Die Vorbesitzer, die gerade meinen ersten Teich (vor ungefähr 4 Wochen gebaut) teilte, ließen ein Waschbecken in dem mit Boden gefüllten Garten, sodass ich ihn als Mini-Teich umgestaltet habe. Zu 3 Sauerstoffmännern, einer Lilie, einer schwebenden und einem Rand sowie einem kleinen, solaren Angriff.
Bisher scheint es in Ordnung zu sein, und der lokale Robin wurde gesehen, wie einige Morgenbäder darin genommen und etwas davon gegessen hat.
Wenn jemand Feedback hat, nehme ich es gerne!
Ich mache mir Sorgen um die Lilie, die aus dem Teich herauswächst, und möchte einen zusätzlichen Rand hinzufügen, um die obere rechte Ecke des Luftschlauchs abzudecken, aber ich sagt, dass es zu viele Pflanzen für einen so kleinen Raum gibt
Danke!!!
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This pond is full of joy . Lily might grow but you can trim . You’re doing great . Nature thanks you ..
NIce result! A lil too crowded, maybe, but it’s good
UPDATE: I thought I added a top view picture to the post but it doesn’t seem like I did. Here it is!
https://preview.redd.it/zovbd1b4o5of1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57a53ef7948bb5565199b34c8b9b107770da4086
I love this lil pond. And so does the wildlife.
It’s gorgeous!! 😍
I have a sink to do this with too. When my ADHD brain allows!
It’s beautiful, I love it!
Treat yourself to a wildlife camera and see if you get any night visitors too 😁
That’s really lovely!
Is it possible to attrack dragonflies with a small pond like that ?
Awesome. Wait til you get your first frog 🐸. Its truly a thing that makes you smile.
That looks beautiful. I have a little pond in a butler sink too. I’ve not had any noticeable wildlife yet but I’m holding out hope, and I’ve seen a couple of damselflies in the garden since, which I don’t remember seeing before the pond sink. It’s been about a year. I have a ramp up to it so frogs and hedgehogs can get to it and out again – I can’t tell from the pics if your log acts as the same, but that looks nicer than my ramp. Your oxygenator plant is a great idea. I will add one!
It looks great. I know it’s been mentioned it’s crowded but you can thin it as you go. More fun than waiting for everything to grow and fill it in 😁
I think you are probably OK but make sure anything which might fall in could climb out again – I think there’s something raised in the corner but the edges would be difficult for a hedgehog. Also, things like newts etc. climb out and hide under rocks, so if you built up around it at the back that would be good too.
Looks really good though.
Looks great! I have two raised ponds with log ladders and eventually the frogs and other wildlife figured out how to get in. It’s absolutely full of little water bugs, snails etc that seem to come out of nowhere Dragonflies have visited and it’s also nice to know other insects and also birds have another way to access water.
Just showed my husband, I want one! Its so much safer for little ones.
What’s the tall plant?
I’ve just started a similar project! Please could you write a list of plants you’d recommend? This looks lovely 💚
I have a butler sink in my garden left by previous people 40 odd years ago. where did you get the solar aerator? I need to make mine more than just water!
That looks fab!! Really want to try this myself
I’m not from the UK and I’m not that knowledgeable about ponds, but your post popped up and I think it looks great! If I were a frog I’d happily live here. I second another posters idea to get a wildlife camera, I bet lots of cute critters will be visiting. Your own nature documentary in the making haha.
Looks great !
Oh wow. I have two of these sinks in my garden ive been using as planters but come next spring im gonna do this!
Looks super. Do you think using a thing like a sink or paddling pool / sand pit is a better option that digging a hole and lining it? I want to do something similar but not sure where to start
Looks beautiful, a few years ago I dug up a Belfast sink, but made an alpine bed out of it, yours is magnificent though.
Its lovely. How great it would be for nature if we all had one of these in our gardens.
This is brilliant, looks fantastic. I so want a pond but there’s so many trees around my neighbour’s and my garden I don’t think I’d be able to dig deep enough. I hadn’t thought about going up instead of down. I shall be on the hunt for a sink or suitable container now.
Good luck with it and it will be interesting to see who decides to rake up residence.
That’s awesome
That looks incredible, you should be proud! Can’t wait to see all the wildlife it brings in.
Looks amazing, I have the sink and have needed the motivation to fill it! What plants do you have in yours?
Dig it in so frogs can get in and out
What did you use to fill up the plug hole to stop the water seeping through? Any advice would be welcome as I have a belfast sink next door that they would give to me without a second thought for something like this.
Do try to cover up the little hole so nothing can fall in it
Good work and plus one for digging it into the ground. However, you’ve started and this will only lead to bigger ponds but they will never be quite big enough. It’s the pond curse. Welcome.
Let me know how it goes as I tried exactly this minus the aerator and it just kept going green and gunky. I wouldn’t mind trying again if I knew it would work.
What will happen over winter? Which aerator did you buy!?
If that’s Creeping Jenny hanging over the side, just be aware it will spread fast and attach itself to the ground. So if you don’t want it spreading everywhere, just cut it. If the lily is getting too big just cut it back…you’ll want to do that as the leaves die off anyway to stop them rotting into the pond
Nature will appreciate you as we do for sharing🙏
Great lil repurposing and looks a good job. Agree with critters getting in and out.
My suggestion would be to keep a few spare buckets of standing water to top up in the summer months. It’ll evaporate quicker in the sink and nature doesn’t like tap water. So two buckets, fill them and let them stand for at least 24hrs before topping up. Then alternate buckets, use one, fill it up then let it stand and use the other bucket next time.
Enjoy