oh sod the council I made one and I hope when the Town Clerk comes to complain he falls head fost in it

I have hatchlings. My pond is teaming with life. I have what looks like dragon fly larvae. There is also loads of the usual stuff - water fleas, snails, leeches etc. I might borrow some of the pond dipping stuff from school so I can have a really good look.

a dozen frogs moved into our pond before it was even finished

so we hurried it up a bit and put some weed and a lily in quick this weekend which was lucky cos when we went out there to put the plants in we found two great dollops of frogspawn

poor things must have been sat there with their little legs crossed, praying that someone would build a pond

My pond

that pond Ade, is very small

can't see a picture Impy

I can't see the picture either - just an ickle red cross Thought it was just my laptop which has been a bit erratic since the last lot of updates it did yesterday

I can see the pic and it's a very nice pond, Impy
And I have loads of very very small tadpoles btw

Tried a different URL for the photo.

It is small Wardy. In no way is it ornamental. It is a purely functional wilflife pond and is as small as I could make it while still being deep enough and having access points. The lump of couch grass at the end is the bog. The couch has invaded and I shall give it a good weed soon. I can stand on the grid so it is totally safe - but I should still not have it because someone might fall in which is surely far riskier than the tonne of glass I dug up today because glasshouses are allowed.

I can see the pic now

Tis a very small pond Impy I'm sure it's making a good home for some wildlife though

Apparently size doesn't matter, small can be very effective

I wouldn't know, I haven 't got a pond

I have And it's small too

As long as it's wet - it'll do what it's supposed to

Wow And it's a meant 'wow' Really impressed ...

I've only got one

So am I - when I approach the pond, the whole area moves as the frogs all jump in. I think planning it on paper was a good move.

I'm gonna dig a new one this winter Can't have a meal with just one frog tss

But you must have more than one. One frog cannot make tadpoles.

They is clearly a single parent family

we were all saying it's a small pond Impy cos we couldn't see it. Your pic didn't show up

I see it now though, still say it's small

Mine is anorl Full of ruddy couch grass anorl, and the rabbits ate all me plants. Bastids

I've been replacing an acer around my pond today. For some reason the old one started to grow and then suddenly died. Oh well. New one is a normal purpureum not a dissectum so won't look as tatty in the sun.

Meanwhile (to get back on topic!) I had to navigate the pond a few times while getting the new one in - and wow my goldfish has grown. Now I know where all the tadpoles went ! At this rate I'll have a 6" long fish before too long. Only spotted one of the camouflaged ones but think that's also a lot larger than it was... odd, that.



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