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, I stressed. So long as the cats did not see it, it would find its own way back to some suitable shelter.Despite our pond housing a successful smooth newt colony, we have never had frogs breeding in it. They do climb into the water, and one year we

plants for sale at garden centres or by mail order, offering everything from delicious cherry types to beefy cooking toms - the choice is yours. Plant tagetes with your tomatoesScoop out floating pond weed and algae from poolsHoe bare soil and hand weed

, or is it a newtling? Anyway, a baby newt. This is fantastic. It's only 35mm long, shrivelled and wrinkled and barely moving.  It might be one of the offspring that I spotted last summer in our small pond, that has waddled off only half a dozen metres to a

.AdamKitchen scraps are great to use in the fat cakes but don't use anything too salty. Never use salted peanuts or very salty bacon.Attracting birds to your gardenMake a nesting area for birds on a pond, video projectInstall a window bird feederBirds and Bird Feeders

on an ugly garage or shed.More ways to attract birds to your gardenMaking a nesting area for birds on a pond video project.Installing a window bird feeder.Making fat cakes for birds.Making a bird box.Browse plants that are attractive to wildlifeBrowse a

legible and accessible!The garden of our semi-detached East Dulwich house in south London isn't huge at about 25 metres long, but it does boast a small pond and there are enough scruffy bits to encourage all sorts of wildlife. And some of the neighbouring

uncamouflaged against the white. It does not need to be hidden, its bright colours are a warning that it is revoltingly poisonous should anything be foolhardy enough to try and eat it.My garden pond has got a puncture. We were really proud of the original design

which is perfect for clearing weed out of ponds (drainage) and one with no wheel. Nothing fancy just bog-standard builders merchant types.The first recorded example of a man pushing a wheelbarrow is in a painted tomb mural in Chengdu, China (dated 118AD

-style southern garden and the northern garden, which nodded towards the French style. The latter consisted of an oval arranged around a central pond. The surrounding borders were extraordinary: absolutely jam-packed with a fabulous array of about 2000 coloured

-in-law's garden, where it overhangs her pond — it was love at first sight. Who could resist the delightful, slightly curled leaves? Especially when, come the autumn, they transform into an extraordinarily flamboyant conflagration of red and orange. Parrotias