Water Gardening

you can still have lots of fun with your balcony water feature, I have a large pond and also a stone trough, its just as much fun to watch the insects and birds visiting the trough for a drink. How high up is your balcony?

by the way all cannot reveal were the water is coming from on the labrador dog water feature use your own imajination from rosa

Rosco - did you have your "caps lock" on? All caps is known as SHOUTING in forum speak!!!!!

If a pond freezes over and you have fish in it don't be tempted to break the ice with a hammer. It will send a shockwave through the water which can stun or kill fish that are on a low (winter) metabalisim.An average pump will normally add sufficient heat and circulation to keep a portion of...

OOh Really!! Thats great! I've never grown roses before but was planning on having a rambler somewhere in the garden!

Way to go Tortuosa :D

Fish need very little oxygen in cold weather as they go into semi hibernation, and do not use much energy. It is rare that ponds in England will freeze over long enough to cause problems. We don't get freezing weather for weeks on end like they do in other parts of the world.Since 2000 when...

To judge how big a pump you need, run a known volume of water (say 10 litres) over the lip of your water feature (or a mock up), at a rate which gives the effect you are after.Time how long the water lasts. Divide 3600 (seconds per hour) by this time (in seconds) multiply by the volume of...

Thanks both......I like bubblewrap too... I like the large bubbles for garden use and will try that on my barrels, but I like the small bubble type for popping. Very satisfying.

should be here see above its cheap and effective.

PM me. I'll be cleaning out the top pond soon, it's silted up.

Hi Rich, I thought that today actually, because it now has 5 leaves! But the idea was to accomodate the plant I was given, not to create a pond from scratch so I'll leave it for now and see what happens. fiwi

When I built my pond I concreted the bottom 4" then coated the sloping sides with 2 coats of sharp sand and cement 7ft x 4ft 30" deep "2 thick. I purchased some medium chopped matting and resin with a hardener from a local factory [ can be bought online] Method:- Cut matting to fit bottom, mix...

:( Afraid I cannot offer more than tea & sympathy Rich. That is a sad problem, I hope the leak doesn't turn out to be anything major. Had a look for the gunnera, but all it says is plant by the water & plenty of organic matter dug in. Some crowns need winter protection. Then manure or rich...

Well I went for the builders bath. It's in place and i've just got to finish the edging with left over paving from the patio. I'll bear in mind all your suggestions to help wildlife in and out, thanks I haven't got any immediate plans for goldfish as i knew they ate any little critters available...

If you have an outside power supply, you are okay to do it yourself, as the water feature kits come weatherproof. Your problem comes in getting your power supply to your garden. Ideally this should be armoured cable going to an IP55 weatherproof connection box or socket like these on Screwfix :-...

We have an ordinary washing-up bowl in the corner of our garden, originally installed and filled with water for the cats and birds to use. For several years we have had as many as three frogs at a time taking up residence and they have produced frogspawn which we transfer to a friend's large...

Thanks Pete, that's good news.I'm not so worried about how it looks, just if it would affect the plants, so it can stay where it is for now (unless it gets smelly as it's right next to my patio and might put us off our tea )Emma

Have any of you visited www.beautifulbritain.co.uk ? its really worth a look especially if you are a fan of wildlife

Penlan,Looks like a good nursery you have, and very well stocked.Nathan.