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Chatting => Design and Construction => Topic started by: Larissa68 on March 21, 2021, 19:24

Title: Tiny pond
Post by: Larissa68 on March 21, 2021, 19:24: I am wanting to add a tiny pond to our half allotment. We are tight on room so am looking for a really tiny one. What have you used and what has worked? Pics would be fab!
Title: Re: Tiny pond
Post by: The bunny on April 18, 2021, 07:54: Hello I would suggest a pot pond.. save all the hard work. I put one on my patio at home. Not to much for the wildlife but as a feature with fountain. I have another dug pond for wildlife. A pot could sunk into the ground , but provide an escape route for hedgehogs if you do. Its amazing what wildlife a small amount of water brings in. You wont regret it. Pictures appear upside down on this site so its a bit hard to see otherwise I would post.
Title: Re: Tiny pond
Post by: andreadon on June 11, 2021, 19:58: How big is tiny?
I've got a wheelbarrow barrow as my pond. It seems to do the job.
Title: Re: Tiny pond
Post by: Lulu on June 16, 2021, 19:48: This is interesting as I want a tiny pond too. Hubby is meant to be getting a plastic barrel cut down for me but me and the frogs are still waiting. I found a frog in a plastic tub today so they really could do with a nice little pond.

Like the wheelbarrow pond - has a slope for escape already made 😀
Title: Re: Tiny pond
Post by: Fairy Plotmother on June 18, 2021, 10:01: Quote from: Lulu on June 16, 2021, 19:48
This is interesting as I want a tiny pond too. Hubby is meant to be getting a plastic barrel cut down for me but me and the frogs are still waiting. I found a frog in a plastic tub today so they really could do with a nice little pond.

Like the wheelbarrow pond - has a slope for escape already made &#128512;
I have the bottom of an old hamster cage approx. ish 2 1/2 feet x 2 feet x 5" which I am planning on turning into a little pond
Title: Re: Tiny pond
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on June 18, 2021, 11:20: Amazon have a selection of pre-formed ponds, not sure if they have something to fit your small space though.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Sellers-Garden-Outdoors-Preformed-Ponds/zgbs/outdoors/4262946031
Title: Re: Tiny pond
Post by: Growster... on June 18, 2021, 15:01: Our little pond was just some black plastic liner, about 9" deep, folded around a few inches well below the surface, and held down at the edges with stones and a few old bricks! It was about 18" x 12", and a resident toad was established there about three seconds after we filled it!