How to make a pond . Part 2

This is the way we dig our pond. We make the the edge of the pond slope about 30 degrees up to 40 degrees but to not more than to not steep more steep than 40 degrees because it can collapse it can erode easily. We can make it many level some area it can be very deep we can make it very deep to hit the table water underground that will work well too the shape of the pond we can do whatever it depends on the area it depends on the landscape of the place and depends on what we want so we decide whatever sometimes when we go a little bit deep we can see water from underground seeping out you can start to see water normally if we go deeper than four meters you always see water come out mainly after we finish digging the pond we need to cover with straw and plant any tree that you want to to cover with straw is very important part of it because in the straw contain a lot of rice seeds in there they will sprout after that and in the straw help to keep the loose soil not erode so much it can keep the soil stay in its place better and not very long the rice will grow after that the next thing we have to do is plant vertebrate grass this is what we call vertebrate grass this kind of grass they grow very well and then the root of this grass can go very deep this kind of grass it lasts for many many years if they grow if you grow them the root of this grass will help to keep the soil stay together it stops erosion very well this vertebrate is very useful we use a lot in Thailand every time when we dig ponds or when we want to stop erosion in the steep area we always use vertebrae this is how the root of vertebrae work it's very thick root and then the root can go very deep sometimes it goes deeper so the root will help to keep the soil stay in its place better it's the best plant to stop erosion it's very easy to plant vertebrae you just break a branch of them from the clump and then you transplant with it after you break them off you can keep it like this in the shade and water them sometimes it can last for many months so you can transfer them very far you can keep them very long it works very well and then when we plant them we just stick underground at least two to three inches deep underground they will survive by themselves we don't need to take care of them much but if we have no water in that area it's good to plant in the beginning of rainy season because the rain going to water this vertebrate grass for us they will grow with the rain by themselves when we just finish the pond we have to cover with straw immediately the straw gonna keep erosion in the beginning before the grass the vertebrae grow and then when we put the straw in the straw they contain a lot of rice seed in there the rice going to grow by themselves one seed of rice can have many stem like this grow and then the rice have very thick roots also the roots of the rice can stop erosion in the beginning because vertebrae take a while to be able to grow well but the rice seed they grow faster in the beginning the rice root help to keep the soil from erosion when the rice die because the rice only three months old and after that the vertebrae going to grow to replace the rice in some area when we have no straw we can get the rice seed to sow on the edge of the pond so very thick as thick as you can and cover them with dirt or anything they will grow the root of the rice when they grow close together the root will be very thick that is the way to keep the soil from erosion very well and after that vertebrae will grow this is the area that we did not cover with straw the soil will be very dry and vertebrae will not grow very well if we have straw to cover or mulch they will grow faster than this it doesn't need to be only vertebrae or rice whatever grow well and thick roots it be okay it will be okay to use this is we use roselle or hemp you can sow seed anywhere they will grow fast that will help us too after six months the root of vertebrae grow very thick it hold the soil very well it stop erosion very well this area we plant only vertebrae grass but we did not cover with straw or mulch or no rice so it have some erosion in there but not too bad but soon it will be better when vertebrae start to grow vertebrae when it start to grow even in next years there's no water they will not die they last so long when we have water in the pond we will make sandwiches for fishes the way we make sandwiches is very easy we nail the bamboo in the ground in the round shape and then split small bamboo and weaving around to make round shape basket in the water then we fill up with straw layer of straw layer of cow dung layer of straw layers of cow dung many layers and then it will be decomposed very fast and then it will create more plankton and food for fish when the water in the pond have more food more plankton fish grow very fast many animal will come life in the pond will be balanced after that when the ecosystem in the water is good the fish will grow very fast faster than we expected with this technique we don't need to buy food from the market for the fish anymore they can grow from whatever grow in the soil in the water by themselves to have water is the best security in our life because we need to rely on water in our daily life and water is not only water it's the place where we can have fish and it's a place where we can swim and enjoy it water is the best thing what we don't want to have in our pond is water hyacinth because they grow so fast and then it's hard to control them they take over everything there's another plant water plant that they grow in the water if this plant grow it's so hard to keep it clean it make the fish have no space for breathing and then it make the water smell very bad so prevent this thing we don't want it this kind of plant they have spore they can grow back many times even you take it out completely clean but they will come back this is another grass that grow in the pond if this grass grow we'll have a lot of snake in the pond most of our fish will be eaten by snake the pond should not be covered with kangkong or morning glory or anything like this this is not very healthy pond for raising fish because we will have more snake more animal to eat fish the healthy pond need to look clean like this and then we can have some plants on the edge it's fine but not cover the whole pond if we have the healthy pond like this we will have very clean water for swim and clean water for fish it will be heaven for us pond is something we can make it easily pond is the most important thing in our life