using a bath as a pond at my allotment

yoweeyahoo2 · April 2015

I have taken on a new allotment and there is a sunken bath full of grimy water.

I would really like to use it as a pond and it is full of frogspawn at the moment.Do i need to get any plants for it to attract wild life.Any suggestions on plants/maintenance/oxygenation etc would be really appreciated.

Ceres · April 2015

You lucky thing. A free pond and frogspawn. I got my pond plants from these people and they have a handy icon for instant identification of native plants. That way you don't introduce anything nasty into the ecosystem.

http://www.puddleplants.co.uk/oxygenator-floating-plants/

Make sure there is some way for froglets to exit the bath and somewhere for them to bask out of the water. If you have a large pot of pond plants that just breaks the water surface that would be great for them to rest on. http://www.froglife.org/info-advice/creating-or-improving-ponds/

yoweeyahoo2 · April 2015

appreciate it.thanks ceres

using a bath as a pond at my allotment

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