martpol wrote:
I have a semi-circular, raised brick pond - 3.7m long x 1.5m radius x
60cm high. There is little life in it, apart from some water lilies
and frogspawn which I'm donating to a neighbour. I plan to drain the
pond, fill it with soil and make it into a vegetable garden -
thinking that a high bed with copper tape at the base might provide
slightly better protection from slugs/snails (though this might be
wishful thinking!).

As well as any general advice, I'd appreciate guidance on some
specific questions:

1. Should I remove the plastic pond liner once drained, or will this
be of some use to my vegetable growing?

Remove it, you need free drainage not a pond.


2. Should I drill drainage holes into the bricks? If so, where and how
many?


Yes, several, say every 50cm around the edge, at ground level

3. Should I simply fill the new bed with top soil and a layer of mulch
on top? Or are there are other things I should add for a successful
vegetable garden?


It depends on the quality of soil that you can source and what you want to
grow in the bed. Work from what you can get towards what you need. For
example corn and pumpkins need much better soil than carrots and lettuce.

Is this pond in full sun or nearly full sun? If it isn't you will be
limited as to which veges you can grow well.

David