Ditches serve a multitude of purposes. They can be used to irrigate crops, install foundation waterproofing or used as fortification. Read on to learn dig a ditch.
Instructions
1. Chart your ditch before you start digging. If you want to make an irrigation ditch, make sure that you know where you are going to be irrigating. If you have a hard time remembering exactly where you want your ditch to go you can outline it on the ground in spray paint or just plot it out with rocks.
2. Start digging at one end and make your way gradually to the other end. To avoid spending all of your time walking rather than digging, try to dig all the way down to your goal depth before you move further down the line. Sometimes your ditch might backfill a little bit as you dig, this is alright for now, but try to keep it under control.
3. Use a long ruler to check the depth every couple of feet. Level out inconsistencies in depth as you discover them either by digging more or backfilling as needed.
4. Make sure that your hole is deep enough. If you are trying to dig a ditch for irrigation, especially if you want it to hold standing water, you are going to have to dig into the water table. This will be easy to detect since the ditch will start to fill with water as soon as you have dug into the water table.
Related posts
Pottery plaster can be used in both molds and castings.Artists use potters plaster, also called pottery plaster, in both molding and casting projects, particularly for making slip molds for cerami...
A cherub model made from Gypsum.Gypsum is a mineral that has many properties. It is usually found in crystal form and is somewhat flexible. It has almost the same composition as anhydrite, except...
Make your own sidewalk chalk out of plaster of Paris.Plaster of Paris, also known as gypsum plaster, is a material used for building and other purposes. It's made by heating gypsum to around 300 d...
Plaster of Paris is a form of gypsum. The first uses of plaster date back at least 9,000 years to Anatolia (present-day Turkey) and Syria. The Egyptians used it 5,000 years ago as a mortar for mon...
Gypsum is a mineral that is crystal-like in appearance. It grows in a thick bed that is associated with that of the sedimentary rock. An ingredient in drywall, gypsum is used as a construction mat...
