How to build a Garden Pond. Gardening for Biodiversity series.
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- Опубліковано 4 вер 2024
- How to improve your garden for biodiversity: How to build a garden pond
Based on the book "Gardening for Biodiversity" written by Juanita Browne and published in 2020 by Laois County Council. To download a free copy of the book go to laois.ie/garde....
A project of Laois County Council, supported by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Heritage Council.
Presented by John Lusby. Produced by Crow Crag Films. Scientific Advisor Juanita Browne
Fantastic. I built a pond three years ago and the wildlife it has attracted is amazing. The frogs found it in the second year. I built a feeder stream which takes rain water from the gutters on the house. The water is crystal clear with no algae. It's the most rewarding thing I have ever done!
Ìt sounds like a rewarding project Patrick....for you and the wildlife which now inhabit the pond, well done.
Most ppl don't realize how beautiful and rich with diversity the earth was before we paved it over. I'd like to bring it all back. I started with my own ponds in my yard. They're amazing.
Really neat backyard pond thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
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Would anyone could kindly tell me what kind of water plant is in 1:55. We have lots of dragonflies but we don’t have any water plants at the moment. I reckon it would be a good idea to creat a space like this plant offer for dragonflies :-)
Adult dragonflies also like places to perch, so any tall slightly woody water plants should be good for that. They also like to sun themselves so some flat rocks that will warm in the sun. Females lay their eggs back into the mud at the edge of the pond or into the water around the marginal pond plants or waterlilies. Larvae will climb out of the water to dry conditions and secure themselves onto the stem of an upright emergent pond plant.
What kind of schooling teaches you all of this?
Wait if I don't include any fish or wildlife into the pond, how would the fish (or frogs) find its way into the pond??
Frogs will find a pond pretty quickly and if its suitable will spawn there. You don't necessarily want fish in a wildlife pond, you want insects and other invertebrates - they will find their way there, if you give them time!
@@LaoisHeritageForum Why not fish?
@@nicholasmanoukian Because they will eat lots of the other insects etc that you're trying to encourage, the type of pond we're talking about here is aiming to replicate a natural wet area in Ireland, which wouldn't necessarily have fish
A couple of years ago, I was not sure what I was doing when I decided to pop half of a large terracotta bowl in the soil, filled up with rain water, different sizes of stones and a few plants in it. A week later, a frog appeared. Just like that, I am so puzzled how it found its way to my homemade pond but it did.
Since then, newts and dragonflies have joined the frogs as well. Nature just amazes you.
How to avoid mosquito breeding in the pond?
Mosquitoes not such a problem here in Ireland but if the pond is working well, insects are part of the pond ecosystem and will be eaten by birds etc. I guess its up to everyone to decide based on local conditions
@@LaoisHeritageForum actually I M from NORTH EAST INDIA. Here in humid sub tropic on the foot hill of Himalay, stagnant water is a breeding hotspot for misquitoes. They even lay egg in rain water stagnant in garbage like cocnut shell,boken cup, dish.
Yes, so as I said, maybe a pond isn't a great idea for you - it's up to you to decide what suits your local conditions.
@@LaoisHeritageForum yes bro, here are many larger pond around us, those are not so big problem, but such tiny water holes in house always attract mosquito probably due to less number or even complete lack of predator than larger pond.
put little fishes to eat the mosquito larvae