New Pond (not bonsai or japanese)

JayC

Hi everyone!

Sorry if this post is inccorect. This pond IS in the pond section of the forum however, it is not japanese or bonsai related (although i did use some of the soil to make a growing bed for seedlings and there is an acer palmatum and a few serissa's next to the pond). I understand if this thread is deleted because of this reason.

About 3 months ago, i pulled out my old pond which was probably about 1 metre by half a metre in size. I decided to pretty much flatten the garden in which it was, then rebuild another pond, slightly larger.

The digging took the most time by far. I only got the pond in two weeks ago and i worked on it every weekend up until that time. The distance i had to take the wheelbarrows full of heavy clay didnt help, or the steps between the distance.

As you can see in one of the photo's, i used the idea from this thread; http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/f12/tod...pond-13593.html and used carpet rather than sand under the liner. This was done for two reasons: 1. Its cheaper (free) and 2. It is able to hold to the sides of the pond better.

The finished pond is a frog pond. There are many different frogs that live around my house and i want to keep an environment for them in which they can survive. Because it is a frog pond, no koi or goldfish are introduced to this pond, and (mostly)native plants are used around the pond. As you may be able to identify in one of the photos, i introduced salvinia to my pond to help oxygenate it. Since this photo was taken, i found out that salvinia was an extremely noxious weed in my local area and have done everything i could (other than empty the pond and start again) to remove it. I think i was succesfull, as i have not seen any more of it for 2 weeks.

The landscaping is not finished. Rocks will completely surround the pond when i get more time, and australian native shrubs will occupy the surounding garden. I may also add a bog garden using the liner i used for the old pond that had been removed. I will update pics maybe next weekend, after more work is done.

JayC

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JayC

Sorry everyone!

For some reason my photo editor isn't resizing my photos like it usually does. I will fix this problem as soon as possible and have the pics up.

JayC

kcpoole

Hi Jay

Nice to see someone Caring for the Frogs

There is an article on this very subject in the current "Australian Geographic" Magazine (no 88, page 122), and at the end is a Listing of related Websites.

Grab a copy and read if you are interested in this activity

KenP

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JayC

Hi KenP,

I subscribe to australian geographic magazine. I have read that article and went to all of those links already, before creating my pond. I'd love to visit the garden of the people that story is based upond. It is great to have people caring about the frogs in Australia as there population is dropping rapidly. I encourage any other people out there that are thinking about creating a pond to do so, especially in this time of drought so that frogs have an oasis.

This morning whilst working around my pond i found some frog eggs aswell . Judging by the eggs i'd say they are common dwarf toadlet.

Here are the photos of the pond! (more to come)

JayC

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kcpoole

Looks like a nice spot for frogs :-)

Ken

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JayC

Yep, they're out there croaking in the storm right now.

JayC

rschlafer

Great looking Pond!

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