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Here's some quick snapshots I just took of our backyard lava rock experiments - it's overcast this morning.
The first picture is a planter border we did using concrete. The flagstone border isn't in yet and the rock just has a base coat of paint.
The second shows the small raised planter. We did the lava texture by hand with a small broom and sticks, and then we imbedded seashells here and there. I've got a baby bamboo plant in there, it will get about 15 feet high eventually. That bamboo structure thing is made of steel and it supports an awning cover we put up in the summer. There's a mister system painted to look like bamboo worked into it. It gets super hot here in Sacramento!
The third shows the planter and a couple of benches I just made out of old pieces of redwood from the deck that used to be there. The benches are mounted on metal posts that are sunk into concrete 2' below the flagstone - they're strong! I'm going to clad the metal posts with carved wood and the flagstone is going to get moss growing in between them. There's a border around the back of the planter made of pieces of flagstone in concrete to make it easy to mow the lawn later.
I just threw in the fourth picture - I made this a couple of weeks ago just for fun. The bird is one of those cheap plastic ones I painted up, I think it came out nice.
That's the latest - we have a long way to go, but we're getting good experience that's for sure. We're working our way up to some big stone tiki ruins, maybe a stone/lava barbecue and definitely a sandy beach somewhere! Thanks for all the advice from Tiki Central folks.
[ Edited by: pariartspaul on 2004-04-19 09:48 ]
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