Gathering: Create a pocket pond in permanent culture

Boost the biodiversity of your garden by multiplying the interfaces and interactions between water, earth, and air, thanks to the wells of life that are pocket ponds.

Permaculture advocates, among other things, gardening without treatments, following a logic inspired by nature: without biodiversity, no balance is possible.
All problems of pests or overgrowth are understood with this logic: rather than trying to eliminate an overabundant species, it is seen as a symptom of imbalance.
In nature, indeed, the excessive proliferation of a species always leads to that of its predators who will moderate its expansion.
The secret of a resilient ecosystem is its biodiversity. The more species present, the lower the risk that one will dominate in an abnormal way.
The richest environments in biodiversity are the “interfaces.”
For example, a forest edge, the bank of a pond are interfaces between two environments and are peaks of biodiversity.
If you are interested, you can insert “pocket ponds” within your vegetable garden. Simple buried plastic bins, or even just a liner lining a hole, will be micro-ponds that increase the resilience of the ecosystem.
A few aquatic creatures, some floating or rooted plants, and these water holes will soon teem with life for the great benefit of the surrounding vegetable garden.
The air will be less dry, temperature swings less strong, the water will attract countless useful insects... Just plan to place a board in it to prevent a small animal that falls in from drowning.
No need to empty them in winter; the creatures will settle year-round and their numbers will explode in spring, as in nature.
Plants that become invasive there will be harvested and spread at the base of your vegetables, forming a rich, moist mulch without risk of regrowth.
Not to mention that, coming from your rainwater collector, the rainwater will thus be stored close to your plants!

To seed your pocket ponds, our starter doses contain everything needed: invertebrates, animal and plant plankton, germinating paddy rice, etc.
Once seeded with this biodiversity, your pond will live its life, bringing all the benefits of a true little water spot around it...