I was wandering around the newly flat front yard, watering the coconut palms and it hit me…The way the yard has been terraced (on a slant) is PERFECT for a water feature. Pour a bit of cement down the slant, stick some rocks in it (we have plenty of rocks) and hook up some sort of water pump. I’ve never made a water feature before, but this could totally happen fairly easily I think…
The only problem is that monkey is stuck under the stairs in the 2nd picture…
I’ve been doing some research and it looks like we already have the hardest part done, which is building the slope (almost everything I’ve read said that the most expensive and labor intensive part is hauling in the dirt and rocks to make the slope. Well, we have PLENTY of dirt and rocks and well as a burm/slope). Here is a good picture tutorial for building the waterfall:
It looks like the most expensive part (since we have the dirt and rocks) will be the pump. But I think that we could make our front yard into a cascada (waterfall) for about $1000, which is well worth it since it will add 10 times the value (at least) to the house.
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that is funny…I hope she has a snorkel on, and not the leaky one I bought from Wal-Mart.
I love your ideas!
That idea is DOPE, you should totally add a water element!
Yeah! I love it when people agree with me! Haha…just kidding.
Lyndsey - If we build a waterslide too will you a Ricky come visit?!
We have electricity now, so you guys should come hang out in November.
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