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The container pond is now in place. I now know there’s about 30 cm/1’ of top soil before the clay layer. The soil texture is being assessed.

A pallet end put to use in making bricks from the excess excavated clay or providing mason bees with some handy nesting material before it dries.

Deer have been munching on the jostaberry so for now it’s covered in insect mesh until I can fashion something more permanent.

A reclaimed 230 litre 50 UK gallon black plastic water tank buried in the ground with the excavated clay fitted back in around the sides. It will have a pathway along one side and I’ll probably use different materials of sand, wood and stone for insect habitat around the edges. I’ll be able to add some pond plants kindly offered by the nature reserve wildlife group and a plot neighbour.
A yellow measure running the depth of a hole dug for a container pond. The top soil layer runs to a depth of about 30 cm 1 foot before reaching an Oxford clay layer. This Oxford clay layer is about 25 cm deep before it hits a darker layer of London clay.
Pallet ends being used as makeshift formers to dry out some of the excess clay into rough bricks. Mason bees will hopefully help themselves to some of the clay for use in their nests before it dries out. The pallet ends and bricks will themselves probably become part of a bug hotel with holes made through the clay.
A recently moved Jostaberry plant with fresh green leaf growth had a mesh shading cloth draped over it. Deer have pruned some of the tips already so it’s covered to offer it some protection.
#Pond#Soil#Allotment
Mar 23, 2025, 10:48 PM·Public·Ivory for iOS
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