The gardening pros explained that: “Decomposing leaves turn your pond water foul and block filters on pumps.” This can impact the health of your pond life, from fish and frogs to plants and reeds - and pretty much anything else that lives in and around your pond.
They recommend adding pond netting now to ‘save time and effort later’ so that falling leaves can be caught before they hit your pond and contaminate the water.
The experts explain that to protect your pond during the colder winter months, it’s vital that you ‘cover your pond with netting’ at least ‘until all the leaves have fallen’.
Gardening experts at Thompson & Morgan explained how there’s one key thing that everyone who has a pond in their garden needs to do now, to save on stress come spring.
Gardeners urged to do one key job in their garden now - or regret it in spring Gardening experts have issued an important warning to anyone who wants to ensure that come spring their garden isn’t in a mess.
