Post #224651 by Loki on Mon, Apr 3, 2006 8:10 AM

As promised, new lighting and new pics at night. We are 90% finished with the tiki garden and as new tikis are aquired we'll add them to their new home. Spent most of the weekend putting in a new sprinkler system and messing with sod, but also got some more work on the never ending Marq.

These are some of the new lighting we put in. They are a brand called Malibu and we found them at one of the big home improvment stores. They can use 4 or 11 watt bulbs depending on mood. And we also installed 35 watt spots to highlight the tikis.

The pond is a 60 gallon pre formed resovior. We made the fountain out of copper pipe and flat landscaping pavers by drilling holes through them and attaching the copper pipe to them, allowing water to trickle off the top of the rocks. We used rail road ties to surround the pond and then then landscaped around to make it seem likes its been there forever. We actually did the pond months ago, but it was part of the master plan for the tiki garden.

Finally the Marq has some legs to stand on. I really took away a lot of wood and I'm doing most of it with hand chisels so its taking a long time, but i am starting to get the look i want. I finally feel an end in sight for this guy.Still more depth in some places, but he's starting to come along. I have a ton of new ideas just ready to go, but i want to finish him up first.

Thanks for looking.