Stocking and Planting

We finished the top edge of our pond with granite slabs that I was lucky enough to find buried in the garden. You can use paving stones or similar, try to overhang slightly to protect the edges of the liner from the sun. We chose mainly alpines for the rockery plants as they are low maintenance and very hardy. For the pond itself we chose a variety of water plants from the cheaper range available. Frogbit being one of our favorites, it just floats around on the surface, looks great and only costs about £1.35 a plant.
Planning your Pond Making a Start Construction Shaping The Pond Lining The Pond The Waterfall The Electrics Stocking and Planting				Our pond has two areas, the largest pond area we have stocked with goldfish, golden Orfe and shebunkins. All of which are quite cheap but nice and colourful. We only bought a few of each in the hope that they might breed. We also bought them at the smallest available size, this way we get to watch them grow and also they are a lot cheaper when they are small.
		We are hoping to encourage frogs in the narrower part of the pond. We have built a wall just under the water level to separate the two, and placed rocks and plants along it to prevent the fish from swimming in and eating all the tadpoles. We have also piled some of the left over rocks, old branches and tree stumps behind the pond to create a damp hideaway for them.

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