How to secure pond netting

pimento

Hi. Hope this is the right place..

We have a pond in our garden that used to have about 30 goldfish in it. We're now down to the last three due to the local heron eating them.

I've procured some netting and have been told that to be effective, the netting must be at least 12" above the surface of the water.

Does anyone have any good ideas for securing the netting above the pond? I'm envisioning some kind of post(s) at equal measures around the perimeter, the netting stretched across then staked to the ground using something like tent pegs.

The posts have to be big enough for the netting to not slide down, so bamboo sticks etc. wouldn't be suitable.

The pond is about 10' x 5' and is an irregular shape.

Thanks.

Farway

I read somewhere that by putting twine / wire about 18" high around the circumference of a pond this will stop herons

Reason is they land and walk into the water, not land in the water. The wire stops them walking in

Not tried it as no pond, but could be worth considering

pimento

Yes, I've heard that too, but the pond netting was only £1 in the Factory shop...

charliee_3

my mum has some of that wire low fencing you can put round your borders like this round the pond and then the netting is attached over the top with twisty wire ties. its not the most elegant solution, but it stops the cats and herons, but the frogs can still get in and out..

pimento

Ooh yes, that looks good too!

conradmum

You can always put glass jars over the ends of bamboo canes to support the netting. Even if you have bigger posts, you'll find the netting gets snagged on the ends and may tear, whereas it'll slide easily over inverted jam jars.

pimento

Hm. I might have seen some cheap as chips barbecue plastic tumblers in Asda that would do the trick.

I love the lateral thinking ideas...