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How to pimp your pond

March 28, 2016 By MyDailyCrown DIY, garden 8 Comments

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Or better „You can always make something even better out of what you have!” like a use to say. This weekend I decided to make the pond which is in my garden better than it already is. A pond on its own is amazing. It changes the micro climate in my garden, I have always something to look at and the animals in there are breathtaking.

My pond hosts 3 different kinds of dragon flies (red, blue and green), I have 2 big frogs, 6 grass snakes and uncountable bugs and insects. If that wouldn´t be enough, I got a water lily that is unbelievable beautiful and has up to tree flowers at once. For me it´s fun to just observe the pond, there is always something happening and I never get bored. It´s like watching a wildlife documentation, but I can sit on my porch swing!

Here are some impressions of the pond, as I got it in July 2015:

 

The first picture ever of the pond
The first picture ever of the pond
garden before anything was done
garden before anything was done
the pond right at the beginning (July 2015)
the pond right at the beginning (July 2015)

These are from later on, as I already started to clean the pond, to get some more oxygen in and a lot of nutrition out of the pond:

 

water lily to clean up
water lily to clean up
fern and yucca palm
fern and yucca palm
hallo, grass snake
hallo, grass snake

I scoop and scoop and scoop to see the water....
I scoop and scoop and scoop to see the water….
hallo, frog
hallo, frog
winter time
winter time

Today was all about securing the banks. As you can see it´s the blank plastic film to keep the water inside the pond. Except from the point that it´s really not pretty, it´s also a challenge for plants and animals. As the sun heats the water and banks up, no plant is able to root there, they will just be burned away.

If animals try to go for a drink and fall in, don´t have a big chance of getting out of it again if the water stand is low because they don´t get any grip on the plastic film. As I love my plants and animals, I wanted to change that.

Getting some input and plants from Daniel, who already owns two ponds, I was unstoppable! First I needed to fill some sand into linen bags. Sand is not as rich as topsoil, so it will not spoil the water of the pond as much as topsoil and it keeps the water pretty well for the purpose.

Then I remove the stones to put the sand bags underneath. At the same time, I cleaned out the area from grass, collected earthworms for my compost and planted new plants around the pond. In some areas of the bank I cut some holes into the bags to plant some water plants there. I don´t need much for it, as the plants will root easily and will cover the banks in no time.

New impressions of the 27th of April:

 

at the start of the work
at the start of the work
one sack at the time
one sack at the time
half way through
half way through

new surounding
new surounding
keep growing
keep growing
new banks
new banks

Around the pond the fern will regrow, my new water mint will root and the yucca palms will flower again. I´m so looking forward to it! I keep you posted…

If you have any more ideas for the pond, please let me know.

 

Want to see more pictures of the pond developement? Have a look!

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8 Comments

  1. MyDailyCrown says:
    March 30, 2016 at 6:04

    Note by Daniel: the „frog“ is a European toad, probably female.

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    1. Dagmar says:
      March 30, 2016 at 6:09

      Good to know, thanks Daniel.

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      August 9, 2016 at 1:00

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      1. MyDailyCrown says:
        January 19, 2017 at 13:16

        Thank you, I´m on it!

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  2. Emberlynn says:
    August 9, 2016 at 1:13

    Your article peflectry shows what I needed to know, thanks!

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    1. MyDailyCrown says:
      January 19, 2017 at 13:17

      Glad to be of help!

      Reply
  3. jakuvo says:
    June 29, 2018 at 6:45

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    1. MyDailyCrown says:
      July 2, 2018 at 16:26

      Thanks, now I´m working a lot on the house in the garden, I really shoeld make some new posts =).

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