Encourage slimey neighbours!

[kathateria]

Pond is in...
Plants are in...
New compost all over the garden...
Ready for life....
When will it start to appear? I have half filled it with tap water,conditioned with my fish tank water conditioner.
I plan on letting the rain fill the rest.
I so want it to start buzzing,with frogs, newts and insects!

[Gill Catton]

It will come - but in its own time! Frogs and newts may not find your pond this year but invertebrates of all sorts will. It will be no time before you start seeing water beetles, backswimmers, pond skaters and maybe even a dragonfly dropping by.

In relation to your mention of new compost in your garden, it might be worth checking that any rainwater falling on this compost won't end up in your pond, as its likely then to produce algal blooms due to the resulting increased nutrients in the water.