B’s house had a ledge around the top of the brick like ours does, except theirs was sandstone and ours is concrete. They took off the brick and the ledge, and when I was going to buy concrete pavers, he asked whether the sandstone ledge material would work. I said it would, and he was gracious enough to not only load it onto his trailer, but deliver it, and help P and me unload it. There’s a lot, and the longer pieces will eventually be the edging on the fence flowerbed, but the smaller pieces are perfect for supporting the top edge of the waterfall without having to make it so wide that it looks stupid. I’m also using it for support on the “step up” to the top level.

Covering it with soil; it’s clay-rich and quite sticky when it’s damp, but dries rock hard.

Building up the back side. Once I’m finished, there will be topsoil part way up the back of the waterfall, and either Prairie Alumroot, Allegheny Spurge, or both growing in the topsoil. That way, I won’t have a bunch of ugly dirt, or weeds sticking out here and there, and we won’t have to mow or trim there. In theory, at least. Jesus, I can’t wait until this pond is done. I got the pump, hose, seaming tape, and two cans of the landscape foam; UPS came while we were unloading the sandstone.