Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Jun 18, 2011 12:31 pm Our new house - well actually, quite old house - has two ponds in the garden each about 1.5 x 1.5 metres and half a metre deep. They are fed by rainwater. They use to have fish but they are long gone. The owner of the house was an old lady who apparently couldn't do a thing in the garden for the last 5 years of her life and these ponds have a lot of rotted debris at the bottom. They don't smell and the water on top looks fresh and clear with a variety of plants in them. The neighbour tells me that there is a resident frog but we haven't met yet. Could I clean this pond out and put all of this rotted debris in the garden? - it seems as if it is a bit like fertilizer tea. Am I disturbing a frog habitat if I clean it? Thanks for any advice. Re: Reviving a 10 year old neglected pond 2Jun 22, 2011 12:20 am Wow! I'd love to answer this and then many others are going to jump on me for info I was supposed to do up ages ago about sustaining billabongs. I'm a bit short of time though just now. Totally doable and you can get it perfect with no pumps or anything. zeolite and crushed granite 50/50 to 10cm deep. Native water plants only. Lots of them Grasses in the water around the edges. A few logs in too. Get some native fish in their. They won't generally eat frogs eggs or taddies like bloody gold fish or carp. Plant some ground cover like Nardoo or native violet round the sides. Plant some Lomandra too. Something like Seascape. Your house roof does not show rusting other than some surface rust on the flashings. In my opinion you dont need to replace or paint the roof other than treat surface rust… 1 10209 Is it possible to render an old corrugated iron shed.I have heard that it can be done if it is covered with chicken wire first.Not sure of the ratio of the render mix and… 0 4896 Thanks Chippy,I do have one that I levered out. I'll try to find a brand name on the windows then do some searching. Here is a photo where you can see how worn they are. 2 7958 |