Hi all
I'm about to deal with the much needed task of restoring a pond in my garden to it's much deserved glory but am not sure where to start! The main issues are:
LOTS of frogs spawn which we have captured into a large plastic tub but not sure what to do with it all now as there's so much of it but we need it to be out of the pond so that we can clean it and bring it back to life.
A lot of leaves and other stuff at the bottom of the pond which are stagnating. I was going to wade in with my wellies and shovel as much out as possible but we have newts and frogs living in the pond so don't want to upset or hurt them.
We have a big tree from our next door neighbours garden which drops a lot of leaves into the pond so I was considering putting some netting over it. Perhaps this would be best to do in the autumn?
So the main issues are surrounding the frogs spawn, frogs and newts. Once the pond is cleaner we are going to fill with some fresh water and some pond plants. The question is will wading in and removing the leaves and rubbish at the bottom of the pond do more harm than good?!
Comments and suggestions very welcome!
Thanks
I'm about to deal with the much needed task of restoring a pond in my garden to it's much deserved glory but am not sure where to start! The main issues are:
LOTS of frogs spawn which we have captured into a large plastic tub but not sure what to do with it all now as there's so much of it but we need it to be out of the pond so that we can clean it and bring it back to life.
A lot of leaves and other stuff at the bottom of the pond which are stagnating. I was going to wade in with my wellies and shovel as much out as possible but we have newts and frogs living in the pond so don't want to upset or hurt them.
We have a big tree from our next door neighbours garden which drops a lot of leaves into the pond so I was considering putting some netting over it. Perhaps this would be best to do in the autumn?
So the main issues are surrounding the frogs spawn, frogs and newts. Once the pond is cleaner we are going to fill with some fresh water and some pond plants. The question is will wading in and removing the leaves and rubbish at the bottom of the pond do more harm than good?!
Comments and suggestions very welcome!
Thanks