Learning to build a pond
Building a pond for water storage to water the garden, crops or even the house is great and don’t forget the countless recreation activities. When WhatPond was built its main purpose was for water storage, swimming and adding fish to one day go fishing for the big one. As you have seen the pictures during […]
TM Consulting Tim Matson consulting, Earth Ponds Once again we have the honor and privilege to speak to an author and consultant, better yet you’ll learn what he does and asks during his consultation. We’ve selected a subscriber who sent in pictures and questions and asked our special guest these questions. Be sure to go
Below is a video showing a couple retention ponds for storm water control. Not too bad an idea. What happens as we expand stores, shopping malls and business parks is we create an area that sheds water like running off a ducks back. There is no chance the storm water can penetrate the earth as
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Wow we have covered a lot of ground and moved it too. We left off finishing the pond with the dozer pushing out the shape and depth of the pond. Building up the dam along with getting the sides up to grade. Remember the minimum width around the pond at grade should be 8′, wider
Still running the dozer at What Pond, The most important thing to keep in mind is getting the pond done properly and in a timely manner. Having a rain storm for three days is not good once the depth is being pushed out. Either waiting for it to dry or pumping it out will cost
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Now that the top soil is out of the way we can get down to business. Starting at the dam area we need to cut in a core trench. The core trench can made with the dozer or 2-3 trenches with a backhoe. What is the core trench ? The trench serves two purposes, kind
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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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Always building something! How about we learn today how to build a Farm Pond Deck? I will also provide some ideas to make your pond beautiful. How To Build A Farm Pond Deck Building a dock (pier) on the farm pond was a little challenge with the pond being full of water. But as you’ll
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Pond Liner info with Darrell Rhoades and Jim Nicholson Our featured expert this week is Jim Nicholson. Jim has been in the pond industry for many years, extremely knowledgeable and knows the importance of getting the job done right the first time. What happens if you’re location does not offer enough clay content to hold
Pond Algae! Is this what you want? You may have seen this ugly green stuff on ponds as you drive around the country side. Not many pond owners like to see pond algae in their pond. Actually some would freak out if they saw this in their pond. Here’s a case that it is permitted
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