Instant Pond

[bindian]

Perfect age to train them right!!!!!

You are so right Eddie. She is a little sponge right now.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Almost got rained out Saturday. We got 1/2 inch around 2 pm, so I lost 3 hours of daylight. I was able to finish moving all the old top soil that was piled in the way of the new dam. I got the clay core finished today and started adding loam for slopes. I will try to get a slope photo tomorrow. I work tomorrow night to have off Wed. night, so no work tomorrow. If it doesn't rain, I will have 5 days over Thanksgiving to play, eh........I mean work on the dam(s).

The new dam is off at a 45 degree angle from the old dam. It is behind the old dam in the photo. It will pick up two more wet weather streams that have been going behind the old dam.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

The new dam will end about 25 feet from this gate. It is the back of my property and goes to a private road. I plan on putting in facilities for a house trailer and rent it to my friend, who has his 5th wheel trailer by my barn.

 

[Redlands Okie]

Looking good as usual. Have fun.

 

[bindian]

Looking good as usual. Have fun.

Red Okie,
Thanks! Oh you have no idea how much fun. Packing down the new dam, not so much. Digging out the old dam..................tons. I am chompin' at the bit when it rains or I have to work on days full of sunshine.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Happy Thanksgiving Y'all.:thumbsup: No turkey here today. I got catered ribs, brisket, and sausage, along with baked potato casserole. So no cooking either. Yippee!

On a sadder note...........we got 1.25 inches of rain yesterday, so no pond or dam work yesterday. But I did get these photos...........
The new dam will go to where the CAT is sitting on the old dam, hidden in the shade. Everything to the left of the CAT will be gone, so the pond will be about 2-3 times larger.

In this photo, I'm standing right behind the CAT looking at the new half of the dam. The ramp (with green rye grass) will be removed when I start the second half of the dam, after I remove the island.

On a happier note.......the sunshine should let me get back to work this sometime this morning. I get to play, I mean work the CAT and tractor until Luke gets home..............then it will be time to play..............who can eat the most barbque!
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

I continued removing the dam today. I got stuck 3 times, once while loaded. The Mahindra can pull the truck when it is empty by itself. But when loaded, I need another person to help. The ground was drive enough all afternoon. I spent a lot of time this morning mucking out the mud where I wanted to build up the new dam. Tomorrow is suppose to be sunny all day. Digging all day will be fun.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

These guys want their pond back.

These two photos show dam removal progress.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

My friend Brady came out to check my progress.

Brady took a great photo of the CAT dumping dirt.

hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Back on the 27th, I hauled in dirt and leveled behind the dam. The redish dirt in the center of the photo is the clay core, waiting for the second dam section to mate to it.

Still digging dam out and digging below grade. Low spot near the water will go down another 4 feet to depth.

hugs, Brandi