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Jake
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Posted: 08 May 2006 Topic: New pond gardener with early success



Hi Everyone!
I recently bought a pond after digging up a hibernating toad in the
garden of my new house. I put a pond in almost immediately with the
prospect wildlife in the garden.
I filled the pond with a selection of oxygenating plants, deep water plants
and marginals. Within a week I had a pair of toads mating and a single
newt.
They have since spawned and I now have thousands of small tadpoles.
I have discovered this evening that I now have a pair of newts, the second
one I have spotted could be a male as it has a crest down its dorsal, but is
not a greater crested.
I am thrilled by amount of success I have generated in such a small
amount of time with my pond.
In order to achieve maximum, success is there anything I can do to
ensure as many survive as possible, although I don't want to upset the
balance of nature, will my pond have enough food for the amount of life
it contains?
Do you have any advice for me?
Also I removed a laburnham from nearby the pond as they can be
poisonous, is there any other plants which should not be planted? I
planted a huge section of crocosmia next to the pond to provide shelter,
are these safe?
It seems that Central Northampton is a hotbed of Amphibian life!


Jake
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Posted: 29 Mar 2007 Topic: New pond gardener with early success



Yes, its year on now and there is much more activity.
I'll take some pics at the weekend and post them.
I seem to have everything now, mating balls of frogs, newts and Toads!


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