Fish Pond Tips
As part of KS Pond Services I get asked several question about maintenance of garden fish ponds so I have created this section for tips for your garden pond, These tips range from information...
Category: Nature & Wildlife
First Frog Spawn Of The Year
Information on frogspawn Inc how frogs / toads breed and when with tips on taking care of the Spawn and the tadpoles & why so early
Examples of Full Fish Pond Clean
Home – About Us – Services – Tips – Examples – Contact Here are just a few examples of a full service on different ponds, All of the photos below was taken on the...
5Litre Portable Camping Toilet Review
Now lets get down to basics when camping going to the toilet can be a bit of a pain. We are new to camping and all the sites we have been on have had...
Farnborough Hall Near Banbury Visit
We are National Trust members and while on a weekend away we visited Farnborough Hall after visiting Upton House which is nearby. Entrance for national trust members is free, normal entry prices for house...
Fish Pond Volume Calculator
One question I am asked by my customers is the amount of water volume in their fish pond, so thought would create a calculator to work it out and also recommend size of UV...
Walking Hiking Stick Camera Monopod Review
One of main passions is walking and photography and unfortunately recently I have developed a heath problem that makes it difficult to walk and because I’m in pain I walk hunched forward which really...
Mottistone Gardens & Compton Bay & Downs Visit
Mottistone Gardens Mottistone Gardens is on the south coast of the Isle of Wight and is part owned by the National Trust, Entrance is £5.80 Adults, £2.90 Children, £14.50 Family (non gift aid prices)....
Visit To Packwood House & Baddesley Clinton
We had to pick some furniture up from Knowle and as we are National Trust member we decided to visit two local attractions which were Baddesley Clinton & Packwood house, so here are quick...
Visit To Kinver Edge & Rock Houses
Our recent visit to the national trust Kinver Edge and rock houses, lovely place and a very nice walk , my review and photos
Monkey Haven – Isle of Wight
On our last day before setting back home from the Isle of Wight we decided to go to the Monkey Haven – Primate rescue centre, which is just outside of Newport. Prices are £10...
Pond Clean From Start to Finish
This was a small pond clean, The customer had taken photos of me working, so though would share the photos, I normally try to take photos of the progress of some ponds. Though this...
Bird Feeder Out of Old Small Cabinet
I’m a person that doesn’t like to throw things away, that’s if I can use them again or for something else. My mom had asked me to take some stuff to the tip and...
Tip for Breeding Fish
Breeding fish in a garden pond, normally this is something that if you let nature take its course the fish will breed given the right conditions. The fish will normally breed in early spring...
About Duckweed
One question I get asked by new customers is about duckweed. Duckweed (Lemna minuta) can completely cover extensive areas of your pond mainly if it is still or slow-moving water. Duckweed grow best in...
Tips For Controlling Blanket Weed
Blanket Weed is the curse of keeping a pool. If I could invent something to eliminate blanket weed without causing any other problems I would be a millionaire overnight! A little blanket weed is...
Visit to Birdland in Bourton-on-the-water
While on a day out to the lovely village Bourton On The Water we decided to visit a few attractions within the village. One of the places we visited was the Cotswold Birdland Park...
Best Way to Feed Your Garden Pond Fish
My suggestion on feeding the fish is the same as always and this is that when the weather gets warmer and you go outside on a nice day, without a coat on and you...
Firewatch PC Game Quick Review
I have just completed an interesting game called Firewatch, well that’s if you class it as a full video game, there is no gun or weapons to use, just a plain exploration game. I...
Previous Years of Snow
With the little covering we have had of snow on 17th Jan 2015 it made me think of previous years of snow fall. The way the weather reports were seemed that we would have...
Autumn Walk Along The Wyrley and Essington Canal
Had bit of time on Friday morning as was waiting for computer to finish scans before taking back to customer this afternoon, so decided to take the dog on a nice long walk after...
Quick Walk Around Hayhead Wood Nature Reserve – Aldridge
We decided to take the dog for a walk around Hayhead Wood nature reserve in Aldridge. The nature reserve is off the A454 Aldridge Road and is set in 17 acres. The reserve has a mixture of woodland, wetland and grassland habitats. The now nature’s reserve was originally part of the hay head work which mined limestone,
Wasp Macro – Photo Blog
Just looking outside the other day while doing some work sitting outside, noticed this wasp on one of our garden ornaments. So I quickly grabbed the camera and got a few shots, it wasn’t...
Nature Walk Around Beacon Park Lichfield
The other week had an hour or so to spare while the missus was at interview in Lichfield town centre I decided to take my camera and have a wonder round by Beacon park...
Blue Full Moon July 2015
On the 31st July 2015 was supposedly a rare occurrence of a blue moon, we all hear the saying “Once in a blue moon” well first of all they are not that rare and...
Running Costs of Garden Fish Pond
One of the questions I mostly get asked by my customers is the running cost of a fish pond, so thought would do some calculations of running cost per day and over a year....
How A Garden Pond Pump Works
For the operation of a waterfall the pump simply sucks water in and pumps it up through a hosepipe which leads to the top of a waterfall. The water then flows down the waterfall...
Stocking Your Fish Pond With Fish
Stocking With Fish This is the culmination of any water gardener’s endeavor. But it should be 2 – 3 weeks after planting before you introduce the first fish. Apart from ornamentation the fish performs...
Fish Pond Liner Installation
These steps are the basic installation of a fish pond / pool liner. A pool liner has the advantage of flexibility of size and shape. It’s up to you. A liner is supplied in...
Pre-Formed Fish Pond Installation
These steps are the basic installation of a ready made pool. Simply dig the hole to the depth required (20″) and make the hole 3″ to 4″ wider and longer than the pool. Remove...
Garden Pond Water Loss Tips
Water loss Fish pond water loss can be caused by all different factors below we will go through the different causes of water loss and what we can do to make your garden pool...
Visit To Tropical Birdland
This week because our daughter had a day of school for teacher training, we decided to go out for the day, I had originally planned to go to the space centre in Nottingham as...
Conkers Outdoor Play Visit
We went to Conkers a outdoor adventure attraction on bank holiday Monday. It is described as “enter a world of adventure & discovery at the heart of the national forest” Conkers is in Moira,...
Stratford-Upon-Avon Butterfly Farm Visit
We recently had a visit to Stratford-upon-avon and I decided to go round the butterfly farm. My daughter had been before but myself and partner hadn’t s thought It would make a nice family...
Moseley Old Hall Visit
We decieded as we had a free afternoon to go visit Moseley Old Hall which is located in Fordhouses, just north of Wolverhampton. Entrance prices are Adult: £6.75, Child: £3.35 and Family ticket: £16.85...
Shugborough Hall and Estate
We recently went to Shugborough estate, as we are national trust members you get admission cheaper for the whole property even though is part a national trust property, this is because of a lease...
High Peak Junction Walk
After recently catching up on the Tony Robinson TV Series Walking through history, in the first episode I noticed him looking at a building on part of his walk and it reminded me that...
Attingham Park & Mansion
I visited Attingham park today, as I had finished sooner on some work in nearby Shrewsbury, and because have a family membership to the National Trust though I would just have a quick look...
Wookey Hole & Caves
While we was on holiday at a Pontins holiday park in Brean Sands we decided to visit Wookey hole near Wells in Somerset , it was the choice between Wookey hole or Cheddar Gorge,...
Chasewater Jan 2014
Its hard to believe that it is 4 years since Chasewater reservoir started to be emptied, see my previous posts in 2010 and 2011 for details. Having a hour free this afternoon I decided...
Hornsea Museum – Yorkshire
Last year we visited the Hornsea museum in East Riding of Yorkshire, The museum looks small from the outside, but loads to do and discover inside. So don’t be put off when you walk...
First Time Doing Geocaching
Recently the missus discovered geo-caching. The basics of geo-caching is were you explore different places using your smartphone or GPS device to find a box with items in. First you need to goto the...
Hedgehog Out In Daytime
About mid October we found a hedgehog out in the day, we thought we had done the right thing, but we then found out we should have done things a bit different here is...
Beacon Park Events (Bug & Pond Dipping)
just a quick post about some of the events going on in Beacon Park, Lichfield over the 2012 kids summer holidays. On the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of July there was a...
Wolseley Nature Centre
We recently went to the Wolseley Centre which is just outside of Rugeley town centre on the A51, it is next to the wyevale garden centre. The Wolseley centre is a great nature reserve...
World Of Country Life Farm
While we was on holiday in Exmouth Devon at Devon Cliffs Haven Holiday park we went to the World of Country Life, this is just on the entrance to Devon cliffs holiday park, because...
Lakeland Wildlife Oasis
Last year while on holiday on the last day of our holiday we went to Lakeland Wildlife Oasis , entrance prices are Adult £8.95 Child (aged 3-15) £5.95, Senior, £6.95 Family (2+2) £24.95 Children under...
Lakes Aquarium Cumbria
We Recently went on a trip to thel Lakes Auarium which is near Ulverston in Cumbria. Price wise for just the aquarium was £6.86 adults, £4.57 Children or Family Ticket £26.360 (2 adults +...
Rodbaston Animal Zone
We recently went to Rodbaston Animal Zone in the summer holidays the centre is within the grounds of South Staffordshire Rodbaston college campus, depends on which entrance you come into the campus depends on...
Sandwell Valley Park & Farm
We went to Sandwell valley country park the other day, I have been here before but that was a few years ago, so thought we would go again. Entrance price is very good at...
