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Originally Posted by Naturenutz  I like the look of your pond  . I have a net over my pond which is attached by hooks all around the edges, i just unhook the net when i intend spending a day in the garden. Its harder with your pond kaz because of the plants. Have you had any dragonflies , damselflies frogs or newts kaz ?. The reason your fish have survived is probably due to that all you plants provide cover for the young ones to hide in , so keep things as you are kaz, just do a tidy up as you have and you could use a small net to scoop the bottom bit by bit to remove debris like has been mentioned  . love the iris's. |
I believe I have seen drangon flies, and infact this year was first ever time that i have had frogs sporn in my pond (maybe the reason is because the pond has been left fairly undisturbed for near two year now. Just behind the pond I have an area of the garden holding twigs and branches that have dried out, they're remains of taking a very large hedge down I used the chopped up cuttings as a feature and an alternative to bought bark cuttings, the frogs like to hide in there, one gave me a bit of a fright yesterday ha ha, plus birds come down for the twigs too, so this area has served many a purpose
Very strange you should say at hooks for netting, because today I have done just that too (a bit like tent pegs), but still needed to use rocks up the boardwalk in middle of the pond.
I'm going to get a water butt to collect water to top up, and my neighbour suggested too about a net to scoop clean bottom of pond.
The Iris look so much nicer than in the picture, and I have twice as many as last year.
I am very pleased to have found this forum (a simple google question directed me here) I can see the forums are going to make apprieciate wildlife and the environment much more, there so many interesting topics here.
oh dear I've typed another essay
, glad you like the photo
uploading it was a nightmare.