Little water feature
By kfunsters
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Taking some inspirition from GOY I want to add some corners of interest and ‘rooms’. So I decided to tackle a corner with a small water feature, which would have the sound of trickling water.
The corner chosen, try it for size
The digging got tough, so the tough got the power tools out!
We used a hippo bucket as the liner and cut the handles off , the hole wasn’t big enough yet -keep digging.
Made sure it was level, added a solar pump, urn, new plants (an excuse to visit the CG) and stones to decorate.
All in a day – it sounds nice to.
24 Jul, 2011
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Very nice !
hard work, but worth it :o)
24 Jul, 2011
Great transformation. Well done both of you.
24 Jul, 2011
thats just brilliant! well done you, are the solar pumps easy to get hold of?
24 Jul, 2011
That is looking great!
24 Jul, 2011
I want one now!! love it been looking for a good solar pump may i ask where you got yours from?
24 Jul, 2011
Well done - it looks great.
24 Jul, 2011
that fab! love it! Well done! :))
24 Jul, 2011
That is excellent work, looks a real beauty, creeping jenny is a fav of mine - grows very fast :))))))))
24 Jul, 2011
Yes, if you can recommend a solar pump I sure would like to know about it....I've heard such negative comments about them.
You've done a wonderful job of your water feature too :)
24 Jul, 2011
Well done, It looks beautiful as if it was always there :))
24 Jul, 2011
What are the negative comments whistonlass? Don't they work?
24 Jul, 2011
That's lovely Kf! The corner's been transformed!
24 Jul, 2011
The solar pump isn't that great - note when I orginally laid the urns out there were 2 of them -the pump was supposed to lift water to 50cm - it cann't so I opted for one lower urn (the other is now planted up). The pump came with 5 meter of cable so I can get the solar panel high on the pergola, but even then it loses at lot of power when its cloudy :-(( .
I would have been better off with an electrical supply.
I got the pump off Amazon.
24 Jul, 2011
Thanks kfun. I think you have done a great job, I really like it.
24 Jul, 2011
It looks great Kfunsters, pity about the solar pump :( looks like electric is the way to go. I bought a little water feature for the fence (electric) and i love it, the sound of water in the garden is lovely and peacefull.. I love the urns you chose, They transform that corner, Gorgeous..
24 Jul, 2011
Hi Sticki....yes, the reports I have had from pretty much everyone is that solar pumps are just not up to the job. And as Kfunsters has said they are finding that out now too.
It seems electric is the way to go.
27 Jul, 2011
what a shame, solar would be so much easier!!
27 Jul, 2011
am sat literning to my water as i write this , very relaxing , love that little corner now stuning , am wanting something like it for my kitchen garden , lovely !!
31 Jul, 2011
Lovely idea, it looks great, it's so transforming to that little corner. Great idea to use a bucket. Such a pity about the solar pump though. Something else I've learned from on GOY. Thank you.
10 Oct, 2011
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Well done both of you, it looks good and I know you wont regret it, its really relaxing listening to the sound of trickling water....
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