Well, I finished digging out the veggie filter yesterday. It ended up being
9x5x2, and I think that I am going to lose the creek going into it, at least
for now.

Everything I have read (there is an article in Water Gardening magazine)
says to put a pipe matrix in the bottom, and then cover that with a
landscape liner (I was going to use some of my underliner) and then cover
that with gravel. Then place the plants straight in the grave.

I guess I understand why this may be difficult, though. If I don't clean
the gravel, it would tend to clog up, and put more resistance on the outlet
of the pump, causing there to be less and less flow?

If I don't use gravel, though what do I use instead? Just lose the pipe
matrix and put dirt in there?

"Bonnie Espenshade" wrote in message
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RichToyBox wrote:
The design sounds very nice. I think most on here will tell you to lose
the
rocks in the veggie filter. I think you will find it very difficult to
make
the piping work, and with the veggie filter, you shouldn't need.the
rocks.
Once they are full of dirt, they are heavy and hard to clean.

I must agree with RTB. After two years of removing rocks to
do yearly cleaning I removed them permanently.

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Bonnie
NJ
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