Pond Ponderings: Avopond, the first summer! A tale from suburban York.
Mollie Thomas bring us an update from her unintentionally Avocado shaped pond in suburban York: Avopond has progressed quickly through the warmer months. Shortly after the last update we bought some pond plants from our local garden centre, most of which were native species. These have flourished throughout the summer, putting on great displays … Continued
Pond Ponderings – Battling algae in a new pond by Pamela Styles
Last time I wrote about my new pond (A Welsh Garden Pond For Wildlife and Wellbeing), I was blissfully unaware of the invasion of algae that was soon to come! The plants died back in the winter, and several of them died completely, possibly not responding well to living in containers, or to me not … Continued
Pond Ponderings – From A Small Urban Pond in King’s Lynn, by Elizabeth Fairweather
2020 really is shaping up to be the Year of the Dragonfly, as we have got another Pond Ponderings writer to introduce you to. Elizabeth Fairweather introduces us to her small pond in an urban garden in King’s Lynn, Norfolk: “When I first started to recall details of our pond I was amazed to … Continued
Pond Ponderings – A Welsh garden pond for wildlife and wellbeing, by Pamela Styles
Introducing our newest Pond Ponderings writer, Pamela Styles: “I’d dreamed of my own pond ever since I was in primary school. My best friend had a pond in her back garden and I used to love going round there and trying to catch newts. When I began volunteering for The Wildlife Trusts in 2008, … Continued
Pond Ponderings – Story of a Small Pond So Far, by Dan Brawn
Introducing another new writer, Dan Brawn based in Felixstowe: “In June 2017, my wife and I moved to Felixstowe and acquired a narrow elongated garden of the type traditional for a Victorian terrace house. Building work needed on the old neglected and abused Victorian house took priority, then in March 2018, I built … Continued
Pond Ponderings: From a Redesigned Mature Pond in Suburban Suffolk!
We are so excited to introduce you to another Pond Ponderings writer – David Schenck from Suffolk. Over to David: “I have loved nature for as long as I can remember, certainly before I was old enough to go to school. I used to spend hours peering into our garden pond in the 1960’s … Continued
Pond Ponderings from Scotland: Big Plot and Big Dreams!
Our second ‘Pond Ponderings’ blogger is Andrew Walker, a very keen wildlife fan based in Scotland. Andrew is lucky enough to have a large plot to work with and will be bringing us updates on how his wildlife pond and garden are faring 5 years on. In his first post below we join him at … Continued
Pond Ponderings – from Avopond, a brand new pond in suburban York
Welcome along our first Pond Pondering bloggers Mollie and Lawrence from York! “Beginning a new garden is always exciting and was a brilliant opportunity to create a pond and make it a focal point of my very own mini nature reserve. With only a small garden, the challenge has been to create a pond substantial … Continued
Welcome to Pond Ponderings – a pond blog by gardeners of all experience levels
Here you will find regular blog posts, Pond Ponderings, about garden ponds of all types and sizes created by gardeners of all experience levels and different budgets levels too. These posts will be honest accounts of the issues and joys that wildlife gardening and ponds in particular can bring. Including highlights of which species move … Continued