The darn thing is in the ground!
Now, I know perfectly well that the rim is supposed to sit up on the ground, but that's not how I'm doing it. I am sinking it rim and all--which actually is kinda cool because it'll have even more water in it--and then I am bringing the granite pieces right up over the edges, like an overhang. The black plastic rim won't show. Like this, at Wet Web Media:
I'll be lucky if mine looks nearly that good.
Of course, there's no flooding going on right this minute, but I saw a little of it yesterday. It's right at the bottom of those steps up onto the retaining wall. Not enough to actually be standing water that will dribble into my pond. That's ok. I saved a LOT of rainwater to put into it. I will also get a handful of mosquito fish and some cattails for it.
I will dig my pond hole a couple inches deeper tomorrow...so I can put a layer of sand down there before I start backfilling around the edges.
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