{"id":7537,"date":"2022-09-26T14:45:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7537"},"modified":"2022-09-26T14:45:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:45:24","slug":"a-smallholding-revisited-part-4-the-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7537","title":{"rendered":"A smallholding revisited part 4: The pond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We had a large pond dug in a boggy part of one of the lower fields. We kept chicken and ducks there but now it is overgrown and naturalistic &#8211; an amazing difference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/c194_07j1-600x416.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/c194_07j1-600x416.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/c194_07j1-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/c194_07j1-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/c194_07j1-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/c194_07j1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Pond as dug and filling up with water in early 2001<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4604j1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4604j1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4604j1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4604j1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4604j1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4604j1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>A later view in 2005. One of those young trees has become:<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7301r1-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7301r1-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7301r1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7301r1-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7301r1.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption>&#8230; an amazing maple tree<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4680j1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4680j1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4680j1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4680j1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4680j1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4680j1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Another 2005 view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4845j1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4845j1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4845j1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4845j1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4845j1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/D05_4845j1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>and a final 2005 view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"277\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7316r1x2r1-600x277.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7316r1x2r1-600x277.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7316r1x2r1-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7316r1x2r1-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7316r1x2r1-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7316r1x2r1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>The pond is in there somewhere&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7326r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7326r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7326r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7326r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7326r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7326r1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>much has grown now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7336r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7336r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7336r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7336r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7336r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/L22_7336r1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>And looking in the other direction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a large pond dug in a boggy part of one of the lower fields. We kept chicken and ducks there but now it is overgrown and naturalistic &#8211; an amazing difference:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,52,12,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-before-after","category-garden","category-smallholding","category-wales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7546,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7537\/revisions\/7546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}