Water feature

irkwater · Post by **irkwater** » Jun 22, 2006 7:58 am

Hi.

Ihave had in my garden an old carved stone trough that belonged years ago to my grandfather who used it as a drinking trough for various poulltry and small livestock
For the last fifty years or more it has been used for garden plants.It is now being used as a water feature in our Japanesei style garden
Who ever carved it out of a block of stone many many years ago would maybe be pleased it is again used to hold water once again

whis4ey · Post by **whis4ey** » Jun 22, 2006 10:58 am

That is the sort of thing I love to see used in a Japanese garden
Reminds me of the Japanese themselves who use, for example, old lanterns from the monasteries etc

George Nesfield · Post by **George Nesfield** » Jun 22, 2006 5:09 pm

Hi,
That is absolutly brilliant, a natural stone trough the guy that chisseled that out all those years ago will be smiling down on you from heaven.
George.

ICGardner · Post by **ICGardner** » Jun 22, 2006 7:08 pm

Very

wishiwere · Post by **wishiwere** » Jun 22, 2006 10:24 pm

Very neat! Thanks for sharing it and it's history! Love to see this stuff re-used in the garden for different purposes. I suppose my ol' girls would be getting their thirst quenched in daily too!

Very cool!

Herb · Post by **Herb** » Jun 26, 2006 12:07 am

What a treasure you have there. It must surely have been already old when your grandfather acquired it?

Herb

Tokyo Mike · Post by **Tokyo Mike** » Jul 21, 2006 3:46 pm

I love it.
Great job.