After the owls successfully cleaned out our fish pond, we decided to make it into a sunken rock garden. It wasn't as easy as it sounded. First I had to cut a drainage outlet and found several inches of muck in the bottom that had to be manually removed. Large rocks had to be man handled and I'm not the man I once was. After I removed the rubber liner, We had to devise a plan for the garden that would be easy to look at and easy to maintain. The large rocks had to be moved again and again to get the right look or something we could live with. We placed small river rock in the bottom over garden felt to give it a dry river bed look. We planted flowers in pockets between the large rocks on the walls and decorated with our abundant supply of garden ornaments. It will look better next year when we add more flowers. We rebuilt one corner with the liner intact where we have water irises planted. We miss the goldfish but this will be easier to maintain than the pond so maybe it's for the best.
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I love the rock garden! The fish pond was beautiful, but I believe this is even prettier! I know you miss your fish, but this will almost maintain itself and be pretty and unique too. You did a great job.
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