The Pond

The first thing I did in the garden after moving in was buy some fish for the pond. Very quickly I realised that the fish were hot and scared because there was no protection over the pond. The water was a bit hot because the sun could shine on it and there were very few places to hide from people or birds. So off I went to look for water plants. I heard about a nursery, that focussed on water plants and off I trundled. In the end I brought a plant with tall leaves that stick out of the water and a discounted water lily because they didn't know what colour the flowers would be. The one with the tall leaves is still going strong, but the lily never flowered and didn't survive the first year.