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Emily Smith

The one thing you should never do when your pond freezes, warns a garden expert

Picture of a plastic frozen pond in garden.

It can be quite a worrying sight seeing a thick layer of ice covering your beloved pond, but it's not as damaging to your fish as you may think. But it's important to know what to do to help your pond life.

Whether you've tried out a small pond idea or are a proud owner of an impressively large pool, seeing them freeze over when winter arrives can be pretty frightening. It's all too tempting to act quickly and break through the ice, but that would be a major winter gardening mistake.

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