pond

We got a bid yesterday on someone putting in a pond for us. 34 grand! Yikes! Too much for us so we want to do it ourselves. The pond we want is to be about 40 by 60 feet and 3 feet deep. I have a Case 580 CK backhoe and a Yanmar YM2310 that will be used for the excavation. I'm sure I will have...

Ten years ago I proposed to my wife. I asked her where she wanted to get married, and she said that she wanted it to happen at the pond. When I built the pond, I created a peninsula to build a gazebo on, but never got around to building it. So I drew some designs out for her to look at, she...

Over the past year or so I've been clearing brush from around my little (60' x 100' or so) pond with the goal of being able to mow all the way around it right up to the banks and keep it maintained. Eventually I plan to put up a small pavilion, maybe a dock and put a firepit, a grill and some...

I'm very interested in having a pond to add fish (bass and sunfish) and really enjoy the water, even put a small dock on it. I've never had a pond before, and I'm second guessing going forward with the project on my 10 acre piece of land. Keep in mind the pond isn't needed to hold water for...

Here in MN I'm looking to dig a small pond (like 30' x 40'), up to 10' deep. I've watch a bunch of videos and read on how to do this. Anyone had experience with this and luck with fish (bass and sunfish)? Here is pic of current land (tough to see with snow, but is already a little low...