Gardening: Installing a new pond liner | Southsea Green

It’s also well stocked with plants that regularly need cutting back to allow the wildlife space to breathe.

This year, it was also time to replace the old, leaky pond liner. So, on a wet and windy day in October, a bunch of intrepid gardeners gathered in waterproofs and wellies to revamp the pond.

Using a couple of nets the fish were all caught and transferred to a water butt. Catching the frogs proved more challenging, but after much chasing around a slippery, muddy pond they were all removed to a safe place.

The day ended well with our pond complete with new liner, the plants and fish back in place, and a couple of frogs who had made their own way back to their refurbished home.

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