Today in the garden,

Lewisia and verbascums two of my favourite flowers.



London Pride, aliums, geum etc.



Lily "Lollipop"



The ponds are full of newts, here is a male.



The pond is very green and scummy at the moment, notice my Gunnera Manicata, which a friend has renamed Gunnera Minicata.



The dahlia seedlings are tucked in to their bed.



The new bed is taking shape.

 

Hi, what lovely photos. Can I ask you a few questions regarding your pond. We are just starting to dig out a second pond just for frogs and Newts and I wanted to know how deep your pond is, I love the way you have done the edge, did you use a butyl liner? if so did you lay the grass over the top of the liner..it looks so natural. We have frogs in our other pond but the fish do eat some of the spawn so I have decided to make another pond just for the wildlife. How long did it take to dig and how many weeks for your back to recover :D

Poppy

 

Lovely pics! I envy you people with big gardens! Mine are small but Im going to put a fishless pond in the front too, then my front garden frog can paddle, lol!

 

The main pond is up to 4 feet deep and has a butyl liner. I dug both ponds out with a spade and I kept digging until I had no more room for the spoil.

I did the edges differentlyin the two ponds, having forgotten that I had meant to dig a planting trough around the edge of the bottom pond as well.

My web site below explains it.

 

Will you be using wheat straw to get your pond clean Rich?

 

No, you should use barley straw.

I have some, but the pond eventually clears on its own. I don't like it clear but being able to see the fish aproaching the surface is good, it looks more natural that way, and the fish prefer it.