How to create a mini pond
Last month my daughter and I decided to create a mini pond in our rented garden with the hope of finding some frogspawn to come and live in it.
We built the pond from an inexpensive ‘tub trug’ and placed loads of rocks in it and around it so the small creatures could get in and out of it without drowning (according to our bee keeping friend Janet - even bumble bees need a rock to stand on when they drink or they’d fall in and drown). We used rain water collected from the rain butt to fill it and the final touch were a couple of pond plants bought at the Malvern Gardening Show (a miniture pink water lily and a water iris).
We never did find any frogspawn as everyone we asked claimed that the local herons eat all the tadpoles but instead we have enjoyed watching loads of birds discover the drinking facility. It also brings a small bit of height and interest to our newly created triangular herb/cut flower border and the two of us girls really enjoyed creating something together.
Making the mini pond:
The mini pond in June:
August 28th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
hi, very inetersting , but i was wondering, doesnt the water get murky after a few days , and isnt that unhygenic? i have been wanting to make a small pond since a long time, but just because of that i havent…by any chance do you change the water periodically to make it clean,,etc ?