The reservoir will become fine decoration of the seasonal dacha. In hot days it will fill air with reviver. It is simple to make pond. It is possible to use already ready form or to make reservoir basis by means of film.
Instruction
1. Decide on the place where the pond will be placed. It has to look good from all points of the site. Let in its water surface, decorative trees, high flowers, part of the house be reflected.
2. Be defined what form there will be decorative pond. Usually it is done oval, slightly concave in the middle. It can be and round. It is convenient to plan contours of future reservoir by means of rubber hose. It perfectly bends. Put it on earth surface, give the desirable form.
3. By means of shovel outline contours, begin to dig deepening on marking. It is more convenient to dig from edges to the center. Construction level periodically check height of coast. It has to be identical. Well stamp walls and bottom of ditch.
4. Already ready bases for pond are on sale. It is possible to make pole of the same depth and form as it, then to put inside preparation. The dense dark film is also suitable for creation of basis. Put it so that it was not tense, differently will tear. For this purpose measure by tape measure length and width of deepening, add 20-30 cm that was on all perimeter can bend edge on coast. Cut off scissors superfluous.
5. Remove pebbles that they have not torn film from ditch bottom. Fill on this place bank sand layer of 5 cm. After preparatory work try to put at once the ready basis or film in ditch that the rain has not spoiled its form. Put film, without pulling, putting big folds. It bend edges on the coast. Record them by means of soil or gravel.
6. Then place large stones on pond perimeter. If laying in 2 rows is planned, then down put smaller. In the second row between two small establish big. Gaps between them can be fastened with the solution prepared from water, 4 parts of sand, one – cement.
7. Begin to fill pond with water, pouring it from hose small stream. In 5-7 days, water in reservoir will begin to turn green. It is possible to cope with this problem, having added to artificial reservoir 3 buckets of water from ditch or from natural pond. Capture several tadpoles from there. They pass water through themselves, purifying it. Besides these beings eat seaweed. And mosquitoes on the site will become less subsequently. Collect the fallen leaves, plant debris which have fallen in water by net.
8. Plant on the coast and in pond water plants. They not only will decorate this place, but also too will help water not to become soiled.