Moss Garden in a kitchen sink !
Start with a kitchen sink purchased from a recycle depot for about Aust$20. Paint it with bituminous paint. Here half...
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(05/19/08) Start with a kitchen sink purchased from a recycle depot for about Aust$20. Paint it with bituminous paint. Here half the sink has been painted. | Paint the whole top surface with bituminous paint. Bituminous paint is sold for waterproofing tanks etc. A tin like this costs about A$15. It takes about 10 days to dry. | Here the whole top surface of the sink has been painted with bituminous paint. Masking tape was put on the sides to keep them free of paint. | River sand was poured onto the wet surface of the thick bituminous paint. The sand was about 5 mm deep and pressed into the paint. | Here the whole surface of the sink is covered in sand. Leave this for about 10 days for the bituminous paint to dry before brushing the loose sand off. | Trickle irrigation tubing was clipped in place along the back edge of the sink over the sand-bonded surface. A small fountain pump (about A$10) was connected to this tubing. | A series of equal-length smaller trickle irrigation tubes were connected to...See less