Hello All. I am in the process of turning my rear south facing garden from a wilderness into a "extension" of my house. Five years of hard graft have now resulted in raised beds , gravel walkways, yorkshire stone flagged steps and an area that is enjoyable to sit in and relax. I have now got to...

I am refitting my warehouse and need to clear out the stock to do this. someone suggested I auction it on EBAY. does anyone use it and is it a good place to sell water garden equipment. or should I just discount it on the website. www.arghamvillage.co.uk

I have just built a new pond. It is about 250 gallons. I want to start adding features and was wondering if I put steel in, will the rust cause a problem for the fish and plants I will be adding at a...

I used a bitumen based sealant. Warmed it up to make it more liquid and chose a hot sunny day so that the concrete was warm. Brushed as much dust from the gap as possible and allowed the sealant to run down the cracks. I then spread the sealant away from the cracks to make a T shape over them (the...

Newbie here, I live in the UK and built a wildlife pond in my back garden about 6 weeks ago. There have just been two days of quite heavy rainful here (the great British summer) and today I noticed that there are small clumps of white eggs around the edge of the pond, stuck to the edges and just...

Can I put 2 or 3 ft of soil on top of my liner to grow my lillies or do I have to leave them in pots? Thanks.

Hi group, I just wanted to know is there any difference between the iris's for the garden or the iris's for the pond?? Thanks in advance, Sacha

I built my pond last year and have approx 15 fish - not huge. I built it with a flexible liner but now feel it is not quite big enough. I dug it fairly deep (3 foot) in middle with deep planting ledges, too deep probably as many of my baskets are on bricks. It is around 12 ft long and 6 ft wide....

(miss mandy) wrote: Hello miss mm I recently inherited (with the new house) a 72 gallon garden mm pond. I thought it may be fun to put in a few water plants mm and 2 or 3 of the $0.50 gold fish that I used to have as a mm kid. So off to the fish store I went. What...

My pond is new about 2 months old, aprox. 800 gallons with 10 wonderful Koi's.guess it takes time and lots of water changes and salt if you know what I mean.Quan and hiswife Lisa have ever met that's my pond experts. I was so new at the pond Wow...sorry to break it to you but your pond...

I recently posted a request for help with Flukes and would like to thank all those that helped me out - the problem is gone - I think. However, on waking up this morning I found I have a one year old koi doing spirals in the centre of my pond. He seems to be bent slightly sideways and...

Hi! I'm loking for Agave parryi v. truncata seeds. I'm a colecioner of succulents and I'm desperate - please HELP ME! I'm from Polnad and in my country I can't find it at all. Paul!

I'm wondering if someone can tell me what I might have in my pond :-) I've got a 300 gallon pond with 3 one year old shubunkin, and a handful of koi not much older than a year. I have dozens and dozens of fry in every size from an eighth of an inch to two inches. Many of them resemble the...

As the weather has been so hot last couple of weeks. I have been getting a lot of calls at the nursery about what looks like black fly on waterlilys. this is Waterlilly aphid. It would be worth checking your ponds as they seem to appear from no where. Especially if you have plum or cherry trees...

Falco wrote: I am a total newbie to this group but you seem like friendly folk. I have a few frogs in and around my pond and one in particular looks a lot like a Pool Frog (Rana lessonae). The problem is that according to some experts they are meant to be extinct in the UK. On the other...

I posted on here a few weeks back, asking for advice because my fish were sick and dying at a huge rate. I got some great advice, which I followed, so here's the update. We tested for ammonia, and the levels were high, so we immediately ordered a Green Genie from the internet. In the meantime, we...

I have about 10 water lillie plants in my pond and for some reason they are not doing that well this year, does any one have any advise on these plants. many thanks andy in swindon

Here are some other great ponding places that dont allow the spam and other garbage. i have been going to these and the people are friendly also. rec.ponds http://groups.msn.com/TheOldGardenPond/general.msnw aol water gardening messsage boards. Hope to see you there!

Hi all, I think I'm having a prob with raccoons. I started a water garden a few days ago in a whisky barrel. Got plants, and a few goldfish & 1 shubunkin, and have a pump. Cats came around immediately showing interest, but they just looked I think. Then the 2nd day, the water was all...

IAN GARDNER wrote: Dear all, How are you all doing? Where is everybody. Ian,