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Shelf idea required
The original pond had a shelf for the lilies, but I had to dig out the shelf
to make a shaft for my bottom drain shutoff. My original thought was to put a plastic tote on the bottom to form an artificial shelf, but the surface area of the bottom is fairly small. By the time I add enough slope to the bottom for a drain, stabilizing a tote could be problematic. I don't think I can rebuild a shelf out of dirt, as I don't have enough room to slope the sides. (The original shelf was chiseled out of clay, so support was not an issue. Plan C was to bury some blocks under the liner and cover them with carpet padding and dirt, but I don't know how safe this will be for the liner. I plan to see if I can dig the pond a little bigger and stick with my tote idea, but any bright ideas are appreciated. How deep can Lilies be anyway? Pond Update: I found the damn drain pipe today! You may remember my indoor filter and tunneling questions from a couple of months back. I finished digging the tunnel about a month ago, but the other end had to wait until I dug out the pond. Well the tunnel was not where it was supposed to be when I had the guy excavate the for the shut-off valve. I drilled a bunch of pilot holes today and finally found it about a foot off target. |
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