Tagged “wildlife”

I knew I was going to be digging a pond, and I knew roughly where the pond needed to go. Obviously, the first step is to dig a big hole. But how big? How deep should the pond go? What shape should it be? It turns out that there are some really simple guidelines when it comes to digging a pond. I knew that this was going to be a wildlife pond, so I didn't need to worry about fish overwintering in the pond because the fish would eat the wildlife I wanted to attract.

It's probably not a stretch to wonder why someone who hates gardening and being in a garden at all even bothers to have a garden. I mean, surely it'd be easier just to remove all of the plants and have a giant patio or concrete it over or something like that, right? I wouldn't have to get beaten up by the nasty pollen any more, and there'd be plenty of space for a table and chairs and a barbecue. Surely that's job done?

Well, I kinda had a garden like that in the first house I bought. It was flagged and had a raised rectangular brick-built goldfish pond and that was it. Aside from removing weeds from the cracks between the paving there was very little to do, and no upkeep. Perfect, right?