Pond Restore (1 Viewer)

[Original PaulE]

Our Pond, which has provided us with lots of wildlife action, since we installed it a few years ago, suffered a catastrophic failure a few days before Christmas, we have spent the last few days re-installing it!! Apparently Pond Liner inflation is currently running at about a million % so we went down the preformed liner route which seems to have worked quite well!! We are hoping the two frogs that were in the bottom of the pond will survive the process, luckily the temperature is quite warm for the time of year, fingers crossed for them they seemed pretty lively when they relocated to the finished pond!!! Full story on the blog, be prepared for tears when you read the trials and tribulations we went through!!!
Pond Restore

 

[PYRTLE]

Good little read, tarnished by the mention of the dirty Leeds Utd. I'm sure it will settle down soon. Don't think Charlie Dimmock needs to worry yet.

 

[Julie50]

Thanks for the read - can I recommend a boggy area if you can stand a bit more digging! If you have not already thrown away the old liner you can use it to keep the area wet and also keep in check plants like peppermint whose roots go crazy and pop up plants everywhere, but which are native, are great for wildlife and look fab!

 

[Julie50]

I have done this before also with meadow sweet 😁

 

[Original PaulE]

Thanks for the read - can I recommend a boggy area if you can stand a bit more digging! If you have not already thrown away the old liner you can use it to keep the area wet and also keep in check plants like peppermint whose roots go crazy and pop up plants everywhere, but which are native, are great for wildlife and look fab!

I have still got the old liner so could give it a go, though space might be an issue!!

 

[Original PaulE]

Good little read, tarnished by the mention of the dirty Leeds Utd. I'm sure it will settle down soon. Don't think Charlie Dimmock needs to worry yet.

Dirty Leeds Utd??!! Unbelievable Jeff!! Its the refs and VAR everyone knows that!!

 

[PYRTLE]

Dirty Leeds Utd??!! Unbelievable Jeff!! Its the refs and VAR everyone knows that!!

Being a Chelsea supporter 1965 > , what else could I say?

 

[Julie50]

I would look at making a "backdrop", as the meadow sweet and mints can be larger plants. Maybe dig out and line the top soil you have put down in the corner - if you can face it!

 

[Original PaulE]

Being a Chelsea supporter 1965 > , what else could I say?

Fair enough, though I started my support for mighty whites from the 1970 Cup final and Chelsea weren't exactly angels in that era😀😀

 

[Original PaulE]

I would look at making a "backdrop", as the meadow sweet and mints can be larger plants. Maybe dig out and line the top soil you have put down in the corner - if you can face it!

Might be a job for another day!! In a couple of years when my back has recovered !!!

 

[Julie50]

The two plants I mentioned are good attractors of native pollinators - I am also fond of mint moths!

 

[PYRTLE]

Meadowsweet is one of my favourite marshy plants, long carrying heavenly scent.
Using modern interpretation and VAR, I reckon both teams would have finished with around 3 players on the claggy pitch.