How to build a drainpipe rain garden for wildlife | WWT

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  • Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2024

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  • @cherylj7460
    @cherylj7460 5 месяцев назад

    I love this! Don’t consider this a bug hotel, but an insect spa and resort!

  • @mikes5637
    @mikes5637 3 года назад +7

    I have a downpipe from the garage guttering which just runs off onto the ground. This is a great idea. Yet another project for the garden on my list.

  • @adevonnaturegarden
    @adevonnaturegarden 4 года назад +15

    Absolutely LOVE this idea. I am thinking this will be great alongside our greenhouse with the run off from that. It has quite a large roof. Could build a permanent one which could run through a bog garden then in to our pond. Notes made! Looking forward to planning this!!

    • @adevonnaturegarden
      @adevonnaturegarden 3 года назад +1

      @@AngelFish007 unfortunately not yet. It is in the planning stage. Other things went to the top of the 'to do' list..

  • @MarneeMadsen
    @MarneeMadsen 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you... Really love all your videos. I'm under s native white oak canopy that is constantly dropping debris and fills any water with tannins, leaves etc. but Also have some underground water that may be more suited to enhance bog conditions. It really wants to fill up with noxious ranunculus so maybe i can get something else to take over... Anyway thanks for all the great ideas and supporting biodiversity.

  • @AlexIserbkin
    @AlexIserbkin Год назад +1

    Great idea! Will make one soon!

  • @stuartthegrant
    @stuartthegrant 5 лет назад +7

    What a great idea....

  • @torquilh
    @torquilh Год назад +1

    Amazing idea. That drain from one pot to another, should have been the same diameter, otherwise when it rains heavily, the rain will not go down the drain but spill over. That could eventually cause a damp area at the side of the house, causing damp on the walls inside.

  • @blackhawk3165
    @blackhawk3165 8 месяцев назад

    Such a great idea.

  • @davidschmidt270
    @davidschmidt270 3 года назад +2

    So neat👏👏👏👏

  • @j.johnson3520
    @j.johnson3520 4 года назад +1

    This is *very* good. I like the simplicity and design.

  • @trewball1
    @trewball1 3 года назад +2

    Impressive

  • @TK42138
    @TK42138 4 года назад +2

    Very clever.

  • @stevencharter1803
    @stevencharter1803 5 лет назад +3

    Awesome idea...)

  • @nomadgigi4051
    @nomadgigi4051 15 дней назад

    Nice idea but not for where I live in the subtropics Australia. The rain here, when it falls, would simply wash everything down the garden including the bricks. Just about every time it rains it comes down with great force in very large quantities.

  • @powerballminep67
    @powerballminep67 2 года назад +1

    I have watercress growing in abundance in my rainwater butt from a supermarket cutting. Also have a lot of water snails. I heard somewhere, another YT channel possibly, that it wasn't safe to eat the watercress, even washed. Something to do with the snails and contamination etc.

  • @TroySwezey
    @TroySwezey Год назад

    Do you reckon this would work in an area such as the Pacific Northwest, USA, where we often have snow and melted snow running through the drain pipes?

  • @strato-squirrel5741
    @strato-squirrel5741 Год назад

    Could you do a drainpipe barel pond

  • @jamescottam9622
    @jamescottam9622 3 года назад

    Would the pond need oxygenating plants like hornwort, or would the constant throughput of water be enough to stop the pond stagnating? Also, if we're hoping to attract amphibians, would something like hornwort help in a pond this size?
    (My guess is that the pond might be too small for hornwort which might end up taking over the pond)

  • @Etdashou1
    @Etdashou1 2 года назад

    Is this setup can live through winter? The fact that it is not underground and protected from the cold, I am not sure the plants will survive. Am I wrong?

    • @wwtorguk
      @wwtorguk  2 года назад +3

      Hi, yes the plants will survive if they are potted, as they would do in a ground-level pond that could equally freeze-over.

  • @johnsheridan6733
    @johnsheridan6733 5 лет назад

    Can this process be started around winter time?

    • @walruswarlock4800
      @walruswarlock4800 4 года назад +2

      Of course, nothing different except you won't see many flowers until later in the year.

  • @Don-ds3dy
    @Don-ds3dy Месяц назад

    and then i realized it hasn't rained for weeks where I live.

  • @woah6958
    @woah6958 Год назад

    Where does the excess water flow to?

    • @wwtorguk
      @wwtorguk  Год назад

      Thanks for the question, see at 00:50 we cut a hole in the base container - for the water to eventually flow into the drain.

  • @amswan
    @amswan 4 года назад +1

    i cannot agree on attracting spiders, no way no how, sir

    • @rfldss89
      @rfldss89 4 года назад +11

      Spiders are our friends. They eat mosquitoes and other small annoying flying insects. Spiderbro for president 2020.

    • @urmum2612
      @urmum2612 4 года назад +6

      Disliking spiders is somewhat ignorant, still understandable, but frustrating.

    • @thediamondnetherstar2155
      @thediamondnetherstar2155 4 года назад +1

      it is just that they creep me out a bit still appreciate the fact that they eat flies because I hate them