Construction of the beds at their summer cottage

One of the attributes of suburban and country site elements are of course landscaping beds. It does not matter what they are, be it planting flowers or other ornamental plants or for the traditional summer crops - potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers. Also, it is no secret that the land in the Moscow region, especially in the northern and north-western regions poor. Basically it is water-saturated clay with a minimum of fertile soil.

In such circumstances, the proper arrangement of the beds is a very important task to enable the growth of country vegetables and ornamental plants, which give the area a complete and emphasize the individuality of the host country property. So, the problem: to equip the beds on the country dacha.

Progress of works: To begin the work on the arrangement of the beds was established the place of their placement and design. In this case, the area in front of the beds had a small bias, that it was necessary to align the device houses adjoining the site, which was later to sow lawn grass. counting the beds was performed at a half to two bayonet removed upper layer of earth, sand provided bedding on top of which is laid geotextile fabric to eliminate the possibility of germination weeds. General view of the marked beds is shown in the photo below:

In the construction of the beds was necessary to solve two problems: First ensure that the beds of their tasks, and secondly make them so that they additionally served as a retaining wall, providing land holding on the ground in front of the beds slipping. was produced from slabs atseida 2-2.5 cm thick In this regard, wall beds resolved. The choice of this material is due to the fact that providing structural strength it is durable, water resistant and cold-resistant. For fixing walls future beds shifts from the horizontal into the ground, below the frost were hammered steel rods profiled:

Transverse pressure arising inside the structure from impact beds backfilled soil were compensated: the bottom Zach by the fact that the walls are recessed into the ground to 20-25 cm. In the upper part, due to mounting a reinforcing steel strip and studs, spacers with a diameter of 12 mm:

After final attachment beds walls into the structure to allow for drainage was bombarded peskogravy fine fraction, then sand and fertile ground layer, after which the area in front of planned the beds:

Upon completion of the arrangement of the beds and the layout of surrounding areas, was introduced and filled layer of fertile soil and ground wear and frost seeded with a mixture of lawn grass:

More detailed information on progress of the works can be found in our photo gallery. Total time of execution of works on arrangement of flower beds, planning of houses adjoining area on the country dacha was 7 days.