a pond, though a couple of gardens have water features. My guess is my frogs use the large, ground level, shallow bird bath when they want a dip, though I have never actually seen them do this. They do manage to get up on my 18" high raised beds, so potentially I could sink a pond container in one of these.
I know how you feel @punkdoc. When I downsized and moved to a smaller house I just couldn't resist choosing one with a big bare garden. It's such fun planning, digging and planting and going to GCs and looking at plants online. I used to love growing from seed and cuttings but I don't get much chance now that I have an OH who lives in England and I live in France, never in one or the other for long enough, though I have managed a vegetable garden in France with help from CB (local French handyman) who waters it. Maybe, now that I'm in my 70s I should try to control myself
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I chose one as deep as I could find, for a reasonable price, with no pre-drilled drainage holes. The advantage of using window boxes is that they are UV protected, so the plastic should last well in the long term. I also wanted one that gave easy access for critters in and out. Some boxes have lip over-hangs which is no good for exiting. If I change my mind on the ponds they are entirely ready to repurpose. There are a lot of containers available from pond shops, but they are very expensive for what they are - essentially plastic buckets.
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No further development plans or new plants, just try and get on top of jobs not done for the last two or three years.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Maybe, now that I'm in my 70s I should try to control myself