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| Jim surveying the site for the new pond. |
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| Sarah, Jim and Danny digging the hole. |
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| Jim, Sarah and Danny levelling the bath-tub and filling around the edges. |
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| Job well done - Danny, Sarah and Jim. |
On Tuesday's volunteer session (weekly 1-5pm) we installed a pond next to our polytunnels, to attract wildlife, particularly slug-eating frogs and toads. This old cast-iron bath-tub was once used as a cattle-trough in the farm's cattle-shed, but we thought it would make a fine pond. Later in the day we blocked up the old tap and overflow holes using bungs made from our own willow, made a staircase at the deep-end from stones to allow wildlife to access the pond, and filled it full of rainwater. Now we are going to import some frog-spawn from a local pond, and add a fence for safety. Many thanks to Danny, Jim and Sarah for helping with the project.
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| The pond filled with water and rocks, with ploytunnels behind. |
Ponds are great additions as are bog gardens - they attract so many amphibians and such a lot of wildlife and insects. Try a bog garden as well if you get a chance - so much safer as well where children are concerned.
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