Water Gardening

My last pond was 15ft x 15ft and 5ft deep ... it was in 4 inch , 2 inch and 1.5 inch pressure pipe .2 x bottom drains both aerated .. it had 2 sieves a nexus 210 and ultra bead ub60 bead filter . 2 x sequence 18000 external pumps and 55w uv along with 2 air pumps ... I dug the whole and built...

I will have a search, or is there a connector that goes from bottom of square white downpipe that converts so an irrigation hose length can attach?

Just a update. The 2 lilies (one white one Yellow) have mostly covered the pond. The barley straw I placed earlier has had plenty of time to work, it is still in there. Lots of creatures may have helped by eating the BWeed. Between everything the pond is very clear water wise with no sign of the...

Good afternoon @goosegog5555 and thank you for your kind comments

Quit making me jealous! @ARMANDII

Try a ladder made out of plastic coated clematis wire. You'd have to anchor it at the top somehow - maybe with a rock/paving stone.

Glad you didn't fall in there, woo! Thank you very much for wading in and getting that measurement for me. ( so, an iris which could be grown in a bucket then!)

I'll ask @Zigs if he can delete it

Thank you @wiseowl, I wouldn't have considered the sand and would have just put the liner down so a very good point (ps any advice on my weeds thread? )Morning @Ian Taylor, yes I've been researching them on the Internet and looking for advice solar v electric that way I can plan early on what...

Great shot, mrtibbs, and not as easy to take as people might think

I think the first coat is watered down because more of it will be absorbed rather than staying on the surface. I painted a stone statue and was advised to give it a good soak before the first coat too.

Or you can use hessian in a similar way...

Mine seems to have survived the winter. Will wait for temps to improve before I put it outside again.

Good evening @"M" my friend, its OK I put 2 in the large pond and 1 in the small pond and 1 in a half barrelLike Frank Sinatra sang "Regrets, I've had a few; But then again, too few to mention.

The bottom of the pot is smaller than the top, hence wondering about available space. If I start adding pots and bricks its going to cut that space down even further. Old pond was around 90 gallons, maybe more. I don't know how much space the mussels need?

Oh yeah

Sounds about right thats why a layer of sand is ideally required aswell. mines been down for about 20 years now and despite me walking about in it to clean it theres been no leaks so far touch wood. Another tip is to make sure the edges are well covered so absolutely no liner can be degraded by...

Towards the end of last season my little pond was nasty. I bought a solar powered two stone air pump to increase oxygen levels. Being a tight old git I got to thinking how I could use the Solar panel and it,s installed 4xAA chargeable batteries which charge from the sun when theres enough solar...

yeah I did just think of wood! I've got some pieces of old tree roots lying about the garden. It was a cotoneaster tree that suddenly dried up and died last winter. You don't suppose there could be any fungi or viruses that affect both trees and amphibians? sounds far-fetched but who knows I...

On YouTube there is an episode where Geoff Hamilton makes a stream with a pond. I'm sure the principles would be the same for a stream/reservoir. Here's Part 3 (but the other parts should show up on the right hand menu: Garden project 3: Stream Garden - Making The Stream