Just built my first pond

[addy1]

If they had it in shallow water it would do fine in a pot in the pond. I put just of my plants in plain kitty litter, pure clay type

 

[Kate timber]

I have a huge bag of clay kitty litter!! What do I do with it? I'm not sure what you meant?

 

[Lisak1]

Use it to pot up your water plants - just like you would use dirt to pot a regular plant.

Nice job with your rocks, by the way!

 

[Kate timber]

Oh ok! Thanks so much. You guys are excellent

 

[Kate timber]

Also, what is the purpose of the kitty litter?

 

[snoozer]

The kitty litter will be the "dirt" in the pot for your pond plants. Regular soil washes out of pots, I leaarned this the hard way,, where the litter stay put. Have fun with the pond,

 

[CeeJayH]

Agree on the kitty litter. Garden soil just washes away.

 

[tbendl]

It looks great! All the water that is on the rocks is that splashing from the fountain? If it is, you may want to dial it down a tad as you'll lose water on a regular basis and have to continue to fill it. You can add a little osmocote to the kitty litter as fertilizer for the potted plants.
I have tried a bunch of plants in the pond, if they start to look sickly, I pull them out, plant them in the ground, and try something else.
And I didn't see, but did someone tell you to make sure it is plain unscented kitty litter? The cheap stuff.

 

[Nepen]

It looks great! All the water that is on the rocks is that splashing from the fountain? If it is, you may want to dial it down a tad as you'll lose water on a regular basis and have to continue to fill it. You can add a little osmocote to the kitty litter as fertilizer for the potted plants.
I have tried a bunch of plants in the pond, if they start to look sickly, I pull them out, plant them in the ground, and try something else.
And I didn't see, but did someone tell you to make sure it is plain unscented kitty litter? The cheap stuff.

I was just to mentioned the same thing

You will lose water right quick if the fountain keep splashing up to the side like that

The pond is cute! Keep adding plants / dirt between the stone and it'll looks more natural

 

[haver79]

Nice changes. Looking great. You could also plant a few small land plants poking through some of the rocks around the pond.

 

[Kate timber]

More progress. Thanks to all of you

 

[addy1]

nicer and nicer

 

[Lisak1]

I'm liking the direction you're going! But like others have said - that splashing is going to empty your pond quickly. Not an issue if you don't mind topping off on a regular basis.

 

[Rich17]

You would be suprised about cats i have got 2 and they drink my water and just sit and watch my fish and i have just trained my fish to eat out of my hand and my cats just watch and never ever touched one i started with a small pond and expanded to a lot bigger as you are just starting your pond looks nice but you will get the urge to expand yours to as you will want more keep going with the nice work

 

[cas]

Very nice Kate!