Juliewalters43's Outbox

We will be re housing any little wild friends found in a purpose built area that will be encouraged to grow wild , where the pond will be in a more friendly place (not in the middle of the plot and by no means as big) and hope that any frogs ect will help out on the veg plot by keeping slugs and snails at bay.

Hi I read a very interesting artical in July,s country living mag. They say an ideal slug and snail deterrent are fresh coffee gounds. They suggest spreading the grounds wide and thin.
So get your self down to your local costa coffee for a bag of used coffee gounds, I'm going to mine in the morning although it's much to late to save my hostas this year.
Julie

Thanks for your help guys.
Not sure if the hole has a pond liner or not yet, but I guess i'll soon find out once i get my waders on and get stuck in. Looks like we will be having pond clearing BBQ's and calling in all our friends and family, wonder if the local scout troup would be up for a bit of wet work ???
Keep the ideas coming
Julie x

Hi Ian thanks for your interest.
the hole was dug deliberatly and the mound of earth that has been left behind is now covered in grass and looks like a strange hill, we are hoping to get some heavy digging equipment in and use it to fill in the hole once the rushes have been removed.
Julie