Pond Puppy

The pond tour contains photographs of absolutely everything under the sun except the pond itself! Here is my 2005 summer attempt to rectify this, helped by the new puppy.

Rusty the puppy has a zooming circuit around the pond. So far he has only used the water for drinking and not for swimming. I'm tempted to pick him up and throw him in!

The plantings around the pond are varied, but the tall olive green New Zealand flaxes which self-positioned themselves dominate. There are other water-side plants with an introduced flavour - giant Gunnera, Hostas, and fluffy pink Filipendula.

Many of the trees which surround the pond have grown from seedlings - in fact one of the Locust trees is far too generous. Imagine a Locust tree forest - there would soon be one, if the pond lawns weren't mowed!

Dogs love water. Rusty the puppy (a red border collie) is a good swimmer, and he seems to enjoy his swims at the river... hmmm...