Too Many Lily Pads?

Our pond has flourished this year. The water is nice and clear now but I’m concerned that the lilies are doing a little too well.
The leaves are piling up out of the water there are so many and I’m not sure what to do.
Whilst looking for answers I came across this thread on gardenweb.com. Which [...]

Pond is a strange colour

The pond is a funny colour and yet it is much clearer than ever before.
Last year the pond was in a dreadful state. A star plant I’d brought years before had completely taken over and choked the pond. It was Hannah who spotted the fish gasping and when I went to look a couple of [...]

Tadpoles in August???

I’ve noticed that there are still a few tadpoles swimming around the pond. Is this normal? I thought they should have grown into frogs or toads ages ago.
Puzzled.

The sun shines – the pond clouds over

Finally the sun has begun to shine, after weeks of rain. Unfortunately it now looks like the, recently much clearer, pond is regressing to its previous soupy state. What a shame. We've grown used to watching the newts rushing about, the fish darting around and the thousands of tadpoles twiddling day and night. 
I've read that [...]

Damsel flies

First Damsel flies of the year seen yesterday. Little red things flitting about the pond. I think they were mating, certainly they appeared to be hovering about in pairs, attached at one end forming a sort of arial tick (check) shape.