Gardening writer Mary Keen shares expert tips for minimising the algae and maximising the fun.
There is nothing to compare with a bathe in a wild place, as the wild-swimming craze testifies, but even the most intrepid plungers into murky lakes worry about clingy water weed and the threat of a mouthful of mud. Or worse. The question is, can garden ponds and lakes ever be made more welcoming?
Nick Haycock, the reassuring and authoritative expert on still (and running)…