Natural swimming pools are based on ponds and pools that were once found so abundantly in the landscape. They are a chemical free combination of swimming area and aquatic plant garden, and so form an intimate part of the garden landscape. Natural swimming pools can also make a very important contribution to the restoration of aquatic flora and fauna.
They always take the form of a swimming area and a regeneration area. Sometimes these are at the same (water) level and sometimes the regeneration area is at a separate level.
Natural Swimming Pools - Basic Rules
There are some basic rules for their construction:-
1) You will need a deep area for swimming, between 5 feet (1500mm) and 7 feet (2200mm) with vertical walls.
2) You will need a similar expanse for the regeneration area, which will vary in water depth (down to nothing at the edges). The regeneration area will contain aggregate for filtration in a mass from 2inches (50mm) to eighteen inches (450mm) and averaging 1 foot (300mm).
3) You will need to follow local laws (sometimes quite stringent) for safety fencing.
4) A total area of 50 square metres (25 for the swimming area and 25 for the regeneration area) is recommended by some, […]
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California is headed for the Really Big One and it’s not an earthquake. All the earthquakes in California’s history will not equal the damage this Big One causes because this disaster will also shake the United States and the world.
California, world economic powerhouse that it is, will be brought to its knees by an ecological disaster of previously unknown proportions. The simple fact is California is going dry. Everybody knows this. We use more water than we have, if that’s possible. The purpose of this article is to establish the parameters for the official closing of the State of California and the opening of California National Park.
To set the stage, let’s look at a little background. If there is one thing we Californians have it is taste. We always have. The rest of the country may be stuck in chicken fried steaksville but we have organic bean curd. California has always set the style scene; just look at Beverly Hills and East LA. Let’s face it, we in California are just hot stuff and everybody everywhere knows it.
The Good Folks in Omaha or Birmingham that aren’t so hip plant puny little flower gardens with stuff like roses and petunias. We […]
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