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  1. Tatiana MAKSIMENKO, Severny settlement, Belgorod region

    DIY bridge over a dry stream

    Using materials at hand and not attracting professional designers, I created on my site a small rock garden, a dry pond and a bridge with lace railings. Look what a piece of paradise turned out!

    My neighbor helped me to make the bridge: he welded a solid frame from iron corners, fixed planks and one-sided railings with ornate patterns on it. The base of the bridge was painted black and the lace railings were painted white.
    There is not much room in the yard to dig a deep ditch and make a nice pond. And then you have to mess around with regular cleaning. Therefore, we decided to arrange a dry reservoir. They dug a metal pallet into the ground and filled it with large stones.
    I picked up a few boulders for the rock garden, planted hosts, junipers, stonecrops and subulate phlox around. A wonderful place to stay is ready!

    Do-it-yourself dry stream in the country - photo and progress

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  2. Olga Yakovlevna

    Tell me, please, how best to equip a dry stream?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      This landscape solution is especially good for small areas where there is no way to build a real pond. Simulation of the stream will allow to make an additional accent and thus avoid the monotony in the design of the territory.
      First of all, you need to decide on the location of such a stream. Better to make it twisty. For example, the "source" can begin in the berry bushes, and the "mouth" can be lost in the hedge. To start, we mow all the vegetation in the area of ​​the future stream. The contour is marked with a rope, and if the channel is winding, they do not pull it, but simply lay it on the ground. Naturally, in this case, it should be thick enough to be clearly visible.
      After such preparatory work, it is necessary to remove the sod (if any) and the soil layer to a depth of 20-30 cm. If the land is fertile, it can be used to pile on flowerbeds and beds. The bottom of the future brook is covered with strong polyethylene film or, better yet, geotextile. This will protect against germination of weeds.

      After that, we pour almost pebbles with the surface of the earth pebbles of different fractions, pre-mixing it with large river sand. problems to purchase pellets made of recycled glass. If you scatter them on the surface of a dry stream, an illusion of the sparkling surface of the water will be created.

      Shores are best laid out from different, but large enough rubble stones. And in their intervals it is recommended to plant ground cover plants and decorative mosses.
      The fact that this is not a meandering path, but a stream, will emphasize the bridge that can connect the banks. Of course, the best is to look wooden, as if from a fairy tale, a design in the form of a steep arc of logs sawn along. Near the creek you can put a bench made in the same style. It will be a pleasure to relax after a hard summer work.

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  3. Anna Durko, Kursk

    In the garden there is a dry stream, it crosses the path that leads to the house. I want to make a bridge over the "stream" in this place. Tell me, please, how?

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    • OOO "Sad"

      - Try to make a wooden bridge. First you need to put lags. It is advisable to purchase special material for this. The logs should not be straight, but arc-shaped. Then you need to lay on them flooring from edging boards with a minimum thickness of 3 cm, pretreated with a special composition against decay. Install the balusters and make the railing.

      Of course, you can build a bridge on straight logs, having previously made an uncomplicated foundation for support. The elements of the flooring are laid with slots, then water will not be retained on it. To ensure that the surface is guaranteed to be non-slip, cover it from above with a metal mesh.
      You can also buy ready-made bridges. Now there are many companies that offer similar products made of wood and metal.

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