You have seen such structures made of stones along the roads. They are in a grid and strengthen the slopes from landslides and erosion. Such buildings look majestic. Only recently I found out that they have their own name - gabions. This work is completely manual labor.
I even saw how it was done. Workers roll up the net and fill it with cobblestones in random order. And when you go to the sea, there is another stone - flat and each one is laid exactly on top of the other.
Such structures can be used not only in construction, but also to decorate your garden, only in a reduced size. These are fences, ponds, design of flower beds, various figures, furniture, flowerpots.
The main thing here is that the mesh size is smaller than the stone.
To fill gabions, you can use not only stone, but also broken bricks, cones, and wood scraps.
I also decided to make a small flower pot for myself in this style.
I bought a mesh with small cells, the price for 1 meter is 150 rubles.
You need to take a suitable tool for cutting the rods. I have metal scissors.
I outlined the lid of the pan with a marker on the mesh for the bottom. I cut out a circle with these scissors, it was difficult at first, but then I got used to it.
Then I cut out a strip, it should wrap around the circle.
On one side, the mesh was cut so that there were strips that could then be bent, and on the other side there was a straight edge.
I left small strips on the sides and bent them with pliers like hooks.
She rolled the mesh into a cylinder, hooked it on the opposite side with bent hooks, and pressed it with pliers. In some places I screwed the wire.
Connected to the bottom.
I washed the stones with water and filled the pots with them until the top of the pot with the plant was even with the top edge of the mesh pot.
The flowerpot is ready, it wasn’t difficult at all.
The plant can be safely watered, even if the stones are on top of the ground.
5 июн 2024
