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Janey

By Janey

Lincolnshire, England Eng

I would like to make a small wildlife pond; the place I'd like it is mainly in the shade, will this be okay please?




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well they do occur in shade in the wild. so no reason why not. but you will be limited on the plants you will be able to grow.

21 Feb, 2014

 

Thanks Sbg.....I hadn't thought of that, I'll have a look and see what would be suitable.

21 Feb, 2014

 

Mines in the shade Janey and I have loads of frogs, get lots of dragon flies as well and I think you saw how well the Iris did, lol, actually because its shady I don't get a problem with green algie.....

21 Feb, 2014

 

If its in the sun you need to get a large piece of plywood to cover it during the heat of the day.

22 Feb, 2014

 

Yes I had been thinking about the algae problem Lincs....and we do get dragonflies in the summer, it'll be a perfect spot for them too...:))

Thanks Diane, and the problem of evaporation too!

22 Feb, 2014

 

If the shade is from trees you will need to net the pond in autumn to keep most of the leaves out.

22 Feb, 2014

 

Thanks Stera....it'll mainly be from a high stone wall, the one I've been cutting ivy off. If you look at my last blog you can see where I mean.

22 Feb, 2014

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