Needed some positivity in life, so just upped and decided to rewild our front garden.
My wife and I have talked about making the front garden a wildflower meadow (which will be step 3 or 4), but my wife likes frogs so I thought I’d gamble on the chance that a little pond might attract some - as well as being a boon for wildlife in general.
We used the kids’ old paddling pool, as you can see, and I’m following guidance found on various websites (e.g. rewildingbritain.org.uk, RSPB, etcetera).
Step 2 will be buying some native pond plants once we’ve got some rainwater in.
Once we’ve got the meadow going, I’m planning on seeing if I can recruit any neighbours. (First target is next door who has never once used their garden and only goes out to strim it down. I’m hoping I can tempt them with an offer of turning it into a meadow for free, seeing as they paid for our shared fence.)
Love a micro pond, see if you can get some movement in that water cheap solar pumps are easy to get now, will help stop it getting to stanky
Definitely - I had one and it kept the pond in a much better condition.
Thanks for the tip!
No problem, I built a bucket pond (large planter) this year will be interesting to see how it does over the winter.
Ooh! Share pictures! How’s it progressing so far?
Need some taller plants in and around it still.
I’m interested in this. Did you read anything? I know nothing but it sounds like a cool project for me and my kid.