Small Water Feature
after years of trying to grow veggies in this bedding area...I quit and put in a new feature ...a garden with a small water pond.
so this is what was...it was not getting enough sun,plus the stary cats and squirrels would dig everything up, so after 3 years I trying I quit.
1st step of course was buying a liner and pump and then digging a hole....once it was all dug out we set the liner in and put some water in it and made sure it was all level...
Once enough water was in the pond for weight we backfilled around the liner
Now we started to install the water pump which circulates through a duck water spitter…(am thinking of getting another one perhaps a frog)
decorations water plants and other plants to fill in the area
we are still going to add more plants
little by little I am adding more flowers and plants and mulching around it...
and this is why...love the sound of running water and birds
put rocks around the edge
and plants are growing nicely.
adding more flowers
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Dl.5660408 on Jul 16, 2020
What an absolutely beautiful, serene shade garden ❤️❤️❤️
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Susan Davia on Jul 16, 2020
thank you
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Susan Davia on Jul 16, 2020
thank you
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You did a great job. Sorry you couldnt get veggies to grow. How ever you do have a beautiful place to relax on the morning and evening or just any time of the day. So jealous lol. Enjoy and make many memories. I made a pond years ago. Frogs moved in. I thought it was great to. Lol it was b ih ce just to sit there with my ice tea on a hot summer day. Peacful until the kids came out side lol.
I really like it! Water is so relaxing and the spout coming from the duck helps to put negative ions into the air in the area making it more relaxing. Are you going to put
rocks around the outside of it so the black plastic edge doesn't show?
I love this! So peaceful and beautiful. I have to say though, that this is totally out of my realm of experience. So two questions:
First, is the liner a formed plastic pool or is it a plastic sheet that you form into the shape you want? You mentioned that you can pull it out easily to clean it, so I wouldn’t expect that the formed plastic would be easy to remove especially if you have rocks over the edges, But the picture looks as though it is a pool.
Second question is about the water pump. This is a freestanding pump that you plug into an electrical outlet that just circulates the water, right? You have to fill it up with a hose and keep refilling as evaporation occurs. Am I correct?
Thanks very much! You did an awesome job with this project!