| A water-fountain garden will go anywhere
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| | and excavation can be extensive (and
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| in the yard, on the patio, on a balcony,
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| | expensive) and are jobs best left to the
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| or a porch and even indoors. But certain
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| | pros. Most water fountains can be bought
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| water features are better suited than
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| | in easy to install kits. Assess your time
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| others to certain sights (and to certain
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| | and strength. A tub garden will take an
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| gardeners, for that matter). What is
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| | hour or two to put together, but a large
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| Feasible for Installing a Water-Fountain
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| | water fountain garden may take weeks to
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| Garden? This should be your first
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| | dig and build. It will also require a
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| question, and to find out which
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| | good back and strong arms and legs. An
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| water-fountain garden best suits you,
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| | 18-inch-deep, 6-foot by 4-foot hole may
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| your resources, and your space, you'll
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| | not sound like a big job, but it would
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| need to educate yourself. Be a "know it
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| | probably take a middle-aged man of
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| all" before you start, and you will be
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| | average strength a half day to dig. For
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| well prepared to begin your water garden.
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| | large projects, you can rent a backhoe.
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| Check out prices and calculate what your
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| | Maintenance of Your Water-Fountain Garden
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| budget can tolerate. Call garden
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| | Remember to calculate maintenance time,
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| suppliers that handle water fountains and
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| | too. A tub garden with a water lily takes
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| ask questions about their products. Also,
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| | just a few minutes a week. So does a
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| visit local water fountains. Talk with
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| | freestanding or a wall water fountain
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| the owners or those who care for them.
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| | garden. Add plants and fish and you add
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| Visit local clubs-many communities have
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| | more time. A garden just a few feet
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| organizations that sponsor tours. If
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| | across with a few plants and fish will
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| you're well informed, you'll make better
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| | need your attention for an hour or less
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| plans, find installation easier, and
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| | each week. Larger gardens can demand two
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| prevent frustrations down the road. Size
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| | or three hours a week. For more wall
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| and Site for Planning a Water Fountain
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| | fountain ideas check out SHOULD you HIRE
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| Garden First, check out your site. A
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| | IT OUT? A SKILLS RANKING. - Working with
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| large water-fountain garden with a
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| | medium-sized boulders and rocks 1 to 3
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| spectacular waterfall will overwhelm a
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| | feet in diameter - Building a wood-sided
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| small lot. It also might overwork your
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| | water garden CHALLENGING - Installing a
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| budget, your time, and your back. A small
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| | wall fountain - Installing a bridge -
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| garden pool, on the other hand, could get
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| | Working with large boulders and rocks
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| lost in an expansive landscape. If you're
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| | more than 3 feet in diameter FOR
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| planning anything more involved than a
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| | PROFESSIONALS (OR HIGHLY SKILLED
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| pre-made fountain or container
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| | AMATEURS) - Wiring and other electrical
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| water-fountain garden, you'll also need
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| | work - Operating a backhoe - Laying brick
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| to check with city or county offices to
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| | and concrete block - Installing 1-foot or
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| find out if there are any ordinances that
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| | higher stone walls - Pouring concrete
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| apply to the installation of
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| | EASY ENOUGH FOR BEGINNERS - Sealing and
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| water-fountain gardens. Get more ideas on
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| | installing a pump in a container -
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| water fountains by visiting Be
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| | Digging a hole a few feet across - Laying
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| Calculating When Planning Your Water
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| | flagstone or stacking concrete paving
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| Fountain Garden Figure all costs in
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| | blocks - Installing narrow widths of
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| advance. Small gardens are inexpensive,
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| | flexible or preformed liner - Creating a
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| but large gardens can cost thousands of
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| | bog garden - Working with sand, gravel,
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| dollars. You don't want to find yourself
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| | and boulders less than 1 foot in diameter
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| in the position of the would-be water
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| | INTERMEDIATE SKILLS - Installing a
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| gardener who dug a large hole one spring
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| | freestanding fountain - Building a stream
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| weekend only to fill it in again because
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| | or waterfall - Laying a brick patio -
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| the liner was too expensive and didn't
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| | Laying small amounts of tile
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| fit in the budget. You may need to
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| | Elizabeth Jean is the author of this
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