“Now, everybody was happy and satisfied. Neither my wife nor I wanted more children, but suddenly 18 months later third son was born. Actually, we didn’t plan to have him but this smart guy appeared notwithstanding! Well, there’s a fallacy that a nursing woman can’t get pregnant. I think many couples make same mistake. At least whenever I see children of whom one is a year older than other (like our second and third sons) I think their parents thought that way.

“We did a lot of thinking to name third son and then suddenly I said he would be called Fyodor. Neither my wife nor I had relatives or ancestors with this name and everybody was surprised and unhappy with my idea. But I insisted because I was absolutely sure that it was right name for boy. Later on I found in book describing baby names meanings that Fyodor means "given by God". Indeed boy was given by God. All our relatives later on agreed I had made right choice.

Q – Pavel, you say this son was given by God. But don’t you think any baby is given by God?

A – Oh, yes, of course. But people believe they can plan their family: how many children to have, when to get them born, even to choose if it will be a boy or a girl. Fyodor was absolutely out of planning. God decided for us that we would have him. And something interesting that I didn’t know meaning of name when I thought he would be called Fyodor. But meaning of name proved to be just to point.

Remove any large or sharp stones.

Spread polythene over hole and gently press it into bottom.

Hold edges down with bricks or heavy stones.

Pulling from edge work around liner flattening creases to sides.

Using your fork, puncture liner, creating drainage holes over whole area.

Spread shingle over bottom to a depth of 5cm (2"), using rake. This will now form a draninage zone to prevent stagnation.

Refill hole with soil you removed, to about 5cm from top.

Trim edges of liner and continue filling, making sure that edges of liner are concealed below surface.

Firm soil down, using your heels and rake over.

How did it go? Ok I hope!

You must keep your wetland garden well watered during dry periods, which can be done more attractively with a seeping hose (a hose with lots of holes in it). You can make your own from a piece of 2" pipe and drilling holes in it, sort of pipe used for sink outlets is ideal.

This then gets pushed into gravel, with buried end blocked off. Insert your garden hose into pipe and allow water to trickle slowly through holes. This method prevents puddling on surface.

You are now ready for planting!

Using suggestions of types of plants listed above, be sure to visit a nursery that have a good selction of marginals to choose from.

If you would like to send a photo of your completed project (or any other completed, related project), we will be more than happy to present it on our web site. We would very much like to get a readers page up and running. Email them in JPG (jpeg) if possible to:

sandra@ezine-info.co.uk

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