As said on Page 1, the ceramic planter will sit in a pond. To create the pond, insert a rigid pond liner into the ground. To do so, you'll need the following supplies:
- Shovel
- Carpenter's level
- Sand
- Liner
- Pump
- 6' of 1/2" rubber hose for the pump
I used a "Little Giant" 120 GPH pump (displaces 120 gallons of water/hr.). The liner I used was 2' across, 7" deep.
Installing the Rigid Pond Liner
- Install or have an electrician install a GFCI outlet near where the pond will be, if you don't already have one.
- Dig out the hole into which the liner will be placed. To get an accurate measurement for the hole's dimensions, flip the liner upside down and trace around it.
- Make the depth of your hole approximately the depth of the pond liner. Try to make the diameter of the hole match that of the pond liner as closely as possible. If, however, you find you've made the hole too wide, use sand to fill in the gap.
- 1 inch of sand will also be used at the bottom of the hole, since a sand floor will be malleable enough to allow you to play with the height of the liner. The top rim of the liner will stand about an inch above ground level (hide it later with stones).
- Install the liner. Check for levelness. Depending on the readings you get from the level, it is at this point that you'll have to remove the pond liner from the hole and adjust its sandy floor accordingly.
With the liner installed, we turn our attention to the creative parts of the project on Page 3....
