Last weekend, in the nick of time for our open garden day tomorrow, my husband John finally got his carved granite water feature running. There's a picture in this post of the granite being put into place with a Bobcat machine, a job that got done last fall. John carved a basin for the water into the big round piece of granite, and was able to custom-order the squared piece of granite - which came from China. He had his supplier bore a hole through its length for the water to come up.
The water now comes out of a piece of copper plumbing tubing. This looks very simple and elegant, but it took many hours to work out all the wrinkles of the pump installation. (Water features are never as easy as the garden magazines make them look.)
This piece is John's take on a Japanese-style fountain. It turned out very well, and has already become a magnet for birds and other garden critters, including our Toby-dog, who treats it as his personal water fountain.
More on water features in my next post: my sweetie has been creative, and very busy, but we now have four water features up and running.
You are very fortunate to have a clever sweetie. I am on my own and have had two fountain failures. In frustration, they are now sitting in my garage.
ReplyDeleteSomeday, I will chunk a big hunk of cash on a real fountain that will make peaceful and blissful sounds for me to relax by.