Looking good Dave! Adding a pond is the best thing! Well done!

@DigDaveDig

Жыл бұрын

its almost full now - be much better with water in it !

Makes a lovely little area for pondering...

@DigDaveDig

Жыл бұрын

yep - just need a bench (and the ability to sit still) and I'm there!

@RichardAStonemasonNOTfreemason

Жыл бұрын

@@DigDaveDighehe... is sitting still an ability or the lack of ability?

@DigDaveDig

Жыл бұрын

@@RichardAStonemasonNOTfreemason Some people take to it naturally, I find sitting still takes a lot of effort , which kind of defeats the object, but its something I'm working on

@RichardAStonemasonNOTfreemason

Жыл бұрын

@@DigDaveDigSame here Dave. i'll save sitting still for when i'm in a sitting still competition or when i'm dead,.. in my 'L' shaped coffin :~I

Looking forward to “pottery brave pottery”😅

@DigDaveDig

Жыл бұрын

Just need to make a potters wheel out of a dustbin lid and I'm on it :)

Doing the research before installing a wildlife pond at the bottom of the garden (only a four foot by three and a bit foot effort so no where near your effort), so thanks for the video.

@DigDaveDig

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching , I hope it was vaguely helpful, happy digging!

I have just done this on my plot. I definitely recommend buying a net and checking for frogs and frogspawn before you do this, just tipping out the contents of your previous ponds could harm or kill any creatures already living there. I found lots of frogspawn and two frogs living in my pond so I put the frogspawn and water in buckets first and gently rescued the frogs.

@DigDaveDig

Жыл бұрын

Don't worry , it was only the really shallow one I tipped out and there definitely wasn't anything in there, the water from the 2 larger ponds went straight back into the new pond once it was in. Hope your new pond fills up quicker than mine. Cheers

@katec9893

Жыл бұрын

@@DigDaveDig Fair enough. I just didn't want anyone to watch this video and tip out their old pond before checking for frogs and frogspawn first and saving the water since it could be someone's habitat they are uprooting. My pond isn't massive so the rain will fill it up again soon, then I'll plant around it to make it a nature habitat. I'm looking forward to seeing what turns up.

@DigDaveDig

Жыл бұрын

@@katec9893 Tell you what, I'll add some text to the video description (once I get back home tomorrow) to make sure people are aware. You've got to look after the wildlife don't you.

@katec9893

Жыл бұрын

@@DigDaveDig Sounds like a good idea, thanks for being open to feedback. A pond update video in future would be good too.

Very well done Dave! You have definitely lived up to your channel name on this one. The pond is going to make a great addition to your plot.

@DigDaveDig

Жыл бұрын

Yep - plenty of digging action this week! Yes - the old ones served a purpose but just weren't big enough surface area wise, really looking forward to this one filling up! Cheers

😂😂 I hope there were no little critters in that lid 🤦🏼‍♀️. You work like me mud from head to toe 🤷‍♀️. You can feel the excitement in your face 👍👍 great digging there Dave 💪💪🇨🇦

@DigDaveDig

Жыл бұрын

No creatures that I could see don't worry, that lid was a bird bath nothing more, it was too shallow really. The excitement, well I had heard that a pond might become available sometime, but when I turned up on Saturday morning it had been left right there, I really couldn't wait to plan it and just started digging. Wasn't too bad at all really, no stones, and to be honest pulling the video together took longer than the dig. Cheers

Almost expected to see you pop up in my front yard in Australia 🇦🇺! I was going to dig myself a pond ... but i think I've changed my mind 🤣

@DigDaveDig

Жыл бұрын

Ha ha, to be honest it wasn't that bad, but not many rocks to contend with, so I'm quite lucky there. Cheers

Good work! Please don’t forget to leave a way for small animals to escape, lest you commit them to a watery grave!

@DigDaveDig

Жыл бұрын

Hey don't worry, I'm way ahead of you, even though it's empty of water I left a plank/ramp for creatures to exit, I'll sort something similar when it's filled. In the old ponds I had a chicken wire ladder you may have seen come out. Thanks for the comment, cheers

Incredible amount of work there, I had trouble with my 50 litre pond!! Now you and your missus could sit in there in the summer and sip champagne 😉👍🏻

@DigDaveDig

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't too bad to be honest, maybe just 3 rocks in the whole dig, guess I was lucky. You're 100% right though, needs a bench to take in the view....and some water. Cheers!

That was a big job! My pond is tiny in comparison!

@DigDaveDig

Жыл бұрын

Didn't take too long to be honest, I was lucky with the amount of rocks I think. Just need to worry about filling it now!

Water lot of fun that looked... 'Dig Deep Dave Dig'???

@DigDaveDig

Жыл бұрын

It was more fun than it should have been to be honest :)

That's not a pond it's a child's swimming pool lol. Nice job though , I'm fitting 2 small ish the 2 are linked via a small preformed stream and being fed by a small waterfall , it's what my late wife wanted

@DigDaveDig

2 ай бұрын

It's been in a year now and looks great now it's bedded in so to speak. Your planned pond set up sounds great, I hope the install goes smoothly for you, good luck. Cheers

Yes am installing same pound at mo But not your way

@DigDaveDig

3 ай бұрын

Good luck with your pond. Cheers