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Broadfork

Someone’s once old water tank will soon begin a new life as a container pond on the allotment.

A 230 litre 50 UK gallon black water tank is sitting in a hole dug in an allotment plot. Its lid is lying on its side alongside it. A white plate fitted to the bottom of the tank with two now rusty screws covers the hole that caused this to be thrown away. It’s been collecting rainwater from a greenhouse roof for over a year. Now it has a new assignment as a pond. It is 60 cm or 24” deep and 110 cm or 44” long. It will sit in a pathway between two no dig garden beds. The topsoil from the dug hole is being used on one of the beds. The clay substrate has been added to a hűgelkultur bed being built elsewhere on the plot.
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The Crafty Miss

@Broadfork Right, okay, I'll do it. Have avoided because of GHG emissions

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@TheDonsieLass GHG of the pond containers/liners? Puddling clay is an alternative as are having seasonal ponds which will offer different but also important habitat to a permanent pond.

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The Crafty Miss

@Broadfork Thanks. I was looking at puddling clay but as with most (all?) of my garden projects, the technical aspects of installation will probably best me!

The mechanisms of the emissions are not well-understood at this stage and there are only one or two studies exploring this but here's some evidence that small artificial urban ponds could contribute meaningful GHG emissions and I had dared not risk it:

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wile

nature.com/articles/ngeo2654

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rooftopjaxx

@Broadfork On the subject of the Biological Recording Company

COMING UP IN MARCH AND APRIL THURSDAY 27TH MARCH 10AM-1PM Rewild London Virtual Symposium ONLINE £1-£25 The Rewild London Virtual Symposium will be hosted by the Biological Recording Company and will feature speakers from projects aiming to enhance London for nature and wildlife: ReNaturing Hackney Marshes with Russell Miller (ReNature London) Ups and Downs on the Butterflied Chalklands with Mathew Frith (London Wildlife Trust) The Crane Valley Smarter Catchment: Partnership-led Urban River Improvements with Rob Gray (Crane Valley CIC) The presentations will be recorded and shared with those who booked alongside Q&A transcripts and lists of useful links via a password-protected website following the event.
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Broadfork

@rooftopjaxx Thanks for the heads up. Shame this information will be behind a paywall though.

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