Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: dry creek garden 7Nov 07, 2010 10:15 pm I went outside once. The graphics were alright, but the gameplay sucked! Settlement:22nd June Slab:27th August Frame:16th Sept Bricked:21st Oct Roof:24th Nov Linings HANDOVER23rd March! Re: dry creek garden 10Nov 09, 2010 11:54 pm Kodiak Data Cabling onFaceBook Consult*, Design and Installation Data, TV, Home Theatre/ AV Cabling, Multi Room Audio, IP CCTV and Door Intercoms Ask for a Quote. *DIY DATA Cabling Is Ilegal Re: dry creek garden 13Nov 11, 2010 3:13 pm I know this is about a dry creek garden, but I noticed that TDLs filled with water when it recently rained... if you lined the bed with some sort of liner (plastic?) would it retain the water better/longer? Is this a bad idea? I dug out a water hole under our front tap (so I can fit the bigger watering can under there) which is lined with a mix of small and large (20 - 50mm) tuscan rock, but if it fills when it rains it is gone in a matter of hours. I'm now wondering if I should expand my current water hole to make a bit more of a "creek bed" in the front garden bed (it's only about 5m x 3m) so the water will flow to the deepest spot (away from the tap), and possibly retain some of the water a bit longer... Second Time 'Round Re: dry creek garden 14Nov 11, 2010 10:20 pm Water held in a liner would turn anaerobic very quickly. Bacteria will feed on nutrients and detritus (plant matter) and the water / soil would have that pong to it like a swamp. Its not harmful and not a big health risk it just smells. The water needs to move through it constantly to oxygenate the substrate. Algae and bacteria would create anoxic conditions. Re: dry creek garden 15Nov 12, 2010 11:02 am From here... http://www.gardeningaustralia.com.au/ http://www.gardeningaustralia.com.au/up ... utplan.pdf http://www.gardeningaustralia.com.au/up ... ection.pdf As a result of this young leaders work http://www.joshbyrne.com.au/ Re: dry creek garden 16Nov 12, 2010 11:05 am Also have a browse of this talented fellas website for inspiration http://www.phillipjohnson.com.au/ Not sure if you have seen To Do Lists thread which features his backyard dry creek Re: dry creek garden 17Nov 14, 2010 5:00 am You really have to be careful with nutrient loading. Any fertilizer at all into your water and it will kill everything in it. Your runoff cannot originate from a highly composted garden bed or anything similar. Maybe I am being negative about it but frogs and ponds are all fine until one day they are all dead from a simple dose of Maxicrop or an application of compost. Standing water does not gel well at all with any nutrients. Just my 0.02 cents Re: dry creek garden 18Nov 15, 2010 9:41 am I know what you mean about the nutrients/stagnant water. My aim wouldn't be to have a pond - maybe some sort of semi-permeable liner that will help the water stay there longer but still enable it to slowly drain (over a period of a few days). I'll have to look into it further. Fu - Those gardens by Philip Johnson are great! Second Time 'Round Re: dry creek garden 19Nov 15, 2010 10:58 pm depends what composts. Cert organic composts that have no odour and smell right should be fine where as manure based composts or ones that are on the pong will not. Many like Mushroom compost can be a problem or composts that have lots of things added like chook poo. The rest are fine. Re: dry creek garden 20Nov 16, 2010 5:26 am True in most cases. Heavier 'woody' compost would be fine so long as the plants were there to catch the loadings. First_Timer_Ray I know what you mean about the nutrients/stagnant water. My aim wouldn't be to have a pond - maybe some sort of semi-permeable liner that will help the water stay there longer but still enable it to slowly drain (over a period of a few days). I'll have to look into it further. One way would be to drain around the hollow underground and place the liner well above the aqueous land. Another would be to mound a non permeable rim and then use rocks and landscaping to bring it back into a hollow that the eye will see. Kuranga Nurseries do this well with their winter frog ponds. A deep hollow lined underground surrounded by wetland plants and rockeries separated by high pathways from the garden. No nutrient loads at all and lotsa frogs. It's possible but a soak well is usually much larger. Your 'soak well' only holds 424 litres when full. What is your soil type? Soak wells need sandy soils. 10 9064 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Ditto 3M Claw, expensive but best thing I've used to date. I put two of the 11kg ones in for a 12kg mirror on the wall, and its been great for 4 years now. 4 2161 |