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Thanks.

Love your pond, would you mind telling me how you made it? I would like a rectangular pond for my patio.

its looking good

I had wondered if using tights would work too, but I have used them as ties in the garden and found that after two years they rot ( I still use them to train roses on my arch and to support my young variegated maple) so thought they may be quite short lived in the pond. I shall be interested to hear how your experiment progresses.

I find that the conventional baskets for aquatic plants do not sit easily on the pond's shelves. So I intend to use planting 'socks' which settle onto the shelves. They are made of a textile so adapt to the activity of the plants' roots. I saw them for the first time at Gardeners' World Live 2006.

I like the idea of using guttering for marginals.

Great pic.

Hope the wily cats don't learn to hurdle, that might make the next olympics, cat hurdling.
Or cat hurling, but I'm not into that. My cat gets enough grief from the local squirrel.

I'm changing my plot around a little bit at the moment, and will be employing your techniques.
Thank you.

Still looks cosy...

They look lovely

My Snap Dragons R now opening 2:)

its looking great, lets see the finished 1 when your done please.

It looks Great Greenfingers, I always have odd plants leftover, But i wont get rid of them, I usually stick them in the front garden.. :)

thats a brilliant idea to use guttering , pond looks fantastic

brilliant idea, love the pond.

Good idea :-)

Your plants look very healthy with lots of flowers greenfingers :) We ate our first gourgette of the season yesterday. The leaves on our plants seem to have some sort of white mould or something on them though. Probably waterlogged with all the rain we're having!

I like the idea of using guttering for the marginals.

Can't wait to see your new pond planted up. We're planning to build a small pond into the bed above our new patio which is taking forever!

oooo thanks for the tip greenfingers, free strawberrys mmmm

Very lovely. My clematis plants may start to bloom any day now.

Brilliant colour, gr8 picture :-)

Looks gr8 :-)

I had Fuchsia microphylla in my previous garden. It attracted loads of bees. I'll have to get one for here now.

Sweet peas don't harm anything! Go for it - you are a bit late getting them in but they should still flower.

Great pic

Wonderful outcome! See if the tree has pods, blooms etc. which might scatter when taken down - maybe use a tarp under it to prevent propagation.

Well done! Happy outcome with no hassle! Do it before she changes her mind..... :-)

Perhaps you can show that the trees pose a continuing risk to HER property. Take a leaf to be sure of ID, Google growth habit and propagation method. You may be able to prove the existing trees pose a geometrically expanding risk to HER home and to surrounding properties. In the US this is referred to as a "trash tree", propagates steadily and easily and can take over an entire neighborhood. You may be able to use fear for her property to motivate her to cooperate. Maybe ask a property insurance agent to help? Best of luck!

A large tree growing near buildings is a definite no-no.I'm sure you will find a solution.Fingers crossed for a happy outcome.You never know your neighbour might move.

What it's all about. I can just imagine these on a plate with a knob of butter and nothing else! Beautiful.