The Gardening Engineer

Another thing I have always wanted but never had a big enough garden for is a pond! I didn't got for anything crazy big, because I wanted it to be part of the border so it blended in, and I also didn't want to lose too much planting space! So the brief was small, wildlife pond, with lots of room for plants! Once I had cleared the turf I started by marking out the shape with some thick garden twine. I took a picture of it so I could check the shape once I'd started digging, as you can see I went curvy! One thing I really regret is that I didn't bother to dig this side over to remove the weed roots (mostly nettles!) This was part impatience on my side because I really wanted to start the pond, and part thinking I'd get away with it because I was digging so much out for the pond, but the weeds were noticably worse on this side last year, and were also growing between the liner and the soil.  Next I started digging! I removed a small amount of soil then reassessed the s