I like the idea, it seems very easy but doesn't the water get very warm and then wouldn't it become a breeding place for mosquitos? My water butt which catches rain water has quite a good lid but when I open it in summer there are always some mossies in there, lots of dead ones too.
Read the article on tin bath water gardens and found it really helpful. I made one my self but had no advise and now know how to make it better. Mine has yucky gunge all over it and I am about to clean it out and now know how to keep it better and even though its a small bath it has done well considering my lack of knowledge. Will be off to find the right compost for a start and water baskets and an aerating plant to sweeten up the water. Just need to find a good water garden supplier near me. Just glad I found this article If any one knows of a good water garden centre near Coventry please let me know.
one of the best i know is Blooms along the A45 going south, take the Dunchurch turn and go from there. Been a year or two since ive been in but they used to have just about everything. The down side ? you might well have to negotiate the toll bar road works, depending where you live, so take a drink and some lunch
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Read the article on tin bath water gardens and found it really helpful. I made one my self but had no advise and now know how to make it better. Mine has yucky gunge all over it and I am about to clean it out and now know how to keep it better and even though its a small bath it has done well considering my lack of knowledge. Will be off to find the right compost for a start and water baskets and an aerating plant to sweeten up the water. Just need to find a good water garden supplier near me. Just glad I found this article If any one knows of a good water garden centre near Coventry please let me know.
Hello Mo6,
one of the best i know is Blooms along the A45 going south, take the Dunchurch turn and go from there. Been a year or two since ive been in but they used to have just about everything. The down side ? you might well have to negotiate the toll bar road works, depending where you live, so take a drink and some lunch