Unser Garten ist winzig, da die Vorbesitzer einen riesigen Wintergarten (in dem meine vielen Zimmerpflanzen untergebracht sind) und dann eine Terrasse angebaut haben, wodurch der ursprüngliche Garten praktisch halbiert wurde.
Wir hatten den Rest des Hauses in den letzten zwei Jahren renoviert und konnten uns vor zwei Wochen, bevor das Neugeborene zur Welt kam, gerade erst an den Garten machen!
Der Boden war recht lehmhaltig, also habe ich einen ganzen Haufen Hofmist ausgebracht, das Gras umgedreht und rotiert, bevor ich es mit Mikroklee neu gesät habe.
Habe nackte Wurzeln und 9-cm-Stecker von J Parkers und einem "orangefarbener Traum" Acer aus einer örtlichen Baumschule (die ich törichterweise in der vollen Sonne gepflanzt habe, sodass sie im Moment eine Phase der Blattverbrennung durchmacht, aber neue Blätter wachsen, also werde ich es dabei belassen). Wir haben Delphinien, Achillea, Geranien, Encinacea, Thalictrum, Zwerglilien, Passiflora Cerulea und Clematis Montana Rubens. Ich habe auch einige Ringelblumen und Kalifornischen Mohn ausgesät, aber es könnte zu spät sein!
Rechts sind Hostas, Fatsia Japonica und Brunnera zu sehen "Jack Frost" sowie ein weiteres Acer.
Ich warte nur darauf, dass alles wächst. Im ersten Jahr erwarte ich nicht viel, aber ich bin hoffnungsvoll.
Von: Kyaw25
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Love your sink wildlife pond!
That looks fantastic, I love your design, it really makes the most of and softens the space. It will take plugs a while to establish so you may not get flowers this year. Depending on your budget, maybe get some more established perennials to give you something this year. Less gaps between plants means less weeds too.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make space for the wildlife too. It looks amazing already and I hope it brings you much joy.
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I love the demijohn trickle fountain, please tell me you have progress pics of how you made that, i have 3 that I was going to use as above water sections of a fish pond but now I want to use one like this in my future sink pond!
I love it all!!!!!
It looks beautiful! I’ve been thinking of getting some ground cover instead of grass now ive seen yours I’m going for it ❤️
Fantastic work. That’s an amazing transformation. It already looks so much comfier there and will only look better with every year
The pond is *adorable* but I will point out that fencing like that when well done can restrict the movement of a lot of wildlife, so you may not get quite the variety of pond visitors.
Some new build developments have actually started putting in “hedgehog highways” (not just for hedgehogs) because someone’s realised the problem with *really good fencing* (the highway is just a little gap cut into the fence in every garden in a row)
Love the wildlife pond, so cute! And the demijohn fountain is such a great idea!
I have two comments that might help:
– As someone said, plugs will take a bit to get established, you also don’t want to plant too much because they might look small now, but it does fill up quickly! My usual trick is to plant annuals; they give a good show (even from plugs) and since they don’t come back the next year, you don’t have to worry about crowding your perennials. Cosmos are my favourite, I think JParkers is out of stock, but a quick google and you should find someone still selling plugs.
– Water lilies are usually deep water plants, most of the varieties need at least 50cm depth (that is 50cm from the top of the pot to the water line) even the miniature varieties need at least 15cm, but 30 is usually recommended. That might be why it’s looking a bit sad.
Best of luck with your garden!
Looks great, are you going to put any plants in it