I love your idea, I have had a similar setup that my son built for me. Same type of tub, and he built up river rocks around it so you can't see the tub. Then a pump in the bottom sends up water thru tubing to cascade over two large rocks (at one end of tub) back into the pool. Around it I have planted ferns ginger plants, corn plants, bromiliads, and similar plants. I have a hand pump painted red like your's, but it sits in the shed, hmmmmmm, that's a great idea.
I would love to share the pics, I'm having trouble up-loading, bad signal and all. I'll try another day.
Wow,Cheryl! That turned out very well indeed. It was an enormous amount of work, but boy, oh boy--what a result, eh? It just looks perfect. Well done, you.
Thank you Sjoerd. None of the rest of the "team" has seen it since it's been deemed "complete". Hubby is over helping his sister and won't be home until tomorrow. And neither of my brothers, or my cousin, have been over in a few days. It really wasn't all that much work, probably could have been done in a weekend if one person knew how to do everything. Basically, one brother was the inspiration when he salvaged the old pump from our uncle's workshop. The other brother was needed to help do the plumbing. Hubby was needed for the woodwork. Cousin was needed for electrical. Me... I was in charge of gathering the materials and making it "cute"! :-D
I like that I might incorporate something similar into my rock garden, I would probably go with a smaller well pump though. THanks for the idea!
If you throw that pail into a small campfire and burn off the galvanneal it will help to make it look old and worn if you cannot find a more suitable bucket. Without the coating it will rust very quickly out in the open with water on it all it the time.
It never will rust much unless you burn the galvaneel off of it... That why mentioned burn it in a campfire that will remove most of the galvaneel and will rust well then...
Looks wonderful Cheryl! All your hard work and planning paid off. Nice repurposing of the pump! It's a great colour too - looks so nice and rustic. Must be really satisfying to see it pump water after putting it all together yourself.
