new pond

jennylyn, no, my picture is in album here on GC, but its moved since the forum upgrade.
In the meantime why not post a picture of your garden, you can save it in your GC album, then link to it via the little picture icon above (3rd icon from the left)

 

thanks to all for the replies.

A question i have is how much liner do you keep at the edges.
My pond will be relatively small but i have read that once you have filled in with water you have to retain 30cm and bury this under soil, grass etc etc.

Can't i just keep 10cm?

 

The bigger the overlap, the better.

The idea is to stop the liner edge popping up or falling in, so, so long as it is anchored securely, 10cm should be fine.

 

Hi again,

can i ask if stagnant water will cause trouble with mosquitos and other undesireable insects.

This pond will be near our patio door and will be a wildlife pond ie no fish and no pump / filter.

Thanks

 

[size=large]Yes you will have plenty of insects laying their eggs in it. [/size]

[size=large]If it was oxygenated you could put some fish in it that feeds especially on larvae etc.[/size]

 

Frogs will eat mosquito larvae.

Incidentally, the Anophalies Mosquito (the one that can carry malaria) is alive and well & breeding in Southern Britain.

No one thought to check until recently. At the moment, they are not carrying malaria, but it will only take one to bite someone at an airport that IS infected and we'll be back to square one.

Only this time DDT is banned:DOH: