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Today in the garden..

Here’s a few photos of the garden today!

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dandanspondpage

28 Mar, 2021
Dandanspondpage

Lonely!

Doesn't he look lonely? That's because a heron took nine of our smaller goldfish the other week. We nearly gave up on our...

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eirlys

20 May, 2017
Eirlys

Pond Before and After...

I hope it was as good a weekend for all of you, our summer has returned, don't know how long for but we made the most of...

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lincslass

2 Aug, 2015
Lincslass

Frog to show Hywel

Hywel This is the black frog that I saw in our garden this year. Had never seen one like this before. We have newts in our...

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jannyfreeman

10 Oct, 2014
Jannyfreeman

The frogs are back!

Our small ponds are now three years old and it was surprising how quickly they became 'naturalised'. We don't have fish because...

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malverntrev

7 Mar, 2012
Malverntrev

Dragonfly larvae.

Its 2 years since we installed our pond and have watched dragonflies especially the common Hawker circle it and deposit eggs...

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bonkersbon

22 Jul, 2010
Bonkersbon

Leave no stone unturned ... certainly not toe-punted

If you can remember from my blog last week I found myself at a lose end after the rain stopped me from mixing up barrows...

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mrv

15 Jun, 2010
Mrv

Look what I found in my Garden

Just been out to my garden, as you do, and what did I find ? A young duck, obviously got separated from his family. All...

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cinderella

3 Jun, 2010
Cinderella

a date with nature

I am a blog virgin, so here goes...... Today some could say i did nothing, but i say i was a very busy bee. I spent the whole...

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clairey

2 Jun, 2010
Clairey

If you've got it......

.....flaunt it.

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Gee19

18 Apr, 2010
Gee19

Just a Quickie!

I received this set of photos today from one of my Grand-daughters who knows I love frogs! Perhaps I kissed one a long time...

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simplylyn

23 Mar, 2010
Simplylyn

Frogblog.

Mmm Springtime and only one thing on my mind .. Waited all year for this now where is she ? Hello handsome .. Oh hello...

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bonkersbon

13 Mar, 2010
Bonkersbon

Slimbridge Wildfowl/Wetlands Centre Visit.

These pictures were taken today by my partner, unfortunately he had his camera set to 'large' picture size and they won't...

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louise1

21 Feb, 2010
Louise1

Frozen local lough.

Our local lough has been frozen recently and we decided that we'd walk the length of it, in the middle, as the ice was more...

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kindredspirit

17 Jan, 2010
Kindredspirit

Weekend walks and good news

The weather was fine on Saturday so Jim and I wrapped up warm and walked through the woodlands where we used to take Jake....

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labdancer51

11 Jan, 2010
Labdancer51

' DON'T KILL YOUR FISH '

This is from an article in our Newspaper today .. The main thing is not to hit the ice with a hammer to break it and also...

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amy

18 Dec, 2009
Amy

More Fishys 4 the Spring Pond

Remember Buddy & Bean the 2 fish i brought in Oct to grow on in my Aquarium 4 my Pond??? Well this weekend i purchased...

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jacque

23 Nov, 2009
Jacque

My Pond Today

Back in September my Pond accidently empted itself because the Pumps Fountain had fallen over pumpimg all the water out &...

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jacque

21 Nov, 2009
Jacque

Two Spring Pond Fishys :)

Here they r Goy Members/Friends My 2 New Comers Buddy & Bean :) Buddys a Shubunkin :) & Beans a Gold Fish :) Their...

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jacque

5 Oct, 2009
Jacque

Sunday Morning Pond Nightmare

Woke up Sunday morning to find My Pond only having 3inchs of Water & all my dear Fish Dead or Dyeing :( The Water Pump...

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jacque

28 Sep, 2009
Jacque

A DUCK'S TALE

THE DIARY OF A MISGUIDED DUCK It all began with a bit of hanky-panky down at the lake..... Very soon it became obvious that...

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lily2

15 Jul, 2009
Lily2

THE VILLAGE POND............

Our village has a lovely pond.......with lots of wildlife......i took a walk up there last week......... It had dried...

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hollyeves

30 Jun, 2009
Hollyeves

Been Fishin'

My mum phoned yesterday and asked if we could take her neighbours FEW fish from the pond as he's lookin to spend some time...

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sue_sullivan

22 Jun, 2009
Sue_sullivan

Pond.

For the first time in 11yrs I,m able to have my pond uncovered occasionally, which means the grandchildren are growing up...

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lincslass

1 May, 2009
Lincslass

My Poor Fish :(

Woke up this Morning to Find Peaches My 10yr Subunkin Fish Lying on the bark that goes around my Pond :/ I dont know if...

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jacque

17 Apr, 2009
Jacque

the pond, one of my favourite places in the garden.

A clear day with miracle of miracles a clear pond. Fed the fish and thought 'i wonder how many?' 2 years ago when we cleaned...

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seaburngirl

6 Apr, 2009
Seaburngirl

Pond Life

Warning. DO NOT look at this blog if you are affended by content regarding a sexual nature. While at work today...

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donnah

22 Mar, 2009
Donnah

Mike C's Blog ( 15 ) Moving Day

Hello everyone, Some of you may remember that I put in a small pond in my back garden back in April. I must say that it has...

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MikeC

22 Sep, 2008
Mikec

All Doing well :)

Back In June this year i brought 5 Adult Watersnails from a good sorce on EBAY .They cost me just £5 including Postage which...

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jacque

28 Aug, 2008
Jacque

A short story. But you might already have redit-redit-redit...

Down the garden path, under the roses, past the crisp apples and the borders buzzing with bees, down, down, under the leaves...

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Sid

17 Aug, 2008
Sid