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Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 05 2:33 pm Post subject: Pond
Looking better, don't you think? Before After

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 05 2:41 pm Post subject:
It looks great Rob - that must have been back-breaking work, but worth it. What beasties are going to live in it?

Northern_Lad

Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 14210
Location: Somewhere

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 05 2:42 pm Post subject:
Bet you had to drink a few beers to fill that one!

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 05 2:46 pm Post subject:
Not really... Allsorts of wildlife hopefully, newts have been seen the vicinity, providing they avoid the pair of white call ducks that are coming.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 05 2:48 pm Post subject:
There was me imagining you with you spade out - what a dissapointment. Are you going to breed the ducks?

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 05 2:50 pm Post subject:
With a bit of luck they will, I'll just leave them to get on with it. (And yes, we had to get the spade out when the digger got stuck )

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 05 2:53 pm Post subject:
Excellent, great stewardship.

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 05 2:54 pm Post subject:
Looks great Rob. Do you have to do any planting or is it an existing pond you've expanded?

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 05 2:57 pm Post subject:
No, we haven't extended it- just cleaned it out! There was many years of gunk in there. We've left a bit of a fringe of vegetation & collected some seeds beforehand, to scatter about.

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 05 5:45 pm Post subject:
Is it spring fed and do you expect any wild ducks or geese to invite themselves to dinner at all?

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 05 6:55 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

Is it spring fed and do you expect any wild ducks or geese to invite themselves to dinner at all?

It's just fed by rainwater run off from the field & you get the odd wild duck, but being close to the buildings you don't see many wild geese.

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