What a year so far with fires destroying timber land, homes and lives to tornadoes destroying the same. Then continuing severe thunder storms creating floods and on the flip side droughts in areas that are still in effect. What next? Hurricanes to start up, so more potential for flooding. Let’s take a quick look at […]
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One of the three main components to building a pond is water, water that will fill the pond and keep it full. The water we are looking for comes from the watershed, the area above the pond that when snow melts, rain and rain storms fall to the ground and moves down hill to the
With the last post about Spring, Geese and Nutrients in the pond I ruffled some feathers of a reader and was reminded not all ponds are built for the same reason. In the Definitive Guide and beginning with the pond building endeavor it was brought up about different type ponds and are built for many
Now we have permission, found a good location and dug test holes to find out that there is enough clay content. The watershed is just as important as any other step. Having enough water to fill and supply the pond, is better than having a dry hole in the ground. Watershed can be a drainage
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