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Hornsby Shire Council Eco Gardening BasicsFact Sheet Building a Garden Pond A garden pond is a beautiful addition to any garden, whether it is filled with just plants or fish as Magazines well. Here is our simple guide to what you need to know about building garden ponds. ABC Organic Gardening (Library) Choosing the Garden Pond Earth Garden (Library) The first thingRoots that you need to consider is what type of pond that you want to build – one with Grass (Library) plants only, or one with fish and plants. This is because each pond needs to take into Warm Earth consideration the features that it has. Be careful that you don’t choose a pond that is too small as it will limit theBackyard amount of fish and plants that Burkes (Library) you can use. Wellbeing Food You also need to consider the location. You will enjoy the pond more if it is closer to the home – make sure it is somewhere where you are easily able to see it. Be careful that the Books pond does not get any runoff as chemicals and Permaculture Home Garden Linda Woodrow organicThematter may get into the by pond, disrupting ecology. Ensure that the Planting plants by Lyn Bagnall EasyitsOrganic Gardening & Moon get sunlight if you want to grow plants. Also be Square by Lolothe Houbein aware One that Magic generally speaking, larger the pond is, the easier it is to maintain. Smart Permaculture Design Types Backyard of Pond Self Sufficiency by Jackie French The Practical Australian Gardener by Peter Cundall When building your pond, there are many options to choose from when it comes to materials. Guardians Jane Davenport One ofThe the Garden most popular is theby lined pond. This is where you dig the hole to any shape that you


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