The Wildlife Pond || Plot 37 

Having a look at what’s in the wildlife pond on the allotment. Over the last few years we have really been trying to focus more on encouraging a wide variety of insects onto our plot to help with pollination and the control of other pests. Beneficial insects can come in many forms but one of the most useful are the predators who will eat all the black fly and other aphids and all sorts of other pests with out you having to do anything!
Obviously having lots of open flowers and food sources helps but also adding a constant body of water, however small to you space can make a huge difference to the biodiversity of an area.
From frogs and newts, to places for the bees to get a drink, its all so important!
I can spend hours staring into this pool of water looking at all the different things that are moving around in there and buzzing over the top. This is video is an attempt to share that feeling i get from staring into it. SlowTV, meditation, mindfulness... just watching nature.
The pond is about 6ft wide, round and about 70cm deep in its centre. It has a shelf for plants to establish on and a rubble slope to allow creatures who might fall in to get out again. The plants are a mixture of flowers and oxygenators.
The plants in my pond are :
Flowering Rush - amzn.to/3hCLbT3
Marsh Marigold amzn.to/3xJYK91
Flag Iris amzn.to/3epxNzA
Water Mares Tail amzn.to/3z2Yz92
Hornwort
Curl weed
I'm not sure which waterlily i have, it was labelled 'Pink'... not very helpful. But the below shop has a huge range of stunning ones and all sorts of other wonderful pond plants. There are a few on my wish list!!
Great shop for Pond Plants: amzn.to/3ib4FNL
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