On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 14:01:18 -0000, H wrote:

It comes as smallish plastic grids which are fixed just below the
water level.

Remember that a baby or toddler can drown in half an inch of water.
The grid may stop the child getting a full dunking(*) but if the child
feel onto the grid face down, maybe knocking itself out... This is
pretty rigid grid if it'll take the weight of an adult.

(*) A full dunking would probably imprint quite strongly and make a
child pretty wary of water in the future, a good thing IMHO.

Personaly I'd go for isolating the ponds doesn't need to be Fort Knox,
dark green plastic mesh 18" high on stout stakes should do. But don't
forget a good, firm, education about the dangers of water and not
pushing the fenches over... And of course a young toddler should never
be left alone in a garden anyway.

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