Great we have permission, found the best location, did test holes and found that there is enough clay content, the watershed is of good clean water and have the pond outlined and grade stakes put in. Now we can start moving the earth. First, get the top soil pushed out beyond the grade stakes. The […]
How ever you want to say it is the most important part of the pond system. Picture your worst rain storm where the ground was covered in water 2” deep or more. Or maybe a hurricane dumps rain that you have never seen before. The over flow pipe does it’s job the best it can
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So far we have the watershed side of the pond finished, the bowl or dug out area to hold the water in the pond and now we need to have a way for the excess water leave the pond in controlled way. There are two ways to get the excess water out of the pond
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Let’s focus towards a farm pond. One large enough that you will need equipment to dig it. For an Example of a water garden or Koi pond being 20’ round or square to a depth of 5’ that would be a lot of shoveling. You could rent or contract out the major part of the
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The outline of the pond edge does not have to be perfect, meaning it can change as the digging progresses, becoming larger smaller or even changing in design. The only time the pond edge including the surrounding area should be in the exact location is when being close to a property line or if the
Back home away from the huge salt water pond. Some what a bummer, but its always good to come home. Don’t get me wrong, the ocean sea breeze, warm weather, and crashing of the waves will be missed. The typical day was, surf fishing first thing in the morning. Then people started swimming and to
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