Building Lake Corona

[ovrszd]

Oh yeah!!! Great progress.

Takes a LOT of dirt doesn't it. Especially the higher you go.

We just picked up .2" this morning. We needed it. Getting dry and dusty up here.

Thanks for the update pic!!!!

 

[jk96]

They are awesome. My wife would love them. Perfect size for small flowerbeds.

Really perks my interest and imagination.

Fun to take the pressure washer to them to see what you find under the mud. Been surprised at how much variation there is in these so far.

 

[lilranch2001]

JK96, love your rocks!!! I save every rock I dig up on my farm. We use them for decoration. I'm always interested in looking at them and imagining how they were formed and where they've been. We are at the Southern edge of Glacier drift here so we see a large variety of rock types.

I have found and dug up a few dozen rocks like those as well, lined the edge of the road with most of them, (4 foot or so from the edge) some clown liked driving off the edge of the road and digging ruts in my yard every month or so, as soon as I would fix the rut, new ones would appear. funny after putting 400-1000 pound boulders along the road, how much more careful drivers are!

 

[deezler]

Dang, you guys are lucky. My sandy soil has very few rocks here, they are precious when I do discover one. We do have some glacial moraines in the area with a really nice variation in rock types and colors, though. Love to use them as natural looking garden bed perimeters, also. Have to resort to buying dump truck or trailer loads of them sometimes.

 

[jk96]

Quick question if anyone on here with pond building experience is following since I have none. Should the topsoil inside of the waterline be removed? Going to have quite a bit of area that needs done if so where I'm not currently pulling dirt from.

 

[deezler]

Well, top soil has the most active organic material content of any soil, so it could certainly contribute to some algae growth. I think the ideal soil within the water level would be sand over a clay liner.

Sorry, I didn't really answer whether you need to remove it, because I don't know. How deep is the top soil layer? If thin, I would (do you have a dump trailer or truck you can get down there? Might as well stock pile it for gardening and such).

But also, how do you know where the water level will end up settling in? Probably can't just assume it will fill all the way up to the dam top, right?

 

[bindian]

Use what you got, if it works.

This sums up everything nicely. Long reach excavators are the cat's meow, but be ready for a huge bill. If you like machinery, that photo is excavator ****.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Quick question if anyone on here with pond building experience is following since I have none. Should the topsoil inside of the waterline be removed? Going to have quite a bit of area that needs done if so where I'm not currently pulling dirt from.

Remove all top soil. Get the pond cleaned up good and packed, then spread top soil where you want grass to grow. Usually you will spread topsoil, plant grass seed, get a good rain, then ruts, then repeat all the above steps. I still have a huge topsoil pile from the last pond.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

But also, how do you know where the water level will end up settling in? Probably can't just assume it will fill all the way up to the dam top, right?

There are equations to figure all that out. But if you have lived there long enough to know how big the runoff is, you can Aggie engineer it. I used a poor man's level made up from a water hose with clear tubing, on each end, to find the full level for the first pond. The second pond, I just let it fill and put stakes out at the high water mark, then added my overflow culvert through the dam. Actually, I didn't let it fill. A two inch downpour filled it before I was finished!
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

JK96,
How about more drone photos?
hugs, Brandi