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I had one of these, made using a rubber barrel container from B&Q (a lot of their containers don't have holes). I got one of those cheap solar fountains to keep the water moving, didn't seem to get mosquitoes.
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I did in the past. They freeze up in winter so no fish or anything.
Get some plants in and it should be fine. Evaporation in summer is also an issue -
Yeah, I've got two ponds, and one of them is like this. I've used a plastic trug for it with bricks in to make it shallower. Unfortunately all the plants died in mine thanks to last year's drought so it is just a bare container of water right now. It is absolutely PACKED with mosquitoes but I'm ok with that because they will all be dead soon, once the linked treatment kicks in (which is quickly).
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Has anyone ever made one of these pot pond things?
My OH is prang about having any sort of pond or water in the garden due to drowning, but I'd love water somewhere.
Also does anyone know what the shallowest you could have a pond is, and will it just get infested with mosquitos?