There are two main reasons that make you want to build a decorative pond in the garden. The first is the realization of a long-ripened plan and the fulfillment of your desire, the second is the need associated with the characteristics of a particular area (marshy and damp piece of land). In any case, there is a need to do drainage.

Spring, the most beautiful time of the year and the most time-consuming for gardeners. When the snow is just beginning to melt, the owners of the plots are already starting spring work to prepare the garden for the new season. Our article will help you properly prepare the garden for the spring-summer period, tell you what tools you may need for work, how to choose the right fertilizer, how to treat the garden in the spring from pests and diseases.

Even a small artificially created brook on the site is able to transform the landscape beyond recognition, to give it a special appeal. Observing the calm flow of water and listening to its murmur, a person easily gets rid of a stressful state, gets the opportunity to restore peace of mind and distract for a while from everyday life and fuss. In order to create a stream on the site, you will need the presence of an artificial reservoir, pond or pond. Sometimes they are created specifically in order to be able to build a stream. The presence of a stream not only enhances the decorative qualities of landscape design, it also improves the functioning of a reservoir with standing water.

A person’s desire to live in a healthy environment close to nature has led to the emergence of new fashion trends in interior design. One of the most useful for humans is phytodesign, which essentially consists in improving the indoor climate by placing compositions of indoor plants in it.

Trees are the most reliable and good material for creating green areas. Only with their help it is possible to create such interesting and diverse compositions as alleys and coniferous corners, small forests and groves that strengthen and park plantings. And the options for landing large-sized ones give a chance to enjoy the refined and expressive landscapes immediately after the completion of work related to planting.

Increasingly, in modern summer cottages, owners erect impregnable fences. This has become the norm. But not everyone, unfortunately, succeeds in making not just a barrier for unwanted guests and animals, but building something remarkable that would highlight the site, emphasizing its individuality and aesthetic taste of the owners. Meanwhile, to give the fence originality, not so much imagination and accessible materials are required. And of course, basic building skills. The simplest and most reliable massive fence is obtained from brick, either as a whole, or with forged elements or wooden spans. But in all cases, it is necessary to install brick pillars for the fence, which we will discuss in this article, because it is not so easy to qualitatively put a brick pillar, while eliminating its subsequent inclination and falling and protecting it from destruction by precipitation.

Is it possible to build a modern one or two storey house of concrete and glass with your own hands, quickly, cheaply, practically, forever? Sure you may! The main thing is to choose and use concrete blocks correctly.

There are a sufficient number of people who are mistaken, believing that most of the fences, including brick, are built directly on the ground. The brick fence, as well as other heavy buildings, is built on a quality foundation. Otherwise, a brick fence is unlikely to be durable. Problems will be associated with frost heaving, which, regardless of height, thickness and other technical parameters, leads to destructive results. Today, it is customary to equip the foundation for a brick fence in two main ways.