To provide shade and colour the inside was planted with non poisonous (no berries) evergreen shrubs, primroses in the rockeries for spring and pansies for summer. Other plants in pots are placed inside according to the season. The whole of the ground area is covered in pea shingle which is free draining, easily washed down with a garden hose and raked out to maintain cleanliness. The ducks find this very comfortable underfoot.
Having placed a wooden open ended barrel inside to provide shelter all that was necessary was to install the ducks. This is now a place where we spend some pleasant moments just watching with a cup of tea on a warm summer morning smiling often as we watch these little ducks go about their daily routine. Equally they lift your spirits on a damp winter afternoon. They always oblige with the antics they are famous for. Even on moonlit nights they are always busy doing something.
Merryl Lloyd
This article first appeared in June 2002 Newsletter
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