This old fountain bed in my yard was created c1920 when we always had plenty of water, and the water came from the house next door. When I acquired this lot, the water was, rightfully, shut off. (It would cost $6,000 or more to reinstate water to this lot which would require new piping, shut off valves, etc. Not cost effective for a vacant lot; maybe if I wanted to develop it, but I don't.The only water it gets nowadays is from rain, or snow. It has been a very water worthy pool bed - it did not leak, at all! In the depths of one winter it got full to the brim before I realized I needed to sump pump this pool during the rainy season. And so I've been ever since.
But, finally, I've decided to make a big planter out of it. And today, the first step (beyond me making such decision) was to have the bottom jack-hammered and broken up. Next is putting gravel in the bottom; then garden soil; then the drought resistant, water-wise planting.
