Exactly one year ago I followed your three part series on building a wildlife pond. I realised I am no longer 19 but 69. Managed it though. Mrs thought I was bonkers doing it. Guess who enjoys it the most! We have counted Emperors, Migrant Hawkers and large red dragonfly’s as well as blue damsels and red damsels. Installed a trail cam and foxes and other critters drink from the pond at night. We had a frog visit and stay at the pond and I’m hoping for tadpoles next year. I can not thank you enough Joe for inspiring me. The garden has never had so much wildlife. Ever.
@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton
10 ай бұрын
Wow! Thanks so much for this, apologies for the delay in replying to you but I've not had much time to keep up with the comments lately. So glad I didn't miss this one, with your permission I may well use this for the new website, it's so encouraging and shows exactly what this channel is about and I am so glad that you're being rewarded for every ounce of effort you've put in. Some very grateful visitors by the sound of it and very well deserved - say Hi to the Mrs for me! :) Best wishes to you both, Joel - oh and if you get this message do send a few photos to me at enquiries@wildyourgarden.com, would love to keep in touch and see the updates. 😃
@jimmyfaulkner5746
11 ай бұрын
I built a reasonably large natural wildlife pond on my allotment 2 years ago . Its amazing , have seen fox cubs playing in it . Bats hunting above it , frogs , newts , beetles , a huge butterly landed on my daughter while she was sitting beside it , dragonflys almost daily, dragon fly larvea . First year it went brown then green and i thought almost all the plants had died . This year the plants came back and have self seeded/ spread. Cost me about £ 700 so far . Gonna add some sticklebacks and a few more native plants next year then set up a wildlife camera and hope to catch some hedgehogs and maybe a heron trying to catch the fish . Your videos inspired it and i am sure you would be impressed , thank you Ps , the more pond videos the better
@sorbuslearning
11 ай бұрын
thanks again for another great video... done all these actions over last few years and now busy helping my neighbours do the same. Our aim is to turn our parish into a nature reserve through wildlife gardening and make space for nature in a small corner of Surrey.
@keithroberts42
11 ай бұрын
It’s always useful as we move through the seasons what jobs need doing. As always an inspiration. Regards
@neil_down_south
11 ай бұрын
I feel better now for having a "bombsite" garden! Very long grass, messy hedges (hawthorne, guelder rose, blackthorn, buckthorn alder, ), loads of verbena have self seeded everywhere, huge scrappy buddleia. But ... loads of spider's webs, butterflies everywhere, grasshoppers appear when you walk across the lawn. I'm hoping to dig a pond next year, but until then i have various old tubs buried in borders full of water/pebbles. I did see a frog and a toad, so fingers crossed they'll populate the pond eventually. Any tips on propagating ragwort? I have seen some in a verge on the way to work ... would like to get some seeds for my garden.
@george-1961
11 ай бұрын
The one thing to complete my wildlife garden is a pond. By the end of October all being well I’m going to build one 🤞🏻. Keep up the good cause Joel 👌🏻
@archiediggins641
11 ай бұрын
Can't even begin to imagine how much a huge liner will cost. Ive got one small pond in the ground and I have a wee frog whom I have named Norris. To have some breeding next year would be the icing on the cake.
@janiedunn637
11 ай бұрын
❤ watching this. I saw quite a few butterflies 🦋 in Northumberland last Wednesday away down from Berwick. 😊
@Readingandgardening
11 ай бұрын
How beautiful to see those dragon flies hunting over the long grass!! I saw a bat flying around my small front garden near the large honeysuckle, possibly hunting for moths.
@kevinking7860
11 ай бұрын
Nice one Joel I had mown a perimeter around my front garden meadow and will shortly be planting 200 crocus bulbs (2 diff varieties) and 100 snakeshead fritillaries To help out the early pollinators
@itsmewende
11 ай бұрын
Welp, I really am doing it, the pond gets cleaned this autumn, cross your fingers the snapping turtle isn't living here anymore. I left the garden clean up last yr for this spring, I intend to again. Hoping between the pond and the garden, plenty of wildlife finds this a nice place to overwinter.
@UkAmphibians
11 ай бұрын
Another great video joel thanks for sharing 🐸💚🐸
@EdurtreG
11 ай бұрын
Gelderse roos. From Gelderland, Overijssel, Netherlands: beautiful region.
@coolstertothecore
11 ай бұрын
Our garden seems busier than ever with insects right now. The ivy is constantly buzzing, we still have lots of butterflies visiting the verbena bonariensis and the last few buddleia flowers, and the apple tree is very well loved by all sorts of insects! We've decided the apples can be sacrificial this year as I love seeing all the wasps and flies going in and out of the fruit. We've taken your advice and just mown half the lawn, leaving the other half until spring. The privet has been glorious the last few years but the neighbour is now complaining so we're going to cut it back pretty hard this year then hopefully in 2025 it will flower well. I have bulbs to go in but chemotherapy is kicking my arse so I'm going to trust my husband with it...😬 😂 A quick question (sorry, this is a long post): we planted a new hedge from you guys in March so it's still small. Is it okay to just leave it for now? Or would a light trim encourage growth? I'm guessing we don't want to cut anything from the top until it's reached the desired height. Thank you!
@markhunter9387
11 ай бұрын
Amazing, I’ve never seen so many Dragonflies in one place at the same time. Nice aerial views of the front garden, hope you will be doing an update soon 🐝
@SIC647
11 ай бұрын
I made a pond using your 3-part pond series! It was extremely helpful.
@maryanna6302
11 ай бұрын
Heard a little frog croaking outside my window in the back garden today, I must be doing something right! but there used to be so many more in this area! Thanks for the tips 💚
@vikinggardencreations
11 ай бұрын
Great info and advice once again mate 😁👍🏻
@FOPYSFrance
10 ай бұрын
Hi Joel! 👋🏻 Found you! Now to work my way through your videos 😉😉😊😊 Duncan mentioned you are a fellow KZitemr, so here I am!
@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton
10 ай бұрын
Hello you! Great to hear from you - it was absolutely brilliant to meet you Jan and your little gite is faultless, I'd of course recommend it to everyone wanting to experience the wonderful quiet, aside from the church bells which were just as charming. Now I am going to find myself occupied at lunchtimes and in the evening, can't wait to see the channel. Very best wishes - Joel
@FOPYSFrance
10 ай бұрын
😊👍
@ChopsyMiche
11 ай бұрын
Wonderful video, fantastic information and some stunning visuals, as always. Have loved letting my garden allow nature to do its thing. And I absolutely agree with the things you have described in this video. I'm not going to make anyone homeless in my garden. I've already put out some more log piles and granite rocks for some wonderful hiding places. I'm also leaving lots of vegetation as it is, so nothing gets destroyed or loses it's comfy spot. Your garden looks absolutely fabulous, unbelievable how that transformed into such a beautiful, vibrant and full of life space in just a few months. Until next time, thank you🌻
@user-cm7wb8fq1t
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for another interesting and inspiring video. My only qualm is that a couple of minutes into the video I was interrupted by an advert for artificial grass!
@sallydavies2563
4 ай бұрын
Ooh yuk! What bad timing in a wildlife video! Fake grass should be banned.
@louiselund2419
11 ай бұрын
thanks for a good video. I have made a small wild flower meadow, this week there will be another small meadow, plus sowing is being done around our pond, which was also made this summer. it's so wonderful today we saw our first toad
@thepockethaven
10 ай бұрын
I'm located in Texas and I found this channel while researching to build our own wildlife pond and that three-part series mentioned was extremely helpful! Other videos here also gave helpful information as well as inspiration! We finished our little pond in our front garden in April 2022 and it's been awesome! We just put up a trail camera and it's so fun to see more of the wildlife who the pond supports - like the two Blue Jays bathing in this linked video! =D Thank you so much Joel and team; keep up the awesome work! kzitem.info/news/bejne/0KuZmKqAb3p9Z4Y
@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton
10 ай бұрын
Hi Lana! Just subscribed to your channel, those Blue Jays are just incredible, we have beautiful birds here of course but there's something so striking and some great footage of them enjoying a vital water source. Going to watch a few more videos when I get a chance, but thanks so much for your encouragement and support here, it makes a huge difference - best wishes, Joel
@SisterDogmata
11 ай бұрын
Hey Joel! Great tips as usual! Have to agree that a pond is the best thing you can ever have in your garden no matter how big it is. They attract so much wildlife and so many birds. Overhauling mine at the minute, hope to get it finished before creatures start hibernating. Best wishes.
@karlitobergkamp8082
9 ай бұрын
I’ve got this plan for the future where we have a shipping container that’s made into a garden room that will be clad with wood and have bird nesting boxes on along with bee boxes etc even a Living roof! But the idea is that that garden room looks out onto what I see I my head as a wildlife theatre so we plant native hedge plants in a semi circle and closer towards the garden room a large circular border planted up with wildlife friendly plants of all kinds we’ll have bird feeding stations and bee nesting boxes along with bitterly boxes as well. The question I have for you Joel is would you plant a variety of hedge? If so what would you advise? I genuinely think it could be a great place to sit and watch wildlife and also do some good at the same time for wildlife
@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton
9 ай бұрын
Hi! So sorry I missed this, over 200 videos on the channel now so it's difficult keeping up with notifications! However, this sounds absolutely perfect! You're in time now for the bare-root season (these always fare better than pot grown and are cheaper of course) - but drop me a line when you're ready and I'll certainly help advise on species/quantities that would be good - enquiries@hazelwoodlandscapes.com - more than happy to help you create this dream :) Best wishes, Joel
@karlitobergkamp8082
9 ай бұрын
@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshtonthanks Joel!!!
@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker
11 ай бұрын
I have a very small wildlife pond and it has made a big difference and even given the rats somewhere to swim which they often do.
@SB-hg5sq
11 ай бұрын
Love watching the videos, I' ve been deadheading my buddleia and getting new flowers, at what point do I stop and just let it go?
@LouciferFlump
11 ай бұрын
I find it’s a lottery from year to year whether this actually works and produces more flowers. In my experience, if it stays relatively dry and sunny, you WILL get more (though smaller) flowers. However, if it’s cool (cold!?) and wet, you needn’t bother anymore coz the little buds won’t grow and flower, they just stay forever buds and/or nothing develops and your plant just appears to be in limbo.
@SB-hg5sq
11 ай бұрын
@@LouciferFlump Thank you, they've done well this year and I've had at least two lots of smaller flowers, I guess it's starting to cool down a bit now so I won't get too many more flowers.
@kevinking7860
11 ай бұрын
Thanks
@brownfamily3218
11 ай бұрын
Hi Joel Lots of good advice as usual. With help from our cat we have discovered that we have field mice and voles in the garden. The neighbours must wonder what's going on when I'm shouting at the cat to 'drop it'. The mice survived but sadly one of the voles didn't. She was also jumping on something the other evening. When I went out there were two small bright green crickets. I've not seen any in the garden before. We do have grasshoppers in the front garden so the cat isn't allowed round there. We've started cutting the wildflower meadow at the tennis club. I want to scarify and sew some more seeds this autumn. If I plant plug plants the rabbits eat them or dig them up!
@123juliejuliejulie
11 ай бұрын
I still have my no mow area of my lawn. its not big enough to cut parts of it. is it best to cut it all or leave it?
@deborahflello2316
9 ай бұрын
🥰
@luckyhomestead
11 ай бұрын
Hi, I have question about mowing meadow in autumn. There are so much life in it now, I don’t want to mow it at all. Or maybe this will be bad idea and next year I will have problems? Thanks for answering
@growjunkieradio
11 ай бұрын
GoodVibes
@user-cw2zj9zg7d
10 ай бұрын
I have an area of around 12 sqm that I wanted to plant a wildflower meadow in but it is currently a huge log pile which I was planning on leaving until Feb/March before planting the meadow then. I do have other log piles close by, next to my compost heap and so wasn’t sure which would best for the wildlife. Would it be more beneficial to sow a wildflower meadow now and then scatted more log piles around, or wait until late Feb/March? Thanks
@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton
10 ай бұрын
Hi there - move the logs now before anything wants to use them and hunkers down, definitely within the next 2 weeks, if you want to sow the area now. You can wait until next spring of course to sow the meadow if you're worried about anything utilising the woodpiles already but autumn sowings usually have greater success. I hope this helps, but there are two options there if needed :) Best wishes, Joel
@CyberCatPhoto
11 ай бұрын
Hi, do you use any commercial pond starter bacteria mix for a new pond or just trust nature to take its course? Is it worth to get a bottle of water from a nearby natural pond and pour it into the newly created pond?
@ethelthefrog4535
11 ай бұрын
Advice please, ive done a Belfast sink pond, got frog already, but… i have a solar fountain small, whilst i like it is it a no for wild life or prefer it still. And now planning a small meadow myself. Thx
@SnugglesPlays
11 ай бұрын
I still have loads of blanket weed on the surface of my small bucket pond....if any dragonflies come, will they lay eggs or does the surface have to be clear? Should I remove some of the blanket weed?
@lindaliriel
11 ай бұрын
Hi, thanks for the great advice! I have a cherry laurel hedge which, due to neighbour regulations, I need to prune. I was told October is a good time to prune. Will it produce flowers and fruit if I prune it then?
@patcampton7163
11 ай бұрын
I garden on clay so my wildflower meadow is mainly docks and creeping buttercup. Have some plantain and fox and cubs is growing but its nevef going to be like the wildflower meadows on poor soil.
@freedomunltd
11 ай бұрын
Try sainfoin (used by farmers right up until WW2 which was then discarded as the wretched agrichemical business took over after WW2) white, pink and scarlet clover, teasels, buckwheat, jacob’s ladder, pink and white campion, violas, violets, cowslips, primroses, nettles (beloved by certain butterflies for larvae) , plantain, musk mallow, daisies, devils bit scabious (also on which only a specific butterfly thrives upon), comfrey and many others - so many of these have medicinal uses too, particularly comfrey also known traditionally as knitbone which is obviously what it is so good for..
@patrickreddy9058
11 ай бұрын
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@chrisb4504
11 ай бұрын
The practice of farmers cutting hedges at least once every year is stupidity. Yes I understand narrow lanes for access but that’s all
@LouciferFlump
11 ай бұрын
Where I live (farming community) there are narrow country lanes and farmers just cut these, they leave all the internal field hedges to go nuts !
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