My Permaculture Pond Story

I started making this pool at the end of 2020, if I'm not mistaken in October. When it completed, I'm satisfied, it's beautiful and there is a water feature at the back of the house. A sense of peace when the water sounds. This pool is part of the component that I plan to have in my Permavillage. Originally to be used as Azolla pond. But when the azolla is placed, the rainy season all the azollas disappear because they are splashed out by the heavy rain. This means that the azolla is not suitable for this pool. I have to think to use other means. So we put the fish first. Below is a picture at the end of 2020.

 

After a few months, I watched the water go down and down. The longer the shallower. There must be something wrong with this. The scenery that was originally beautiful has become bad. Feeling bland when you see a beautiful pool damaged in a short period of time because the process to complete the pool is not easy and tiring. I noticed weed roots penetrating the pond. It should be that the water is getting less and less water, apparently there is a leak from the bottom of the pond due to the hole produced by the sharp weed roots.

As a result the pool was damaged. At first it felt like I wanted to poison the grass, but it was against my principles. I have to think of another better idea. I don’t want to use concrete because it becomes a permanent structure. I want it to look original and natural.

When something like this happens, don't give up quickly, we are looking for another solution. But make sure it is not the same solution because the result will definitely be the same. A more natural solution is to look for clay and resurface the pool, but there are no clay sources, far away and may consume a lot of capital. For this time, I tried to use bentonite clay (a natural material) to retain water.

 

 So among the lessons I learned from the construction of this pool. Do not rush to add water. Make sure we plan exactly the steps of our work so that it is right.