Blank Garden Canvas

After spending a weeks pulling out decades of overgrown bamboo, I now have a blank canvas to do something with. I know I can't really plant anything yet as the bamboo will still need to be pulled out as the sprouts come back. It will take a long time to get it under control if ever. On the other side of the fence is the original bamboo field.  

I would like to have a water feature but it would have to be solar since there is no power outlet close by but there isn't enough sunlight to run a panel. I'm thinking of maybe making a totem pole thingy. So every morning while I drink my coffee, I look at this bare patch of dirt hoping that today will be the day I find something to make it pretty.