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Talkback: How to make a mini-pond

Great idea - my garden is too small for anything larger.
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  • great idea i am definitely going to try this ! thanks for the idea.
  • Awesome, I cant wait to try this out in the garden. :-) thank you

  • good idea. but i've been given a 3 tier fountain and i would like to set it up.can you give me any advice please?
  • I have two small ponds one of which is in a half barrel with water lilies, it was lovely last year but had to clean it up this year, the other in a big plastic tub which also lovely but needed a pump, worked well when the sun was out but useless any other time, I had fish in this little pond but they succumed to cats and a rat, leaving the pond ransid so no more fish for me but I will continue with the water feature, for birds to drink from and insects and frogs can frequent.
  • brilliant.We had a pond in our last home .Which since moving house have missed.Having only a small area in our new garden available for a water feature this will be the perfect solution.
  • I would like to try this, but you haven't said how to treat the water feature over winter- and a list of suitable plants would be useful, too.
  • tid51tid51 Posts: 1
    I agree with Bigsis plant names would be helpful .
  • I'd love to do this with my tin bath, but have 2 questions:
    1) How best to plug the hole in the side?
    2) Do I need to line it if I'm putting fish in, or is the tin safe for them, I wouldn't want them to be poisoned or anything! (I'm no scientist!)
    Many thanks
    Steph
  • I've had this old tin bath behind my shed for 20 years. I knew it would come in useful one day
  • Great idea. I have an old butler sink which would look rather nice as a pond. But where do i get the compost and plants from? Ive looked everywhere!!
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