Water Gardening

Oh and for a miniature water lily like plant suitable for a small pond, Nymphoides peltata (water fringe/floating heart) Its leaves will provide shade for pond creatures and the yellow flowers will look good with the forgetmenot

The forgetmenots do seed around but not uncontrollably... Sounds as if great minds think alike

Hornwort is an excellent native oxygenating plant and it's easy to pull out the excess. It can just be thrown in and may put down a few roots, but mainly floats mid water. Love the sound of your project. I wouldn't plant Iris pseudacoris in a small pond, it can get a very strong hold and be...

Or, perhaps you could make one ....

They need to be grown more and thinking about it I wouldn't mind trying this year so will add to the top 3 of new plants for this year , its getting the right spot to get them growing , a lady by my mums has a huge clump in her front garden and never watered and totally bone dry area next to a...

That raised Bog Garden is fabulous (and good thinking outside the box). Very impressive.

You obviously like making things, and working with water. So when you've done that your next project can be a steam driven car. Best wishes for the festive season, to both of you, from Mrs Shiney and Myself

Lovely looking pond sir I like how said above how it blends and looks natural well done

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Hi Maj, well, firstly you can go onto a site where they sell pond liner, such as Bradshaws and you will find a pond liner calculator there for you. It's basically length X width X Depth I would include an extra 12" all round for the overlay on the banks. Don't forget to calculate for some...

A concrete cattle trough? We have some concrete cattle in Milton Keynes. They may appreciate a concrete trough

Hello,I built a large artificial garden Stream or Garden creek in my backyard.It's a natural way to filter a large pond.See------> How to build a meanders garden StreamRemoving lawn with stovel:

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Eichhornia crassipes is a fascinating plant indeed. Native to the Amazon it has become invasive in parts of the US and in Africa. However, it is being looked at as a serious biomass crop for green energy production and it also has the ability to absorb pollutants from water, and it is also...

Jenny but watching...

I want one. does it come with the blue bikini too?

Hi The owl is quite nifty, its operated by a series of cables (inner and outer cables like bicycle brakes) that are pulled in sequence as the windmill driveshaft rotates..The cable lengths can be adjusted independantly to control the amount of travel. A high torque, low speed horizontal windmill...

We had an old Butler sink which we positioned in a small area of the garden with soft planting around. Amazing how quick nature finds a way! We have frogs, newts, lizards, dragon flies and endless bugs and creepy crawlies. What else do you get by your sinks, buckets etc?

very very nice - looks like it's been been established forever and like the proper ceramic pot

I asked for a reason Woo.The one I gave you was named "attraction", fascinating though it my be.