Structural Repairs to the Garden Pond
Leaks can occur with most ponds, but are more likely to happen if you use cheaper materials than with the more expensive and robust ones. The commonest problem is the accidental piercing of the liner...
View ArticlePests in the Garden Pond
The largest pest is usually the heron, a fishing bird with a decidedly fine taste for garden pond fishes; it arrives just after dawn and clears a pond of prize fishes before the owner is awake. Some...
View ArticleDiseases that Attack Pond Fish
Most diseases only attack fish in a weakened condition, and can be averted by simple husbandry. Most diseases occur in spring when the fish are coming out of their inactive period with reduced...
View ArticleOxygenating Plants for the Garden Pond
Eriophorum - Cotton Grass This is an elegant genus of hardy perennial sedge. Native to high-altitude pools, streams, marshes and moorlands with acid soils, throughout the Northern hemisphere, it is...
View ArticleWater Pumps for the Garden Pond
If you want to move water from one place to another, then you need to invest in a pump. The performance of any pump is affected by water temperature, pipe width and length, any angles in the pipework...
View ArticleUsing a pre-cast pond shell
Positioning a pre-cast pond is best achieved by inverting the shell and laying it on the ground in the right place and marking its exact outline, but this is unfortunately suitable only for symmetrical...
View ArticleA Raised Pre-cast Garden Pond
A raised pond needs a substantial foundation under the cast to prevent the pond tilting or sinking, and plenty of reserve strength around it to contain the weight and stop the shell distorting and...
View ArticleUsing Concrete to Make Your Pond
Mark out with pegs the area to be covered by the pond. Check the levels with a spirit level to make sure that the whole structure will be set into the ground without any section projecting above the...
View ArticleSmall Garden Ponds: Formal and Informal
If a small garden of some 12m (40ft) square is to contain a pond and a formal arrangement, it needs careful planning. The formal shape requires a pattern that can be either symmetrical or not, but...
View ArticleMedium-sized Garden Ponds
Formal ponds A medium-sized garden can incorporate a larger pond and a more complex system of moving water involving streams and waterfalls. This type of design can happily form part of a larger...
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