Making a small wildlife pond.
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Been meaning to make a small wildlife pond for some time and finally got started due to no fishing for me in lockdown and boredom. I've noticed the numbers of frogs have dwindled in my garden over the years they use to be a common find, hopefully they and other amphibians will take a liking to my new creation over time.
Now that’s what I call a fine job. Wonderful video!
Thank you very much 👍.
great and informative video
Thank you mate 👍
I love how the dogs like “Oh you’re digging a hole. I love digging holes”
Haha! Trouble is he always digs holes in the wrong places 😃...cheers 👍
Nice result
Thanks 👍
Beautiful little pond, can't wait to see birds coming for a bath and frogs around it. Good job!
The birds love it so far particularly the goldfinches, I think the frogs might need a helping hand. 🐸 🐸
That's an awesome wildlife pond. Well done 👍😊
Thanks 👍
Brilliant I’m just in the middle of making my pond, 3 m x 2.5 m. You have given me a lot of ideas and your pond looks absolutely amazing. It’s all very exciting😁
Thanks Joanne I'm glad it helped you out and hope it all goes well and enjoy the hard work in making it 😆 It's worth all the effort when the wildlife starts to arrive. 👍
Jan 2022...just got myself a little wild garden....overgrown an umkempt....mint.....1st plan...making a pond espically as I loooove frogs.....Thank you for this vid...😊😊😊
Thank you for the comment and I'm glad you've decided to add a pond to your wildlife garden it really is worth all the effort and hard work and the results are quick and rewarding..I've found a few frogs in the garden this summer so I'm hoping they will return to spawn around March 😃...Good luck with your project .. 👍
Nice job! Relaxing video too.
Thanks mate 👍
great job man. looks very natural.
Thanks mate 👍
Great pond 👍
Thank you 👍
Love this. I'm curious about the small wood stack. I like the look, but is it providing something? Habitat possibly??
Yes indeed, the log stack has had newts, frogs, toads ,and slow worms hiding out there plus loads of bugs and critters I couldn't put a name to, a real ecosystem going on. Thanks 👍
A nice pond! I think I want one too. :)
Thanks! Go for it, build one if possible :)
well done inspiration for us all. Robert
Thank you Robert. 👍
Gorgeous 👏🏼
Thank you 👍
Now this is the real deal👏👏👏👏👏 concrats bruh😋😊😊😊
Thanks mate much appreciated 👍
@@randall6002 most welcome sir
Love rotweilers!!! Best breed of all dogs and most are very sweet and. They love all humans they get a bad wrap
Agree mate he's a big softy and daft has a brush my dog. 👍
I love it
Thank you 👍
Came back for another look and even more impressed now. Lots of nicely thought out details and so a great help as I plan my first effort along the same lines. Thanks for posting. How’s it going?
Much appreciated mate 👍..Yes its been going great the plants are finally starting to grow well, we had some late frost here in UK which set them back a bit, but now its taking shape.I can't believe how much bird life a small pond can draw into your garden, iv always had a drinking table for them here but a pond just acts like a magnet, iv had a few migratory birds pop down to bath and drink that I've never seen in my garden before so happy days ..The insect life is going well in the pond so hopefully more to happen as we get into summer...Cheers 👍
@@randall6002 That's great to know and will spur me on to get mine in place. Cheers!
Wow, what a beautiful garden pond! Definitely goals for my backyard. Thank you for sharing your creation! You gave me some wonderful ideas!
Thank you very much for the kind words and I'm glad to hear its helped. Good luck if you decide to make a pond for wildlife . 👍
Love it I will be doing mine something like this.
Cheers mate and good luck with the pond build it really does liven up the garden ..👍
Can I just ask what sand did you use and also what is the grey material you put the stones. On ??
No worries. The sand I used was a soft building sand and the grey material is a pond underlay that I put down on top of the liner for some added protection from the rocks and pebbles.
Wow 😊 what a beautiful and natural looking pond. Makes me want to be a 🐸 😀
🤣..When I was building the pond I was trying to think like a frog 🐸 .I think it worked they've been very active this spring and i now have a pond full of tadpoles ..Thanks 👍.
This whole video is an artpiece.
Thank you very much 👍
Hi Randall, thank you so much for this video. Your pond looks wonderful and you have inspired this 75 yr old grandma to try and make one in my little backyard. May I ask what was it you added over the soil? Some type of sand? Also is it necessary to use 3 layers of lining? Thanks heaps. Janice in Qld downunder
Good day Janice..Yes its just normal building sand,it's at a depth of 6cm , its used so the liner is sitting on a soft substrate. It's not necessary to use under lay you could just put the pond liner direct over the sand (many do) but it's well worth the added protection of underlay...I added underlay over the main pond liner to because I was adding rocks to the pond just to protect it more you could just add small bits of off cut liner under each rock if you wanted to keep cost down and if you use smooth pebbles like I did they could just go straight on the main liner...Good luck if you make one .
@@randall6002 Thank you so much for replying and this info. I am certainly going to try to make one over the next few months. I'll let you know how I go. Best wishes
Fabulous pond and love the pebbles, how wide and how long is it please
Thank you ..The ponds dimensions are are 2.5 by 1.4 meters and 40 cm deep in middle..Or usa about 8ft by 4ft and 18 inches deep .cheers.
@@randall6002 🙂Thank you, I'm digging out my own pond this weekend, it will be similar to yours👍
Great news mate,good luck with the build and I'm so glad the video helped you, it really is unbelievable how a a small body of water can attract so much wildlife,the more people that build one the better I say 👍.
I started a pond today on my allotment by digging the basic shape 60cm deep....a lot easier than I thought it would be. That was plan A, justcwatched your video and there is a plan B now. You have inspired me to make the pond and surrounding area larger. Some great ideas for encourahing wildlife. What size was your black pond liner and was the one on the top for cosmetic reasons?
I am UK based so any recommendations for the liners would be appreciated.
Job well done
Hi Julie. The pond liner I used was from a company called oase, I was lucky and got one that was half price and it was far to big for the small pond I built so I had plenty left over..The top liner (fleece) was used to protect the main liner from the stones and rocks and cosmetic also. The top liner isn't totally necessary you could use off cuts from the main liner for added protection..Good luck with the project and I'm glad my video helped you out with you're plans. 👍
It's me again. Lined the pond at the weekend and looking at the edging now. My question is how did you incorporate the plants surrounding the pond? Did you place them just outside the liner or sort of made a U shaped dwelling within the liner for them? I haven't cut the liner yet.
Will send you a picture when complete.
Many thanks once again.
Hi Julie. Good to hear you started the pond ..
I only made a few dwellings incorporated with the main liner , the other plants I dug near the liner edge and placed some off cuts of liner to create a bowl near their roots to make sure they don't dry out..
Hope that helps 👍
Bonjour, pourriez vous nous refaire une vidéo de la mare actuel ? merci .
Lovely
Thank you 👍
You’ve done a brilliant job - looks so natural.I redid mine like yours in January & the frogs are loving it.
Get gangs of starlings twice a day for a splashathon. Enjoy!
Cheers mate that's what it's all about bringing some interest in the garden 👍
Using the wood saw to its full potential I see lol.
Best muti tool I own 😆🤣
Can’t work out why 7 people wouldn’t like this! I see no faults 🤷🏻♀️
Looks effortlessly natural: did you plan it in advance or use what was available as you went along? How long did it take and what are its rough dimensions? Thanks, I'm looking for ideas right now and yours is right up there at the top.
Thanks so much for the nice comment.. I did plan most of it in advance I had already started collecting alot of the materials way before I started the build..You're doing the right thing in looking for ideas, watch as many y tube vids has you can and then incorporate the bits you like in to your design..The dimensions are 2.5m long by 1.4 wide and the deepest part is 45cm ...Hope that helps and good luck with your future project 👍
Very beautiful, what does it look like now, I wonder
Thank you...Well its looking great at the moment,a perfect little haven of wildlife 👍
Nice job. It doesn't look staged as so many created ponds appear. You've gotten a natural appearance. Nice work. Maybe I can do this in my food forest! Thanks for sharing your work.
Good luck with your food forest and wildlife pond - will be great to have a wildlife pond just like Randall’s nestled inbetween or next to your food forest!
So very, very nice..this lil pond can bring so much joy, it’s a whole new world, all of its own..
Georgia USA..😊
I like the way you built from the bottom up and used water and rocks to weight and partially shape the liner as the pond got shallower. The final result looks very natural and should attract a variety of wild critters.
Thank you . It certainly does attract the wildlife, esp in hot spells ,, it's been well worthwhile.
Nice😊👍👍
Thank you. 👍
What plant is the grass that the dog is laying in, in the back of the pond? :)
Its Carex evergold 👍
Man that's so nice thanks for showing the step by step
Thank you
@@randall6002 welcome
So great, that you can do it,,,,, thanks for your sharing time with this video
Hi great video. I’m doing a small pond in my garden and You have helped me see better how to go about the digging out. What did you use under the liner was it sand. And I see you have put liner then another fabric what is that.
What size was the pond?
What size liner did you use?
Thanks Nicky ..I used builders sand to cover the pond before the liner was added ..I also used a fleece unerderlay on top of the sand, then the main liner and on top of that. I added another fleece underlay that was darker in colour on top of the liner to protect it from possible damage from to rocks and stone and the animals that wade in to it .The ponds dimension are -.2.5 by 1.4 meters and 45 cm depth at the deepest part .🙂
@@randall6002 thanks so much for the info. I have just moved into a new place and it was artificial turf all over the garden.
I’m now in the process of digging up the hardcore which is quite deep😂getting rid of it s I can have a live garden back.
I can’t wait to get my pond installed.
The large garden I left had a wildlife pond in and after 1 yr we had frogs spawn in it and the following year exactly to the date we had some again. I hope frogs can get into my new garden.
Sounds like hard work digging up the hardcore but it will all be worth the hard work when you finish the pond and it be ready for early spring next year when the frogs arrive hopefully to spawn.. Good luck with it 👍
Looks great bud👍🏻 did it take long to do?
It took me around three weeks to complete mate fitting it around my job which has been busy lately so only worked on the pond weekends and the odd hour after work 👍
@@randall6002 it was a good video bud, it was put together nicely 👍🏻
Your natural pond is really beautiful. I was wondering how your plants are doing keeping the pond clean. I am thinking about doing a natural one myself. Your dog was a cute assistant.
Thank you..The plants are doing a great job at keeping it clean its remained clear once everything settled down. I get some blanket weed algae especially in shallow parts but it's easy just to pull that out every now and again, so yes I'm pleased how it's gone and plenty of wildlife going on...👍
You should be using a pump to circulate the water. Sorry if I missed that part.
No worries! pumps are not essential in a wildlife pond to keep the water healthy and clean the plants are doing a wonderful job on mine.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video...amazing work makes me want to make one too!
Thank you 👍
What is the material you add last, over the liner?
It's a protective underlay ,but I placed it on top to protect the liner from the rocks . 👍
Puppy lays in the cool grass. I love nature with my dog by my side. ♥️
Happy days 👍.
beautifully created love it just want to make a small wild life pond at my allotment thanks for sharing this video
Thank you very much..Hope you get round to making one..Cheers 👍
BET That Was Not Cheap to Do Looking Good
Thank you ,, it wasn't to expensive tbh mate ..
Any luck with frogs?
Yes some success with frogs but this year wasn't has good for some reason, just a small amount of frog spawn in the pond . Thanks 👍
Wonderful video! Thank you. I have questions as I am just starting the process. Except I am making a pond on our land, for deer to drink from. It might be 4 ft deep in the center, we are clearing trees so it should be mostly sunny all day, (for now anyways) I got a liner, the soil there seems to only want to grow Buckthorn so I don't know if it would hold water or not. There is really NOT that many videos out there to show a pond with no power to filter the water. Will the plants you added keep the water from getting nasty and basically a mosquito breeding nightmare??? Any help would be amazing. I am in the US btw.
Thank you..Yes the plants will certainly keep the pond clear if the balance is right, mines been gin clear and is algae free now the pond plants have started to grow and establish...When you have some spare time I would recommend doing a search for couple of y tube channels 'The pond advisor' and 'wild your garden with Joel Ashton' ..The advice they give on pond making is fantastic plus they cover all types of ponds including those with no pumps and filters.
@@randall6002 Thank you SO much! We may actually pull this off LOL!
Excellent work Randall. Do you have a video of what it looks like now? A couple of years later? Thank you.
Thank you..Yes I will upload a video very shortly as its approaching almost a year since I started to dig the pond..cheers thumbs 👍
@@randall6002 Awesome! Looking forward for you seeing it. 👍🏽
Can we get an update video for this spring or summer? Hope all good
Thanks mate ,yes its all good and I'll try and add another video this summer..cheers 👍
Looks good! I'm puzzled though. Is that felt over top of the black plastic? If so, I thought it was supposed to be felt on the ground to protect plastic from punctures from ground. Seems that the fabric will deteriorate in the water.
Nice job Randall. Always a touch of Zen required for a pond I reckon.
Thanks mate 👍
the pond looks really nice! May I ask what the dimensions are?
It is indeed very inspiring!
Yes mate no worries..The ponds length is 2.5 m by 1.4 m and its depth in the middle is around 45 cm ...Thanks for the kind words 👍
I love the way you are giving thoughts to everything that matters. Thanks!
Thank you 👍
Super 👍Zapraszam do mnie na kanał o oczku wodnym 😀
Thank you..And yes your pond looks great,, those fish look very contented...cheers 👍
Which sort of curtain is used in pond.
Its a pond underlay fleece made by oase 👍
I just got a dog and am kinda worried about my new collie drinking out of it this spring. Any tips or am I being paranoid. lol
I'm sure it wouldn't do the dog much harm or the wildlife in it, I'll be more worried if they wanted to cool down and bathe in it tho 😄
Your pond is exactly the kind of pond i want to try and make. It looks gorgeous...... so does your dog (and chickens)
Thank you very much! good luck with the pond if you decide to make one ,its definitely worth the effort 👍.
Yo if you want to you should add scuds I added scuds to my backyard pond with goldfish and they clean up the dead stuff that falls in
How much scuds should i have in a 1300 gallon pond?
@@aakashr8848 i dont know they breed pretty fast but they get eaten by the fish a lot
Build it and they will come 👍
Definitely agreed 👍
Beautiful. Just what I want!
Thanks you.. 👍
Looks nice. is it stagnant?
Yes mate I've just left it to do its thing ..the amount of newts I saw in there last night was really unreal , they seem to love the conditions .thanks 👍
It looks awesome, but what about filtration to keep the water from becoming full of algae and stagnant?
The pond weed and plants are doing the job of keeping the pond clear and attracting the wildlife that love the conditions created.👍
Cos all ponds in the wild had a fairy elf person go buy filtration systems first , 🤣😂
@@randall6002 Good to know! Thank you!
@@donnaharris8097 This isn’t in the wild. This was man-made.
@@joycenesselhauf1220 , Ponds with no filtration came first ! Also , unless you're stocking up with fish , you don't need filtration , mother nature steps in ..
Hi - I built a pond over the past couple of days & now realise I need some overlay to hide the liner - where did you obtain the fleece overlay please? Is it expensive? Looking at the Oase stone it's going to cost me another £45 but yours looked just as natural.....cheers
I wish I could help you on where to purchase that grey fleece I used for overlay but it was given to me several years ago from a neighbour who had had it left over from a pond project they done. Sorry on that .👍
Turned out nice!
Thank you
I really like it.
Thank you
Very peculiar😳 you look very much like my husband! He’s ex military and has green gardening clothes right down to the cap🤣🤣 you have inspired me with your pond and now have started my second🌺
Thank you and good luck with the pond 👍
So pretty and creative 😍 💖
Thanks 👍
If I did all the lovely log and stick arranging , it would look like a gardening fly tipper crashed my yard in the night , 😂
Lol..thats probably just how the wildlife would like it all messed up ..I must admit it took me a while to get it to look pleasing to the eye ..thanks. 👍
Awesome effort and a lovely pond. I've not even reached the end of the video yet.
Thanks mate very much appreciated 👍
Fingers crossed can get my own one in our family garden for this spring/summer……
Good luck mate! hopefully you can get one underway at some stage 👍
Thank you for showing us. Looks really good, well done 👍🏻
Thank you
Excellent 💪👍💪
Cheers mate 👍
Fabulous
Thanks 👍
Looks amazing! I’m a little envious 👍😊
Cheers mate 👍
Is there a reason you chose against a pump (with fountain) to help aerate the water? Won’t it get stagnant without movement?
The pond plants I added help to keep the natural balance and almost all of the wildlife I wanted to attract into my pond prefer the still water..thanks 👍
Beatiful small wildlife pond...wish you success and be healthy always
Thank you so much. 👍
@@randall6002 you're welcome wish all the best
Excellent video . . . you made that really good.
Thank you very much. 👍
Beautiful pond, great work.
Cheers mate 👍
Beautiful! How do you deal with mosquitoes?
I haven't noticed an increase but they've never really been a problem where I live..Perhaps dragonflies and their larvae/nymphs are munching the numbers down .. thanks 👍
Really nice work very tastefully executed! 👌🏼
Cheers mate 👍
love it
Cheers 👍
The water looks dirty ....how do you clean it ?
The pond plants are doing a great job of keeping the water clear. 👍
Great work!
Absolutely gorgeous. What a dedication...
Thanks for your
kind words 👍
Lovely job thanks 😊 @CHIPS WORLD
Thank you
@@randall6002 your very welcome ✅👍 CHIPS WORLD
Any issues with mosquitoes breeding in it?
No mate nothing out the ordinary so far 👍
Great pond, thankyou, loved your dog...
Thank you very much for your kind words.
Love your trusty sidekick always by your side! Great job on the pond.
Thank you.. yeah! he's a great dog, hes my shadow and won't be far from my side. 😃 .
Amazing job 💯. Thanks 👍
Thank you 👍
Perfect! What is the name of liner tissue?
I Used Oase Pond Liner Fleece Underlay. And oase rubber liner on top 👍 .
Nice.
Nice job Randall
Thank you Rob👍
That's awesome!
Cheers mate 👍
What did you put in before you added the liner?
Its a underlay ,it helps to protect the main liner from and sharp stones,its just a bit of added security 👍
love the pond - you did a beautiful job
Thank you very much 👍
Beautiful build! Great job
Thank you mate 👍