If you spend the majority of free time on the personal or seasonal dacha, then it is a high time to bring it into amazing look and to construct decorative pond the hands. Water perfectly calms and helps to relax as much as possible – the most suitable place after heavy day of work. As it is correct to make decorative pond, without resorting to the help of experts?
1. First of all it is necessary to decide on the sizes and to start construction of ditch under future pond. Dig out ditch of the necessary depth with inclined walls, leave stock about 30 centimeters.
2. After that spread out at the bottom uniform layer of clay (10-15 centimeters), moisten it with water a little. Clay at the same time has to be properly kneaded. After the first layer of clay dries up, immediately start laying of the second, same layer of clay. Fill on it small filling brick or pebble. Without waiting for clay drying, stamp filling brick by means of face part of wide board.
3. But it is possible to do without clay, using instead of it polyethylene film or roofing material. In this case it is necessary to fill up on the dug ditch bottom sand layer in 7 centimeters then it is possible to start film pastil in several layers. From above films the small layer of pebble or small crushed stone is already filled.
4. Now you can start filling of almost ready decorative pond water, it is the simplest to make it by means of hose. If you want that in your reservoir there was always fresh water, then it is necessary to change it at least once a week. The reservoir has to be a little in shadow as under direct sunshine from it water will quickly evaporate.
5. There now, the pond is almost ready, it was necessary only to issue it at your discretion. Around pond it is possible to plant various plants which will please you with the beauty. Are most favorable for such environment: duckweed, buttercup dlinnolisty, mint water and reed-mace dwarfish. Coast of pond can be set with undersized plants: moss, host, sugar lungwort, violets, primroses and astilba. Establish beautiful figurines, it is possible even to start in pond of small fishes – everything depends on your imagination. However before approach of winter it is necessary to take care of that small fishes have not frozen. For this purpose depth of pond has to be not less than 1-15 meters.