Apples and Pears and Ponds !

Tip for you I have a number of plastic Trugs dotted around the garden and keep one close to where i am occupied that saves my legs
the type I refer to are available in garden centres and supermarkets usually brightly coloured with two loop handles About £3.00 to £5.00 each
good bit is I don't have to empty them !!

I bought one of those but left it in the garden and now its full of very green water...

Thank you for the tip NAT. If we are every lucky enough to have any tree fruits I'll remember not to use the bin for target practice!

Cant wait to see your new big pond hope it goes well for you. Wish I had fallen apples I would throw them over the church yard by their doors which has trees next to it for the birds to eat then can mess all over their path instead of mine from their over lapping trees into my garden..

A very practical tip! :-)

Would love to see your pond. We're putting one in, too as soon as we get the little shed cleared and taken down.

Gaia if you click on the letter P at the bottom of the page and scroll down you'll find lots of stuff on ponds that might be interesting for you.

I was going to suggest hiring a donkey to clear up the fruit then wondered whether one should feed apples to a donkey. Find different theories. Some say, "Yes"; others say "No to fermenting fruit". So no wiser.

You could always hire a child . I used to give my neighbour's little girl 1p for every pine cone she collected from the lawn. Oh dear! Was that slave labour? She, and I, used to be pleased at the end of a session. So there!

lol :D I do like your tip, thanks for that. I must say I am also guilty of doing things that create more work than I want ! and I end up laughing at how daft I am sometimes :D

Good luck with your pond ... I hope it attracts lots of wildlife for you :)

If I ever come up with a sensible tip I'll let you all know :)

Eirlys - Children these days would charge a call out fee to even look at the job, then charge £1 per apple and £2 per pear, take selfies whilst pouting into the camera and then post about how unfair it all is on social media :D

NAT: Love that!! :O)

The sad thing is you're probably not too far off the truth too.

LOL! :D

Glad you are enjoying redesigning your pond.

I am lucky to know some very nice children around here. My neighbour's granddaughter (12 yr old) has been enjoying volunteering to water the garden for me during the last week while she was visiting nanna. And 2 little boys at church (10 and 8 yrs old) that like to be helpful, and they make cards for people and write them nice letters and so on.... as well as some younger ones that I can see growing into the same kind of nice, kind ones that the older ones are.