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insect lave that inhabit the pond, so keeping natures balence. newts lay their eggs under aquatic plant leaves(one at a time & the leaf is folded around it for protection.the eggs look like very small white balls, & are sticky so the leaves dont uncurl

is all edible plants, all the gardens classed as naturalistic and those which use wild flowers a lot and recycled materials. Which says a lot about my financial position I think! And of course I would search out the Alpine Garden Society display and any

. If your pond is in the sun, try planting shade-giving plants around it. Good luck! Emma gardenersworld.com team Hi Oz, After you have fished out what you can (if you can), you could try a solar pump/fountain.  Last year I bought a floating solar fountain

.......wouldn't be something I'd choose... i agree with marshwello get a shallowish pot with no holes fill halfway with substrate and create an emersed sytle setup with aquarium plants and the will flower this is a common method used to dry start aquatic plants for aquarium i

.   This is a great tip! My Tulips come back every year, but then I have sandy soil that reaches high temps in the sunny months. Otherwise, I would definitely do this ripening thing, although it would be preferable to plant the bulbs in those aquatic baskets

YEARS AGO THEY WERE IN OUR AREA,I HAVE ONLY MANAGED TO GET FROGS TOADS AND PALMATE NEWTS.DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO ENCOURAGE THE GREAT CRESTED NEWTS BACK INTO MY GARDEN,[ANY SPECIAL PLANTS ETC]. A primary school in Inverness is starting from the 'ground

about keeping fish, a pond this size would house 2 pond fish nicely - do keep in mind that pond fish and aquatic plants grow bigger then indoors. Oh, and remember to put in steps, should any wildlife wish to visit your pond they'll be able to climb out

. To attract wildlife to a garden, planting flowers is actually way down the list of priorities, well below being untidy, leaving grass to grow long, making a log pile, putting in a pond.Tina. Many midges (biting and non-biting) have aquatic larvae.Paula M

pond lifeNewts have a reputation for feeding on other tadpoles, but then they will all eat each other given the chance. A large pond, with enough variation in depth, marginal undulations and aquatic plants should be able to accommodate many different

means that aquatic wildlife cannot survive. Hi I have a small pond. It has been in my garden for 20 years. It has fish,frogs/skaters/dragon flies and a lot more, I clean it by using a hose pipe I start a siphon and let the pipe suck up the contents