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Ok...everyone who knows the Ozarks know of our never ending battle with the rocks that grow here. DH and i have been discussing the merits and aesthetics of adding a water garden in our back yard, this back yard slopes gently away from our home. As I understand we'd need it to be more than 2 feet deep to be able to overwinter koi and we do want those.
The problem is about how we are going to go about getting it made. I am picturing a load of dirt being brought in...price for a load of screened dirt is just under $200. I see that being dumped and leveled out that way we have a place to make a deep end and nice soft dirt to work with.
DH thinks that we can just dig it with shovels like all of the online and book pictures show. That the 14 cubic yards that a truck full of dirt is would not be enough anyway.
Enter also into the picture that the area we are planning on putting it in has the possibility of having water pipes and or electrical lines there.
Am I an idiot? or does my idea have merits...is DH right..or are we both right in our own way? How would you proceed?
I know there is a place near me that had several truckloads of dirt brought in...they stacked rock and worked for a long time and made a stream across the backyard complete with several waterfalls it is beautiful.
The problem is about how we are going to go about getting it made. I am picturing a load of dirt being brought in...price for a load of screened dirt is just under $200. I see that being dumped and leveled out that way we have a place to make a deep end and nice soft dirt to work with.
DH thinks that we can just dig it with shovels like all of the online and book pictures show. That the 14 cubic yards that a truck full of dirt is would not be enough anyway.
Enter also into the picture that the area we are planning on putting it in has the possibility of having water pipes and or electrical lines there.
Am I an idiot? or does my idea have merits...is DH right..or are we both right in our own way? How would you proceed?
I know there is a place near me that had several truckloads of dirt brought in...they stacked rock and worked for a long time and made a stream across the backyard complete with several waterfalls it is beautiful.