How to get rid of a garden pond

newbie71_2

Hello everyone - recently moved house and have quite a large garden pond in the back garden which we want to get rid of (especially now it is teaming with frongs and frogspawn - yuk!).

I know it sounds daft but I don't know how to start - I was hoping the pond might just be lined and the I could 'puncture' the lining and wait for the water to seep out but it seems the pond is concrete lined. Can anyone advice how to do it?

Thank you

newbie71_2

Thank you - didn't notice the greenfingered board.

taplady

Hi! cant offer any advice just sympathy as I hate frogs! we have a large pond next door to us and we get loads of frogs especially around breeding time, I think they come back every year to the same place - but not sure about that, hope you manage to get rid of it plus ponds are dangerous if you've got kids!

kimnhol

Find someone local who already has a pond and would like the plants frogs spawn and any fish etc, local schools sometimes have wildlife gardens. Then once you have cleared it of any fish I should imagine it would be a case of pumping the water out and filling it back in with dirt.

Putting rubble in the bottom would be ok if it was deep to save on soil but bare it in mind if you want to plant on top, you wont appreciate trying to dig down to find all the bricks you placed there the year before.

Hope this helps a bit.:o

thriftymiss_2

You can use a length of hose pipe and syphon the water out by creatinga suction vacuum, then take all the spawn to local nature reserve or pond. you could always use the old pond as a bog garden by filling it in with eather and planting plants that like the damp. there are some lovely ferns and leafy plants that will love this area.

twink

did you know that frogs always come back to the pond they were born in to breed every year?

alanobrien

I assume this is sunk into the ground and not a raised pond ?
If so, empty the pond. Break up the bottom of it with a sledge hammer or drill holes through the concrete. If the sides are also concrete lined, likewise break them up to about a foot below the surface. Put all the debris in the bottom of the pond and then fill with earth and turf over or seed if you want it to be part of the lawn.

Hard work but easy really. Just be sure to break up the bottom of it to ensure drainage...and this is from someone that builds ponds

christineperseus

Offer it on FREECYCLE - you'll have people queuing up to empty it for you.

newbie71_2

Hello all, thank you for the advice - especially about getting rid of the frogs - I loved the Freecycle idea :rotfl:

Hopefully when the little blighters come back next year they'll find their pond long gone and will move elsewhere! :j

nodwah

Love the frogs, they'll eat your slugs!

CitizenBidet

You may not realise it but you're very lucky to have a pond. Frogs and all the other wildlife your pond will attract are getting much rarer now through loss of habitat. Gardens like yours are fast becoming the last little oasis for much of our countrys wildlife.
You can read more about creating a space for wildlife at the BBC website here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildbritain/gardenwildlife/