New Pond, would like some ideas.

Smokey looks well Clarice :o)
I can't adise you on your pond since I've never had one.
I like the big clock :o)
Miaw from Blodyn to Smokey.

I think the problem with the pre-formed ponds is that they have to be well supported underneath or they might split. I don't know whether you'd be able to support it well enough by building up soil and stone around it.

I'm sure someone will come along with more experience of pond building than me though!

Smokey is a beautiful cat :)

And hello to you Blodyn from Smokey, Hywel is it me or do most of you find you cannot keep up with all the photos, i'm feeling quite quilty missing most of them.

Thanks for that, i thought it may need support, think i'm going to have to sweet talk someone to dig a hole for me.

I miss lots Clarice. There are so many now I can't keep up with them. I just choose a few from the thumbnails when I can. Try not to feel guilty.

Good luck Clarice, it doesn't look too big so it should be possible to dig the hole in a day or two (although fiddly to get the shape right, you'll need lots of soft sand to mould around it).

Happy 17th birthday to wonderful Smokey for Thursday. :o)

I'm guessing that with a sunken pond the water might stay warmer in the winter than if it is raised above ground ?

I'm sure you'll gets loads of GoY advice on this one, Clarice.

TT my little pond i have at the moment is sunk and that does not freeze, personally i know i should sink it, think i'm just looking for a way round it, without asking anyone for help.

I hope you find someone to help you, Clarice.
I've done most of the work on my featherboard construction myself, but now and then I need a second person, even if just to hold the other end of some planks, as they are moved into position...

TT i can do quite a lot of things myself, but like you say sometimes you just need a helping hand, but i do find it quicker if i can do it, as folks say they will help but it takes forever, look how long it took for my greenhouse to go up, must have took 2mths,sorry TT i'll stop winching now.

That's okay, Clarice.
I hope Flip and Flop don't have to wait too long for their new accommodation. :o)

dont know anything about ponds clarice but hope you find some help as its alot of work for you to be doing,, do you have any men in the family to help you clarice? sons or gransons,, good luck and im sure it will look lovely when done

Is that a cowslip Clarice? Smokey looks a contented cat, can't help with pond i'm afraid, have you put pond in the search bit here? i'm sure someone must have had the same problem, good luck!! Take care of your back!!!!

Hi Clarice, I had the same sort of pond as yours some years ago and installed it by sinking the bottom part in about a foot and then making a raised bed (rockery) around it. This way the hole obviously doesn't need to be so deep or so wide. The soil does need to be well packed against the side of the pond but I think it's not as difficult as trying to backfill. Tending the pond when it's finished is easier, too - not so much bending!

Smokey looks very content. Belated happy 17th birthday to him.

Gee thanks for the info, can do that myself, Santaz got plenty of sons & grandsons, but when it comes to anything in garden the answer is, will do it tomorrow, but tomorrow never comes.TT Flip & Flop wont have to wait to long Gee as come with an idea, so i'm going to do it like she said.

Good for you, Clarice. Don't forget to keep checking the level because you won't want a sloping pond - mistake I made and had to undo :( .

Good luck with it Clarice whatever you decide..........

Gee's idea is really good....
Flip and Flop are already picking out new furnishings for their modern pool. Lol.

Hi Clarice, good luck with your pond.

Question ????
I have always fancied a little pond. But - last year I tried to make some liquid feed/killer, I can't remember which, from a hint on the T.V., i.e., soak some herbs in a bucket of water for a couple of weeks, then strain and use the liquid. Before I got round to straining it, I had some mozzies breeding in the water, I ended up getting mozzie bites all over me.

Does that happen when you have a garden pond? I get so badly bitten, and they last for weeks, I wouldn't want a pond if it means attracting mozziez into the garden.

I have 2 ponds Marge and can honestlly say I get more bites when cutting the hedge than I get from my pond areas...........

I wish I'd bought this type of pond now. I bought a round one, didn't realise ones with different levels were available. Now I worry myself stupid coz we have a visiting hedgehog and I keep thinking she/he will drown........ :-(

My hubby took out all the large stones I bought and put in some engineering bricks instead, with just 1 of my stones...... Now they sit round the edge of my pond like your first pond.

We've noticed bees drinking from the pond, so really pleased with all the wildlife it's attracting!

That slate must have cost the BBC a small fortune!!!