We took a little detour today along the street just to the north of our little road. We have lived here for almost five years and had not driven through this segment of our very local neighborhood. We were stunned to see several beautiful homes and landscapes, but none of them compared to this one where the homeowner installed a water feature on the front of the lot.
This working waterfall must have been ten to twelve feet in height from source to the pond below. This property is similar to our situation where the house is on a berm above the road, but the similarity ends there. This place had giant boulders stacked in front with embedded cacti, trees and this waterfall. I looked at some of the photos that I took and there appeared to be accent lighting on the property. It will be interesting to take the short walk some evening this fall and see if they’re all lit up. Click on the image to enlarge.
That’s a nice set-up.
It really was, very beautiful and I want it. Ha.
Waitwhat?? Was that MY wife, or yours, Cap’n??
It would be interesting to hear how much he loses out of the system due to evaporation.
But yes, it’s pretty neat!
We already have a waterfall behind the retaining wall in back. Only problem is it’s MONSOON powered, i.e. 5 inches/hr rainfall rate. It’s not as pretty either since it is more like a mudfall.
As for the evaporation rate, I don’t know how often water has to be added. Maybe we can ask the homeowner sometime.