Even the smallest garden does not have to do without a garden pond. Simply create a garden pond in the barrel. Here's how to do it.
Any gardener can make a pond
If you don't have space for a garden pond in your garden, you still don't have to do without a little water in your garden.
Because even mini ponds in the barrel look particularly beautiful in the garden. If you would like to create a pond like this, then you should simply follow the step-by-step instructions below.
Creating a garden pond in a barrel - step by step instructions
Step 1 - Select vessel:
Every gardener has the opportunity to create a small pond in the garden. The use of an old wine barrel or beer barrel is particularly suitable for this. You can also buy a new oak barrel for this purpose from a garden center or hardware store.
By the way: If you have a large tin container at home, you can use that too. Just pick whatever you like best.
Step 2 - preparatory work:
Line wooden barrel with garden pond liner:
If you have decided on a wooden barrel, you must first line it with a garden pond liner so that it is 100% waterproof. For this purpose, weigh down the foil on the bottom with stones, then smooth it down on the barrel walls and fix them with a stapler.
Mount the wheels on the barrel:
You should possibly mount wheels on the underside of the wooden barrel so that you can move the mini garden pond around at any time. Finally, after filling, it achieves a respectable weight and can usually no longer be carried by hand.
Step 3 - fill the garden pond:
First you have to fill in a layer of gravel at the bottom of the barrel. It is best to use white decorative stones, because they conjure up a particularly beautiful water color in the otherwise dark garden barrel. You can also use plants with a lower water level by using e.g. ashlar stones in the barrel pond.
Important when inserting the plants:
You mustArrange water plants that are as hardy as possible according to their growth height - the large plants at the back, smaller ones at the front. In addition, you should always place the pond plants in plant baskets so that they do not spread uncontrollably in the small pond and overgrow it in a very short time.
» Tip:
You should fill the top of plant baskets with fine gravel so that the pond soil does not immediately swell out when you fill it with water.
Step 4 - Effects:
Would you like to spice up your garden pond? You can achieve particularly great effects, for example, by using a mini fountain or special underwater lighting.
Important:
Fountains and lights have to be removed from the pond again and again in late autumn, otherwise they could be damaged by frost.
Step 5 - Fill with water:
Once you have installed all the plants and equipment, you can fill the pond with enough water - ideally you should use rainwater for this.
Important:
During the hot summer days you have to check the water level in the pond regularly and refill it from time to time. As far as plant care in the pond is concerned, all you have to do is regularly remove the algae from the pond.
Step 6 - animal husbandry:
In principle, you should avoid keeping animals in the barrel pond - due to its small size. But if you don't want to do without goldfish at all, then you should consider that you have to equip your mini pond with an oxygen pump. The best thing to do is to ask your pet shop for advice on this.
Important:
Barrel ponds usually freeze over completely in winter, which is why you have to bring the animals to their winter quarters in good time. But you also need to winterize everything else in the garden pond.