Step By Step How To Build A Wildlife Pond For Your Garden Or Allotment

Check out my new book that you can pre-order now. Simplify Vegetable Gardening will be available on 16th Feb 2024. Pre-order now to be the first to get a copy of this book that has all my personal tips. geni.us/SimplifyVegGardening In this episode of UK Here We Grow, Tony O'Neill shows you how to build a wildlife pond step by step. He gives you some excellent tips and tricks on creating a pond that will not only allow you to keep wildlife and fish together in harmony, but will also show you how to keep them safe from herons, cats and other predators.
Visit our Amazon Store for Gardening Products
www.amazon.com/shop/simplify
Support This Channel With Paypal
www.paypal.me/ukherewegrow
Support This Channel With Patreon:
/ ukherewegrow
PRODUCTS USED TO FILM THIS EPISODE
geni.us/VideoEquipment
Holiday Gardening Gifts For Him
geni.us/Giftsforhim
Holiday Gardening Gifts For Her
geni.us/Giftsforher
Tubebuddy Video SEO Tool
www.tubebuddy.com/ukhwg
Join Our Newsletter ukherewegrow.com/newsletter
Visit Our Website ukherewegrow.com
Business Enquiries Email [e-mail]
We would like to welcome all our new subscribers and thank you all for supporting UK here We Grow
Other Videos You maybe interested in.
Results Container Or Ground Grown Potatoes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzcIF...
Shed Build Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlz-s...
Polytunnel Rebuild Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-U2H...
Installing 200watt Solar in Shed www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaedJ...
Build A Wildlife Pond www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iF2p...
For more Free KZbin gardening tips, tricks and how to's:
goo.gl/7VoRhk
Share this video with a KZbinr friend:
goo.gl/RdfpLF
My most recent upload:
goo.gl/n3QNQF
My Most Popular Upload:
goo.gl/ZKAq5J

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you for watching my content. If you enjoyed this video you can view more like it here --->kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJqpY6NuaNKMpNE Don't forget to like and share my content. Thanks, guys :)

[@richardhaworth4043]

This is superb. Im going to try and copy this. The finished article looks great

[@simplifygardening]

@@richardhaworth4043 Thanks. let me know how you go

[@richardhaworth4043]

@@simplifygardening hi Tony. Most people seem to recommend a pump and filter. Do you not need one for a pond this size? Also, how do you handle overflow? Thanks.

[@simplifygardening]

@@richardhaworth4043 Overflow just goes to the garden. The pond has load of oxygenation plants, its been running since this video was made no issue and has both fish frogs and newts in it. If I could I would have put a small filter and pump, but then it doesnt become a wildlife pond and they require still water

[@theadventuresofdannyandjac4458]

@@richardhaworth4043 ĺĺlĺal00gipokjjmmm¹111⅓qåq abqjķjjjjjjjjjkkkkkkkkkjjjjjjnjñ3bn. Gy5ft4g3vxye6 Yeuduw9677e1q8eidgfiďmkkkķjķjieiququeuwuwuwuuq1

[@COD4SNiiPERx1996]

During this covid 19 lockdown I decided to try build a pond and after watching this I did just that. I live in the country but its amazing how much life it brings. I planted many flowers around it too and its thriving. Didn't think it'd be so rewarding

[@simplifygardening]

Wait for a year or so for it to mature Steven, This pond now has fish, newts frogs and all sorts of insects including dragonfly lavae. its so relaxing to sit by

[@COD4SNiiPERx1996]

@@simplifygardening im excited to see in the coming couple of months how all the flowers turn out. I impressed myself with how well it looks. We used to have newts in the river by our house but pollution frim an idiot farmer must have chased them off. Hoping they come back to the pond

[@wodgirl7089]

Steven Travers I started digging a pond this week and was wondering if you have to have a pump? This video doesn’t look like it.

[@Ed19601]

I built a pond a few years ago and I was just amazed about the amount of wildlife in it and around it. How did all those frogs and newts find my pond :-)

[@simplifygardening]

Its amazing they will search them out if habitat around them is destroyed

[@aurangazebalamgir6080]

@@simplifygardening How About Pacus???Are They Available There???

[@joyscott374]

Been looking for weeks on here for a small wildlife pond tutorial and honestly yours is the 👌

[@simplifygardening]

So glad it was helpful Joy :)

[@smathe3]

"Dad, this looks like a jacuzzi"...."Wish it was Lad" Love it! So good. Great video.

[@simplifygardening]

Cheers Steve. couldnt write it huh?

[@markemyshibukawa9254]

I love the idea of making a little channel and caves for them to hide in! 💕 If I ever get a chance to finally make a pond, I'll utilize that idea! Thanks! 👍😁

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah, it's such a great idea. Stops the herons from getting the fish and everything can hide from each other

[@annegray6917]

I see so many people building these small ponds for wildlife please realise that frogs will often hibernate in the bottom of ponds so ideally it needs to be at least 3 feet deep or in a harsh winter they will die as the pond will freeze right down to the bottom to prevent this u can also put a polycarbonate sheet over a shallow pond, not all the time as the water then may get too warm you just need to prevent it from freezing.. good luck with ur ponds.

[@maryphillips864]

I must show my husband this... He did build a wildlife pond for my allotment, with a moulded liner, but it's not a patch on this. In fact only this morning he mentioned he wasn't happy with it. So I might have a new pond soon. Thanks for showing this Tony.

[@simplifygardening]

Glad it was of interest and help to you Mary. I would be very interested to see the results if you can post pics.

[@TheOptimisticGardener]

I am just building a pond and yours was the first video I watched. Some great tips that I will be incorporating into my build, cheers 😀

[@simplifygardening]

Awesome good luck sorry about the late reply, YT didnt notify me of a load of comments

[@loosefish9889]

The damsel fly population that came after I installed my pond have done wonders for the garden!

[@aslmad1]

LooseFish Land what did they do for garden

[@loosefish9889]

@@aslmad1 they are predatory , and like to eat a lot of soft bodied insects, like Flys, mosquitos, aphids and the like.

[@AndrewWilson68]

Thanks for this video. It was really helpful, having never built a pond before. The channels/ caves for the fish work really well. Had our first toad within a couple of weeks of building it.

[@simplifygardening]

Glad it was helpful! give it a year it will be packed with nature

[@angelarai1]

wildlife ponds are brill , i made one which is full of wildlife , i even have some fish which i didnt put in lol, dont know what they are but deffo fish , any how if you put goldfish in which are carp by the way they will eat any eggs or spawn that amphibians lay so putting fish in kind of defeats the object , good luck with the pond by the way anything to encourage our wildlife is awesome :)

[@rhyswarfield5861]

Just built my very first pond today. After looking at this I can already see a lot of work ahead of me, re building and expanding my pond!.

[@tasneembashir2733]

I wish I saw your video 1st .. I dug deep then I'm struggling to make shelves. But I'm getting there

[@simonmichell7]

Brilliant - that was really helpful. I love the channel and flagstone technique and beach effect.

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks Simon that makes it much safer for fish and wildlife xxxxx

[@prettybird2588]

I started my pond today !

[@karenlam2988]

I almost immediately got rid of the rubber mats I used to make hiding places in my pond. Instead, to solve the problem of no room for bricks or stones on my one narrow shelf I put an oblong plastic kitchen refuse bin on it and put a clump of iris back in the pond so that its thick mat of roots acted as a roof on top of it and hid it from view. I weighted the roots down with stones. In the bottom of the pond I submerged a spare plastic watering can for the (hoped for) baby fish to hide in. I only had three fish left because of herons. I made a mini beach for creatures to gain access to the water and protect the lining with the help of stones, gravel, and waterproof cement. The fish seem to like their new hiding place and the hoped for baby fish are now a reality! So pleased I found your video and learnt how to improve my pond.

[@simplifygardening]

That is fantastic news, I am glad that its now working and the fish are loving their new home. Just be mindful the cement doesn't change the ph and make it alkaline, if it does but a pond sealer and seal it and you're perfect. any luck the heron will be a thing of past and this time next year you will have loads of baby fish.

[@karenlam2988]

thank you!

[@izby2652]

I have been wanting to put a pond in the garden for years but I never had the confidence to do it. This video was very helpful. Thank you.

[@simplifygardening]

hope you did it Sorry about the late reply, YT didn't let me know this comment was here and I just found it

[@jaynerose9571]

absolutely super, it looks wonderful, I loved the attention & consideration to wildlife, really helpful tips for me to start my own pond project Thank You

[@simplifygardening]

Jayne that is great I am glad you enjoyed it. If you check out the pond playlist I refurb an old 30 yr old concrete pond similar but much bigger with a water fall and hybernaculum if your interested in more wildlife features

[@annashiegl]

Lovely pond, and well thought out. I've got a pond in a big pot, and the birds love it. I'm concerned about toddler falling in at the minute,, but when she's older I'll try and make a proper pond following your video here. Thanks for taking the time to show us how to build one.

[@simplifygardening]

Hey Anna, Yeah good to wait until the risk is removed but when she is older they can become a fantastic learning tool for kids too

[@aicram62]

I wonder what we did when we lived in the wild? Do you think we had a lot of drowning deaths? I know there were a lot of broken limb deaths.

[@stephenrowe1415]

Have heavy clay soil & lots of rocks so decided to dig a pond today. Thanks for the hints & tips 🙂

[@simplifygardening]

Brilliant that will really help the wildlife

[@stanleywf3]

That's an amazing pond! You have inspired me to make a start on mine tomorrow

[@simplifygardening]

Perfect. its easy just watch your back on the dig. but enjoy it and at the end sit back and look what you did. next year you will reap the rewards as everything moves in

[@susanmcentee7522]

Absolutely Lovely. Inspired me to have a go this 2020 Easter weekend

[@simplifygardening]

Susan, that is excellent. Im glad you are going to try your own. Its matured beautifully. If you want to see a bigger version of this with a waterfall, you can see it on the following link where I totally refurb my mother old 30 yr old pond kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2bWeaajqbCMsNU

[@susanmcentee7522]

Absolutely lovely. Inspired me to have a go on this 2020 Easter Weekend

[@simplifygardening]

Susan, that is excellent. Im glad you are going to try your own. Its matured beautifully. If you want to see a bigger version of this with a waterfall, you can see it on the following link where I totally refurb my mother old 30 yr old pond kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2bWeaajqbCMsNU

[@ShirleiBarnes]

It looks great! It’s helpful seeing the steps you went through. Thank you! 😊

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks I glad you found value in the video Shirlei

[@stevef1264]

Amazing pond mate looks so natural already & lots of hiding places a great technique. You've given me lots of scope to create my own thanks mate

[@simplifygardening]

Check it out in some of my last videos on how it looks now

[@LindaPenney]

Awesome update thanks for sharing have a blessed day

[@cathymousette9267]

Brilliant, you have inspired me to get digging, thank you 😉

[@islahampson9598]

Wow. I’ve learnt so much after watching this. Love your pond, very clever design.

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Ellie-lr8ow]

Keep it up mate love what u do and I love that pond

[@annu5574]

beautiful..loved it and all set to try this on my garden😍

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you so much 😊Sorry for the late reply

[@heathersummerfield344]

Thank you it’s a lovely pond.

[@pauloroarty1799]

Excellent idea and well explained.Thanks

[@prettybird2588]

Excellent video the best on KZbin thank you. I really like the idea of edging inside the pond with rocks and then covering with larger stone for a hiding place for the frogs excellent idea.

[@simplifygardening]

Yes its perfect for protection from birds like herons

[@billduffy600]

Great job Tony . Good to see you are on the mend. Best wishes from Oz .

[@simplifygardening]

Cheers Bill. Been a weird year but glad im sorted :)

[@maricelpagalan4528]

I made a pond from watching your video. Thanks so much. Mine is a lot smaller and simpler but I love it. It's too hot right now in central California for fish, but I will add a couple of fish in the fall. My 6yo loves it too. Keep making awesome videos.

[@simplifygardening]

Thats awesome, Brilliant I would love to see it if you can send a photo to [e-mail]. I love it when folks try things because I have been able to inspire them to give it a go. Your 6 yr old will love it more and more as it matures and loads of insects and stuff move in. It also makes a great learning resource

[@daniadejonghe4980]

Really nice design on your pond.... so many times they look only marginally natural... but your's really works.

[@tuscan440r]

Nice one, thanks for sharing. The hiding area using the rocks is a great idea I'll borrow for sure! I'll be adding a log pile next it too as well to help land venturing pond dwellers. Hoping I can get mine done in a day too! 🤔

[@simplifygardening]

Excellent would love to see the finished pond

[@Phoenix-kf4xo]

Beautiful and inspirational

[@giggiwidit5638]

Great video, that has given me food-for-thought about how I want my pond to look, once I create it =DDD Thank you !!!

[@simplifygardening]

If you check out some of the newer videos you will see this pond all matured

[@djmmeade2094]

Wow i love yr pond. I have a buttler sink and a couple of washing up bowls that have wild life in . I want to make something like this its great thank you

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you enjoyed it and found it to be interesting. This pond has so much wildlife in it now it amazes me each time i look at it

[@devhak22]

This is a great idea! I'm definitely getting some inspiration, but will have to adjust a few things, such as depth, to accommodate the cold winter climate of central Canada.

[@simplifygardening]

Dev the video is only to spark ideas and the motivation to make your own. Be great to here how yours turns out

[@jasonward6723]

i dug a pond out in my garden i used bentonite and it worked out ok sealed up lovely

[@coven5803]

Outstanding!!

[@Mary-had-a-lil-farm]

Awww beautiful lil helper you have there.

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah hes grown up a lot now.

[@JyotiKarnik1961]

thanks for the video...i do share your enthusiasm though i do not have my own space and am doing whatever i can in my rented premises. but i got fair idea of what i can do more, thanks to you tony...happy ponding!

[@simplifygardening]

Thats great your trying to fit something in even in a rented place. Well done :)

[@simplifygardening]

Jyoti Karnik glad it was of interest. Thanks

[@papernlace123]

Your pond turned out great! The hiding area you created around the edge (under the capstones) is brilliant. This is exactly what I will do to keep the raccoons out of our frog pond when we build it. Thank you for sharing. :-) Nicole

[@simplifygardening]

Hi Nicole, I am glad it was of interest to you. we built a bigger pond by refurbing an old concrete pond the same way but added a stone waterfall that may interest you. check out the pond refurb playlist. Tony

[@papernlace123]

UK Here We Grow Thanks Tony, I'll check it out. :-)

[@jostinetom4302]

Excellent

[@jacquelinebramhall3892]

looks fab.might try doing one now.you make it look easy 😀

[@simplifygardening]

Its not hard just time consuming. take your time and have a go

[@grahamthomas5226]

just a GT video and information on the pond is second to none good job 🐞🐝🐦😀👍👍

[@simplifygardening]

cheers Graham glad you enjoyed the video

[@sxbrina_fl944]

Wow ! I love it! I made mine really small though 🙁

[@michellejennings4259]

Thank you for this video

[@simplifygardening]

My pleasure Michelle

[@thealienfiles]

Great video!!!...I'm starting my pond in the next couple of weeks...got mighty tips from ye... Your next video should be on building a Jacuzzi next to the point!!!😀😀

[@simplifygardening]

How cool would that be lol

[@karenlam2988]

That hiding area is SO clever!

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks, Karen, It works really well we had a Heron coming for around 2 weeks, not one fish did it get and it gave up and hasn't come back since. It's worked so well I refurbished my mother 30 yr old concrete pond and did a similar thing but on a bigger scale and added a hibernaculum and waterfall. you can find that episode in the ponds playlist.

[@karenlam2988]

Thank you so much for your information! After I saw this I realized the shallow space I had once provided for creatures to reach the water in my own pond was now over grown with iris. I have now planted the iris in the ground beside the pond instead and made the slope where they were more gradual with stones and gravel. Also I had made no provision for the fish to hide, apart for the weed. As there is not enough room on my shallow shelfs for bricks and stones as you have I made some speedy improvisations this morning. I took up my two rubber door mats that have holes in them! I laced them together lengthways and hung one side over the edge of the pond, so that it covered the edge of the lining and also hung down slanting over the shallow shelf to provide a hiding place. Then, where the mat was in the water, I took some of the copious moss that grows in my pond and pushed it into the holes of the mats to grow there. I also put stones over the part on the edge of the pond to secure it and planted ivy to drape over it for camouflage.It looks good and I hope the fish like it.

[@simplifygardening]

That's a great re use of mats, and I'm sure the fish will love their new hiding place, esp if a heron is about. glad the videos have inspired you to make alterations in your pond, :)

[@orsonkaart1853]

Excellent job!

[@jdhamer9356]

Thank you very much for this fab video. We are just about to step up from a container pond to one like this. It’s also soothed my soul today, as the world is a bit frightening at the moment. Nothing quite like gardening and wildlife to make you feel better. I will check out your other channel and videos. 🙂

[@simplifygardening]

There are 400 videos here. The name change is just happening on this channel so no need to worry. Welcome to the channel. If you like this video check out the pond playlist. I refurbed a concrete pond to this style including a hibernaculum and waterfall

[@jdhamer9356]

Simplify Gardening Thank you. Yes, I will definitely make my way through your videos. 🙂 Thanks

[@baljeet50]

Just beautiful!

[@simplifygardening]

thanks. I am sorry for the late reply, YT didnt tell me about your comment. I just found it

[@stevegalvin9122]

Great job...I need to build one!

[@jasondavidwalton9958]

Your videos are very inspiring mate. Just got my first allotment so would love to try a few things out myself.

[@simplifygardening]

Jason David Walton Thanks Jason good luck on your new plot. thanks for viewing. looking forward to chatting more as the year progresses. there is another pond build put on after this one

[@blacktrap9707]

Very nice.

[@nordicpink]

You did a great job!!!

[@spanishlifeinthemountains8035]

Lovely job Tony, looks great

[@simplifygardening]

Cheers Ali. be much better as the area matures

[@ggoannas]

Your idea of a hidden channel is absolutely brilliant!!!!! Bravo!

[@simplifygardening]

Its been there 4 years now and the wildlife and fish love it. It allows you to keep both and have a very active pond that's packed with wildlife

[@bevsartsandcrafts715]

That is the dogs do dahs! So brilliant. Well done

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks, Glad it was of interest, I hope its given you some ideas and inspiration for your own pond :)

[@bevsartsandcrafts715]

UK Here We Grow yeah...made me want a huge pond! 😂😂😂

[@BRI5457]

Hi Tony just started watching your vids and some great idea,s that you have and will sure be using some of them many thanks Brian

[@simplifygardening]

Hi Brian. Welcome to the group. thanks for your comments. loads of videos to look at and we also have some great fb and twitter groups. look forward to sharing ideas with you

[@sseptember6301]

Loved it.. thank you so much!

[@simplifygardening]

Hey, Thanks glad u enjoyed it

[@johnbee2175]

Superb video and beautiful pond. I have had mine for four years and whilst I love it and full of flourishing plants, fish and frogs I wish I had watched this first. I didn’t level so the liner shows and no idea how to fix it. Was thinking about emptying what I have and starting again with same hole (new liner) but this is about when the frogs start spawning so maybe not ideal timing.

[@richlynybanez847]

Absolutely very nice....i Love it.😍

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you! 😊

[@animulovers3881]

Awesome sir

[@rdkitchengarden4359]

Really nice video. Lots of useful tips :)

[@numbereight886]

Great video, I learned a lot about how to build a proper pond (In more permaculture terms). good stuff.

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks number eight. glad it was of interest and helped you with some ideas. :)

[@danprice8931]

looks amazing well done matey

[@simplifygardening]

Cheers, Dan. Glad it was of interest :)

[@simplifygardening]

Cheers Dan. Just put a new lily in ready for this year 😁

[@2ashi]

well done,amazing video very helpful

[@simplifygardening]

Glad it was of interest to you.

[@willbargamento6137]

cool bro keep doing it.....☺☺☺☺

[@TheHitman180]

looking great

[@mosseyw]

Beautiful job, very inspirational 👍😊

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@MuddyBootz]

Hi.Tony, A top job you have done there mate.. I dug a pond out about 20 years ago and can still remember the amount of soil that I shifted. It blends in really good and pity it is out of the way behind the tunnel, as it would have made a lovely centre piece in any garden. I thought you would have got your watch to park the tender nearby, it would have filled it in minutes!! 😄😄😄😄 All the best....Nigel👍🏻

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah it would have mate but i wanted rain water in the pond, this way didnt have to worry about chlorine or anything . It is a shame that its tucked away but when i finish the area it be a nice chill out place

[@kajahtaa]

Looks great!

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks Eric :)

[@sheepparadise]

great work, nice pond. will try it.

[@simplifygardening]

Good luck! look forward to hearing how you get on

[@yvonneskeppstedtschill170]

Really nice little film of you building this wild life pond. Best I have sen so far. Many good ideas. So thank you so much for sharing this.Can't wait to get digging. All the best from Yvonne in Sweden mid August 2017.

[@simplifygardening]

Hi, Yvonne from Sweden. Welcome to the channel, Glad you enjoyed the video, If you go to the pond playlist just after building this one I did a refurb of an old concrete pond very similar in the end, but this had a hibernaculum and a waterfall. might be of interest to you too. Thanks very much for taking the time to comment and pass on your thoughts, it is very much appreciated

[@gypsylady123gypsy8]

Love it from new Zealand

[@JSears-io3rd]

Very impressive! Lovely 🌹

[@simplifygardening]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@rhomanmason8131]

Looks great, awesome job buddy.

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks mate I am glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@welshthorn]

Some Interesting ideas, thanks

[@simplifygardening]

Glad it was of interest

[@ashley-dn2el]

It's spot on , very natural like , with the rock surround idea . Cheers

[@simplifygardening]

Glad you enjoyed it I’m gonna overhaul it this year

[@funnyseries6252]

Thank you

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks glad you enjoyed the video 😀👌

[@SM-tp8ox]

2020, I'm watching your video. A. I soooo wish I had watched this before making my own. B. covid-19 brought me here all these years later. lol thanks for the great super easy to understand instructions!

[@simplifygardening]

Yeah an old video now but the pond looks fantastic too. Check out some of the videos from last summer

[@TroySwezey]

Looks great. Well done. Very cool idea of making the channel and caves.

[@simplifygardening]

thanks it allows you to not only ahve a wildlife pond but even keep fish

[@kaydewinter3588]

that's really good

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks :)

[@trewball1]

Top job 👌

[@simplifygardening]

thanks Sorry for the late reply. I have been unwell. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@brianingram1834]

Love your videos.

[@simplifygardening]

Cheers Brian

[@chantoab]

Great video, very helpful 👍👍

[@simplifygardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@geminirhythmspirit2573]

Thanks man, great vid,

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks for your comment. i am glad it was of interest

[@andyhill9562]

really enjoyed the vid m8,got some good ideas from it,cheers

[@simplifygardening]

Glad it was of interest to you. Be good to see yours when done

[@mysterygardener3619]

Tony that's fantastic. I would love this in my allotment you make it all so easy, you are a great teacher. Thanks for showing your work. Andy. ps. Will you be showing how the re-build of your pollytunnel. Andy

[@simplifygardening]

Hi Andy. Yes im in the middle of editing it now.

[@lorraineg8134]

Tony thankyou. Found this.

[@simplifygardening]

awesome lorraine

[@panic1863]

Awesome sir,

[@simplifygardening]

So nice of you

[@panic1863]

@@simplifygardening ❤

[@paultsworld]

It's fabulous having a pond. I don't have any fish so the wildlife can thrive. It's the focal point of my garden for the wildlife and I can't stop shooting videos of everything that arrives.

[@simplifygardening]

Its very addictive watching the wildlife Paul

[@paultsworld]

Certainly is - something going on all the time.

[@TroubleMedia1]

great video man! going to try start my own pond up! nothing else to do on lockdown haha

[@simplifygardening]

Awesome. In the pond playlist i converted an old concrete square pond like this and put in a waterfall

[@darksharkrafa1]

excellent

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks Be Frank :)

[@francesluck6597]

Lovely work, what wonderful soil you have - very envious. My stuff is full of flints. You can't have fish in a dedicated wildlife pond though, they will eat every invertebrate which tries to breed there despite "hiding places." I gave all my fish away to my neighbour's kids and decided to keep my pond purely for frogs, dragonflies, damsels etc. Thanks for your very clear video Tony.

[@simplifygardening]

Thanks Frances. Ive had ponds for years this pond been here for 3 now and although fish do manage to get some of the insect life we do manage to have both including frogs newts and tadpoles

[@francesluck6597]

@@simplifygardening Thanks Tony, your patent "corridor" behind the rocks really works! I must try this myself then i can keep fish too. Thank you.