Courtyard watergardens

MattA · Post by **MattA** » April 7th, 2013, 2:20 pm

I have a big garden pond & several flood ponds that fill during heavy rains but I can't help but have more water in other spaces. These 2 sit on my back patio, the larger is home to some fantails & provides a good drinking water source for my dogs.

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The smaller pot is more a bog garden with the surface water evaporating off occasionally, its been interesting to watch the occupants find there own space and especially watching the development of the lotus seed I germinated in my tropical aquarium.

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Next year it will have to go out to the main pond but has been fun, I might get a miniature lotus come spring & keep it in another tub on the patio, you can never have enough ponds

Neli · Post by **Neli** » April 7th, 2013, 8:49 pm

He he he!
I have only one miserable of those but managed to build 2 ponds and a river. I love Koi.

MattA · Post by **MattA** » April 8th, 2013, 9:38 am

hehehe I love koi too but so does my wolfhound x mastiff.. he is ever such a proud fisher I can no longer keep koi in my ponds

lackhand · Post by **lackhand** » April 8th, 2013, 9:42 am

MattA wrote:hehehe I love koi too but so does my wolfhound x mastiff.. he is ever such a proud fisher I can no longer keep koi in my ponds

Gotta love dogs. Sometimes I wonder who is really in charge.

Neli · Post by **Neli** » April 8th, 2013, 2:59 pm

dp............

Neli · Post by **Neli** » April 8th, 2013, 3:00 pm

Matta,
You mean they eat the Koi????? Very strange! I have a yorky and he is a house dog...I dont allow him to go out anymore. His hair is to the ground, and is bathed twice a week and blow dried...If I let him out the first thing he does is jump in the pond...or in my court yard water feature.
This a dish with water lilies....I put a short fence around the pond...so he went into the dish.

MattA · Post by **MattA** » April 8th, 2013, 9:31 pm

Neli, this is my boy & a friends elbow for size comparison, he didnt eat them just caught & killed them... he was so proud of himself in all his years of swimming he had only ever succeeded with catching a branch or 2.. I couldnt be cranky just stopped keeping koi, I have comets instead now they are faster & more cautious of other objects in the water.

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Jasonb · Post by **Jasonb** » April 8th, 2013, 11:17 pm

How are the kids going Matt? I'll have to come up and say hello again soon.

Damian Bee · Post by **Damian Bee** » April 9th, 2013, 12:22 am

I have 2 ponds, one in the ground for the frogs and another in a medium sized blue ceramic pot.
I am considering getting some large ceramic pipe 450mm ø and sinking them into the ground like wells but they will likely become death traps for more than just small invertebrates

Maybe just one at 450 deep.
You are right Matt, I get a lot of pleasure out of my ponds, especially in the warmer months with wasps, dragonflies, frogs, birds and other organisms that are attracted to water.

Neli · Post by **Neli** » April 9th, 2013, 2:53 am

Your boy looks tough and big...mine is tiny and funny.He thinks he is the biggest dog on the block.
Here he is in the water lily pot.

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Neli · Post by **Neli** » April 9th, 2013, 3:02 am

I have gone mad as far as ponds are concerned...Just about to finish my second pond.
My old pond

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my new pond not yet finished. I even bought the plot next door to build the new pond.

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