A creepy trickle helps to relax and relieve stress, and it gives any homestead inspiration. As a rule, such stream on the site is possible in the presence of a pond or pond. But sometimes they are created especially under the stream. In addition to its decorative and aesthetic function, it plays an important role in the "life" of the pond - it saturates it with oxygen, which is simply necessary with standing water.
If you just explain how to make a stream on the site with your own hands, then the picture is something like this: directly in the pond, a pump is placed, from which water flows through the hose to the source of the stream, and then it "rushes" over the brook and again gets into the pond. So we get a cyclic process.
But, in order for the appearance of the brook, built by own hands, to please the eye, it is necessary to first work a little on its creation and ennobling. This will be discussed later.
Brook at the cottage
Creek in the cottage section of the
At the first stage, it is necessary to make an accurate marking of the passage of the water element in the garden. Features of the stream should be naturalness and smooth natural lines. Therefore, its path is often made looping, twisting, enveloping shrubs, flower beds, small garden forms or sculpted stones.
But you can back away from this rule and bend to replace the strict geometry. Such lines are appropriate, for example, along cobbled garden paths. Similar to , the creek on the site looks more like a ditch, but the cobblestoned and cased beaches are of free-form shrubs or with a haircut suggest an excellent landscape design of the garden or garden area.
In the process of planning a stream at the dacha, it is necessary to determine the necessity of erecting an artificial waterfall and creating a receiving reservoir. The pond must have smooth rounded beaches, planted with plants, overhanging the water's surface.
A creeping stream is arranged on the elevations of the site. If the slope is gently sloping, you can create a natural flow of water, where, circling the plants, the creek will have shallows and sandy islets. Steep banks with cliffs and water falling should strip stones, since such an arrangement gives out a "mountain" origin.
Creek in the garden photo
How to make a creek in the country house with your own hands
Creek at the cottage photo
The work progress is simple. Rope or slats denote the channel of the future brook in the suburban area. The soil is excavated at the calculated depth, step-thresholds are added. The bottom is well cleaned of stones, roots and rammed. If the stream is planned with a mouth in the finished pond, then carefully reveal the waterproofing film near the pond. The trench is sprinkled with a layer of sand 5 cm and laid nonwoven material - geotextile. Waterproofing film is laid out with a margin at the edges. Then it should be poured from the hose. This will shape the future channel. The film is pressed with cobblestones, in the middle of the channel lay a flat flagstone, decorated with pebbles. The hose is masked with the edge of the turf. The hose from the pump is pulled parallel to the bed of the stream and digs it into a shallow trench. Connect the pump. If there is no pond, then the mouth of the stream should be deepened and a small water reservoir built or a container for water circulation should be installed.
Refine the creek in the garden with the help of greenery and flowers
When the stream is created, you need to take care of its influence on the exterior of the cottage or garden. For this, plants are planted along the banks of the brook, which tolerate moisture well. At the source of the stream you can plant shrubs that love moist soil, such as hydrangea or viburnum, as well as perennials that prefer moisture - man shield, astilba, fern. The choice of plants depends on the location of the brook at the cottage.
On the route of the brook, at the water's edge, it is desirable to plant plants that will disguise the building materials. Their specimens should tolerate a small depth and wet land. Take, for example, kukushkin flax, kaluzhnitsu, short moss, crayfish. For naturalness plants should be planted in groups. On the coast you can land jasmine, veygelu, lilac, honeysuckle.
At the mouth of the brook plant plants that withstand the current, for example, the tail. Where the estuary becomes more calm, you can let the water buttercup float freely. The banks of the estuary are decorated with creeping or stunted plants: a creeping vetch or a coarse werewolf.
Bridge over the stream on the site
Bridge over the brook on the site
Live stream in the cottage with stones
Creek in the cottage area with their own hands
Care for the bubbling brook at the dacha
If the stream is designed and built correctly, then it's extremely easy to take care of. The main thing in this is filtration and water purification. And for the normal functioning of your brook at the dacha or homestead, the following actions should be performed:
- from time to time add to the pond or water container, as during the flow of the brook it partially leaves;
- drain the water once a year;
- at this time to clean the pump for the stream, in particular, all the filters, blow the hoses and pipes;
- clean the stones from silt that are used to decorate the brook( the same as for a dry stream);
- drain creek for the winter;
- in spring, when reconnecting, check all electrical wiring leading to the pump of the stream, in order to avoid a short circuit.
When installing a stream on the site, it is also important that the pumping equipment is properly selected, the diameter of the pipes is correctly calculated and the waterproofing is laid. In addition, you should take care of cleaning the pump in winter. Filters should be cleaned so that the pumped water is of high quality.
So, if you decide to become the owner of a babbling brook on the site, then think about how much you are able to follow and care for him, whether he will be artfully ennobled or hopelessly abandoned?
Brook on the site
How to care for a creek on the site
