We’ve been talking about digging a pond for a couple years now, but with little time or motivation to start digging, I decided to make a pond in a clawfoot tub last year. The clawfoot tub that we bathed in our first year here (to Al’s chagrin) is now a pond with goldfish, some sort of bottom feeder fish and a few water plants: waterlily, water hyacinth, water lettuce, duckweed and a bottom plant that is supposed to balance the pond and keep the water clean. The fish went in earlier this week, but we are just now starting to see them as they’ve been very shy. The great thing about this water garden is that there will be no weeds.

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  1. Debbie says:

    what do you use to seal the drain opening in the tub; and how did you do it?

    • Anne says:

      I just sealed the seam of the drain stopper with ordinary caulk (and not particularly well, I might add!) and it held water just fine.

  2. sean says:

    hi i stopped by my friends rug store on mt vernon and 19th st se, in order to let hin know you may be interested in some old funky rugs. hope you are having a great weekend and hope to see you soon sean

  3. Marti Garrison says:

    Hi, Anne: I have a big plastic tub, as in bigger than a bathtub and I am thinking of how to hook it to a rainbarrel to gather water..and then siphon that off with a hose into garden. Would flowers and water plants grow in this situation? The water level presumably remains stable and does not overflow?

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