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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,128

    Not necessarily - I never saw to the bottom of any of the ponds on the farm - I thought they were really really deep (and Ma encouraged that thinking) but really they were probably just a couple of feet at the most.  They were a dark greeny brown.  Think of any village pond you've seen.  

    We can see the bottom of ours at the moment, but the time will come when the water 'thickens up'.    Somewhere Nutcutlet posted some pics of her ponds - really healthy and full of wildlife but you can't see the bottom. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Thanks, there is lots of wildlife in there.



    I checked the water colour in a cup, looks clear!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,128

    It's fine then - lots of little wriggly things looking at home in there? 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Newts, frog tadpoles, diving beetles, back swimmers, pond skaters, water boatman, lesser diving beetle larvae, billions of daphnia... image
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,109

    Brilliant Justin. Enjoy it all  image

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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