Well...being basically cheap... I have used the legs of old (or new!, 'cause I hate them) pantyhose, they last for years. Drill 2 holes in a plastic pot at 1 o'clock and 4, thread the pantyhose leg thru and then tie the ends around a rock. A mesh pot, just thread the leg thru anywhere. Wedge stones or whatever under the pot/basket on your uneven shelf to get it level, then tighten up the knot so they stay where you want them. I've read you can just plant the plants in the panthose too.

I use hanging plant extension hooks to hang plant on the sides of my stock tank ponds...same deal, drill 2 holes in the pot and then use 2 hooks.

The only time I have trouble is if I plant a tall plant in a narrow pot...the wind will tip 'em over. So I use really wide containers for those and even they can sit on my unlevel shelves.

You can also put a plastic or wood shelf from the shelf on one side of the pond to the other (weight it down with a rock on each end) and have a level place for pots.

Personally, I'll never do another dug-in-the-side plant shelf.

Happy New Year! S

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I just put a pot upside down on the bottom and stand the growing pot on that. Another way if you have a lot of pots is to make a rack of PVC pipe of the right size and depth. Is the pool bottom not flat??. I don't like the built in shelves either because of herons and raccoons gives them a place to fish from lol gary

Plastic milk crates or plastic storage crates from Office Depot or Office Max turned upside down works great. I made holes in the sides by cutting some of the sides out with diagonal cutters and the fish love swimmimg through the baskets and can hide there if need be. Glenda

Thank you all for the great suggestions! I wonder how my wife will fell when her pantyhose are missing :)

She might kill you! Buy some queensize panty hose. In general, bigger is better in the ponding world.

The dollar store has metal wire plant hanger's for hanging pots over a porch railing. I have bent the hangers horizontal and placed them on my plant shelf weighted down with a rock. Then put in a pot that fits.

I take the aquatic planters and suspend them by tying 2 or three places with fishing line and tying these to plants, or statuary around the pond.

I also take styrofoam(sp?) wreath circles from the craft store and place those aquatic baskets in them - kind of crammed in and grow bog plants in them too. I don't use soil in anything- just tie the roots down with velcro ties from the garden center.

My plants never get steller- but they do ok.

Lisa