tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post2105481051633451360..comments2024-01-06T14:47:27.687+00:00Comments on Susan Price's 'Nennius' Blog: Pond LifeSusan Pricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-38820987674839639232018-02-09T12:08:41.347+00:002018-02-09T12:08:41.347+00:00Fantastic blog! Do you have any hints for aspiring...Fantastic blog! Do you have any hints for aspiring writers? I'm hoping to start my own blog soon but I'm a little lost on everything. Would you recommend starting with a free platform like Wordpress or go for a paid option? There are so many options out there that I'm completely confused .. Any tips? Appreciate it! <a href="https://easygardenwatering.co.uk/garden-irrigation-systems/" rel="nofollow">irrigation uk</a><br />kristinahojholthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03634764279298743078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-13757504645680049522016-07-14T22:37:47.207+01:002016-07-14T22:37:47.207+01:00I am so relieved for you, and that there's a d...I am so relieved for you, and that there's a difference between Marestail and the devilish Horsetail. (Couldn't bear to give you all those horrible details in one go.) Unfortunately, we can't move - but there are worse things in life than prehistorically cursed greenery.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-37956073562231991212016-07-13T09:53:46.872+01:002016-07-13T09:53:46.872+01:00Just checked, and the plants are different. Mares-...Just checked, and the plants are different. Mares-tail is an aquatic plant, though it can sometimes be found in very marshy soil.<br />Horse-tail, which is sometimes called Mares-Tail is the nightmare of which you speak, Penny. The roots go 7 feet deep! And every time you pull one up and break a root, more grows from the break. As your man said: move house.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-2431293144512788162016-07-13T09:47:09.609+01:002016-07-13T09:47:09.609+01:00Thanks, Penny. The pond is 80 cms deep at its deep...Thanks, Penny. The pond is 80 cms deep at its deepest point which means that amphibians and aquatic insects could hibernate down there, safe from the worst of winter.<br />I checked, and the stuff in my pond is mare's tail but I'm not sure it's the same as your 'mare. Mine's an oxygenating plant that grows underwater and absorbs nitrates. You buy a bundle with a weight attached and just chuck it in. It grows until its green whorls poke above the water's surface. It IS pretty invasive, but when it grows too much, you just hoik a few handfuls out and throw it on the compost. I don't think this variety can grow out of the water, but I might be wrong. I shall have to check. And maybe not throw it on my compost if it turns out to be one you have to move house to escape.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-39564202258363183662016-07-12T14:29:40.398+01:002016-07-12T14:29:40.398+01:00Love this pond and the story of the pond and the p...Love this pond and the story of the pond and the pictures and all the newly arriving wildlife. I've loved hearing about the adventure of creating it and am admiring all the effort needed. That first muddy hole looks very deep, so well dug to all hands involved.<br />HOWEVER please, please be wary of Mare's Tail! <br />If it is the same plant as the mare's tail we have in our garden, it is an invasive weed that gets just everywhere. It is possibly a plant that has survived from prehistoric times which tells you everything. I asked someone at RHS Harlow Carr Gardens how to get rid of it and was told "Move house!" I am not someone who minds weeds much but with this one, I just had to say. To all else, my good wishes.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-35194568463127331472016-07-11T14:13:28.831+01:002016-07-11T14:13:28.831+01:00The bath has a ready-made ledge - I use it for pr...The bath has a ready-made ledge - I use it for prosecco and candles at the moment. Guess it would be a bit deep, though, so an escape route sounds good in case I fall in while rescuing the boy-next-door's football...Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-73954123382077058072016-07-10T17:49:03.387+01:002016-07-10T17:49:03.387+01:00Oh, a good reminder, Madwippit! Yes, some kind of ...Oh, a good reminder, Madwippit! Yes, some kind of shingle beach (a heap of gravel) or big stones or anything to offer an escape.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09192291757454558517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-33743347879364999932016-07-10T17:11:09.905+01:002016-07-10T17:11:09.905+01:00Looking fab, it really is ... and glad the flag an...Looking fab, it really is ... and glad the flag and strawberries are thriving :-) If you want it, I have some aloe vera for your kitchen next time you visit ... <br /><br />Kath, if you use a bath make sure there is some kind of ramp provided to enable wildlife to escape if it falls in - hedgehogs and birds etc As Sue says, you can use pots bricks etcmadwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-7727291076547932752016-07-10T13:13:59.969+01:002016-07-10T13:13:59.969+01:00Thanks, Joan. I love my garden more than I ever di...Thanks, Joan. I love my garden more than I ever did. First thing, every day, I look out to see what's going on out there.<br /><br />Kath, yes, for a wild-life pond. Anything that holds water will work. Ideally, a pond is 75cm deep at one point, to provide winter shelter for amphibians and insect larvae, but it doesn't have to be. Nobody went around measuring natural ponds, after all. They just form wherever conditions are right.<br /><br />You'd need to provide ledges for shallower planting around the edges, but you can do that with upturned flower-pots or old kitchen pots you don't want - or anything that will make a ledge for a plant to grow on. A brick, for instance. Fill it with rain-water as much as possible - shouldn't be too much of a problem in this country. Then bung in a few oxygenators (water-lily, mare's tails, duck-weed.)<br /><br />Make a shallower hole at the edge of your pond, line with a waterproof tarpaulin that you've bodged a few holes through with a garden fork, fill with sub-soil or aqua compost (because it's low-nutrient) and you've got a bog-garden. The wild-life will start piling in.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-19354047600555899862016-07-09T14:58:56.583+01:002016-07-09T14:58:56.583+01:00I have been thinking of replacing my old corner ba...I have been thinking of replacing my old corner bath and burying it in the garden to make a pond... would that work, do you think? Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8290574097841845967.post-46265816991625991792016-07-09T09:46:20.343+01:002016-07-09T09:46:20.343+01:00I love your garden!I love your garden!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.com