Here's my first ever pond project. A little educational pond for my son (very soon to be sons when baby 2 arrives!).
Some more info on my pond here:
https://www.gardenpondforum.com/threads/my-first-pond-questions.15468/
Pond synopsis; I wanted to fill a gap between 2 new veg patches I built in our small garden. There was just enough room for a small pond so I purchased a perfectly sized pre-moulded design that I set into concrete. I plan to have a small amount of wildlife I place in there myself (daphnia, pond weed, snails and freshwater sticklebacks), then allow it to develop itself from there. I will regularly check water quality and only intervene if there are water quality issues. My son, who has just turned 3, loves wildlife and I think this will be a perfect little pond for him to understand better how to care for creatures and their lifecycles. He's already learning how to grow veg (well, as much as a 3 year old can!) which I hope helps him to understand where his food comes from. Adding the pond I think helps him appreciate wildlife as well, which I hope will given him a better sense of the world beyond the city and supermarket. So this is my progress so far:
I started with a small pre-moulded pond, turned it upside down and build a wooden box around the bottom (well, top) part of it:
Then I filled it with concrete:
After the first concrete slab dried, I completed building the box around it and filled the rest with concrete and put it in the final position between my 2 veg patches. Once the construction was completed I estimate it probably weighs between 70 and 75Kg before being filled:
Then my son helped me fill it up:
It was then left to de-chlorinate and after a little time it now has weed, some daphnia and snails and is doing well. The tube is a small solar powered air pump that should help to keep it aerated:
Next up for the pond, a small amount of sticklebacks as they stay very small plus I need to complete tacking on the black cloth around the edge (to make it look nice and blend in better between the veg patches.
Some more info on my pond here:
https://www.gardenpondforum.com/threads/my-first-pond-questions.15468/
Pond synopsis; I wanted to fill a gap between 2 new veg patches I built in our small garden. There was just enough room for a small pond so I purchased a perfectly sized pre-moulded design that I set into concrete. I plan to have a small amount of wildlife I place in there myself (daphnia, pond weed, snails and freshwater sticklebacks), then allow it to develop itself from there. I will regularly check water quality and only intervene if there are water quality issues. My son, who has just turned 3, loves wildlife and I think this will be a perfect little pond for him to understand better how to care for creatures and their lifecycles. He's already learning how to grow veg (well, as much as a 3 year old can!) which I hope helps him to understand where his food comes from. Adding the pond I think helps him appreciate wildlife as well, which I hope will given him a better sense of the world beyond the city and supermarket. So this is my progress so far:
I started with a small pre-moulded pond, turned it upside down and build a wooden box around the bottom (well, top) part of it:
Then I filled it with concrete:
After the first concrete slab dried, I completed building the box around it and filled the rest with concrete and put it in the final position between my 2 veg patches. Once the construction was completed I estimate it probably weighs between 70 and 75Kg before being filled:
Then my son helped me fill it up:
It was then left to de-chlorinate and after a little time it now has weed, some daphnia and snails and is doing well. The tube is a small solar powered air pump that should help to keep it aerated:
Next up for the pond, a small amount of sticklebacks as they stay very small plus I need to complete tacking on the black cloth around the edge (to make it look nice and blend in better between the veg patches.
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