TOMDUALLY
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PS Did anybody think this thread would break 60,000 views?
Is that all?? My wife says that a fourth of them are mine. LOL
Is that all?? My wife says that a fourth of them are mine. LOL
Creating a Lake
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patrick_g
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HuckBB62 said:
Atwoods has a medium sized windmill that is an air pump for aeration. Looks neatly rural and does the deed.
Pat
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Eddie,
When are you thinking of sowing some grass seed on all that exposed bare soil? It seems that a good stand of grass would significantly reduce the erosion you're getting on the lake banks (i.e. less silt in the lake) and help clear up the water a lot... while also helping provide some natural insects, seeds, etc. to help with feeding the fish and other wildlife.
Maybe I'm ****, but the last step I've been doing when I do gradework on my lot is to sow grass seed (even if only annual rye and wheat) to help stop potential erosion. The clearing for my future house sits 75-100 feet from a 6-acre lake (i.e. pond) and I've tried to be very careful not to have all my topsoil wash down into it...
Last fall (a year ago) after the major clearing effort, I sowed a mixture of annual rye and wheat -- by spring the wild turkeys had eaten it all down to about 3" tall, doing a cleaner job than I could've done with a weed-whacker or rough-cut mower, but there was NO evidence of any erosion at all... The next time I was back in there -- this past spring --roughing in the driveway and getting rid of all the slash/brush piles, I resowed with a mixture of annual rye and perennial fescue...
Just curious as to when you're planning on sowing down some of those areas, that's all...
When are you thinking of sowing some grass seed on all that exposed bare soil? It seems that a good stand of grass would significantly reduce the erosion you're getting on the lake banks (i.e. less silt in the lake) and help clear up the water a lot... while also helping provide some natural insects, seeds, etc. to help with feeding the fish and other wildlife.
Maybe I'm ****, but the last step I've been doing when I do gradework on my lot is to sow grass seed (even if only annual rye and wheat) to help stop potential erosion. The clearing for my future house sits 75-100 feet from a 6-acre lake (i.e. pond) and I've tried to be very careful not to have all my topsoil wash down into it...
Last fall (a year ago) after the major clearing effort, I sowed a mixture of annual rye and wheat -- by spring the wild turkeys had eaten it all down to about 3" tall, doing a cleaner job than I could've done with a weed-whacker or rough-cut mower, but there was NO evidence of any erosion at all... The next time I was back in there -- this past spring --roughing in the driveway and getting rid of all the slash/brush piles, I resowed with a mixture of annual rye and perennial fescue...
Just curious as to when you're planning on sowing down some of those areas, that's all...
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EddieWalker
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Huck,
As of right now, I don't have any plans for aerating the lake. I've been reading up on the benifits, and have no doubt that it's a good thing, but for now, it's low on my list. I really want to take a wait and see aproach and then decide on it when I see a need for it.
Kent,
When I finished the dam, I put down 50 pounds of pure Bermuda seed. Or at least it was 99+% pure seed. Within a week, I started to have shoots of grass coming up, and a month later, it was turning green. There are patches of thick grass, and the rest of it has grass that's sparse, but evenly spread out. Unfortunatlye, winter set in and most of it went dormant. There are still green shoots coming up, but you can only see them from up close. I'm very hopeful that when it warms up here, the Bermuda grass will come back and take over. I'm looking forward to the first time I get to mow all around it!!
In the pictures I'm going to post, you'll see some of the runoff water that's feeding the lake. Most of this is coming from an area I'm workiing on clearing timber for my roads and RV sites. This will take awhile and until I'm done, it's gonna be a muddy mess. The best I can think of is to keep the silt pits dug out.
I'm also going to put some hay bales down to help catch some of the silt.
Thanks,
Eddie
As of right now, I don't have any plans for aerating the lake. I've been reading up on the benifits, and have no doubt that it's a good thing, but for now, it's low on my list. I really want to take a wait and see aproach and then decide on it when I see a need for it.
Kent,
When I finished the dam, I put down 50 pounds of pure Bermuda seed. Or at least it was 99+% pure seed. Within a week, I started to have shoots of grass coming up, and a month later, it was turning green. There are patches of thick grass, and the rest of it has grass that's sparse, but evenly spread out. Unfortunatlye, winter set in and most of it went dormant. There are still green shoots coming up, but you can only see them from up close. I'm very hopeful that when it warms up here, the Bermuda grass will come back and take over. I'm looking forward to the first time I get to mow all around it!!
In the pictures I'm going to post, you'll see some of the runoff water that's feeding the lake. Most of this is coming from an area I'm workiing on clearing timber for my roads and RV sites. This will take awhile and until I'm done, it's gonna be a muddy mess. The best I can think of is to keep the silt pits dug out.
I'm also going to put some hay bales down to help catch some of the silt.
Thanks,
Eddie
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EddieWalker
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EddieWalker
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Steph, the kids and I went down through the mud this morning to see how the lake is looking. The curiosity was killing us!!!
The first thing we saw was all the water runoff that's still comeing down. Then there was all the water that was entering the culverts. The concrete sacks in front of the 15 inch culvert really did a great job. There is no sign of any erosion there at all, but plenty of evidence that the water realy pounded it!!!
The next culvert is 18 inches and doing fine. There just isn't as much water coming down in that area yet. It will change when I finish clearing it.
My third sourse of water runoff is my open trench. Kid of a dry creekbed that is along my boundry. This is another disapointment for now, but I'm confident that in time, it will be a major source of water for the lake.
Thanks,
Eddie
The first thing we saw was all the water runoff that's still comeing down. Then there was all the water that was entering the culverts. The concrete sacks in front of the 15 inch culvert really did a great job. There is no sign of any erosion there at all, but plenty of evidence that the water realy pounded it!!!
The next culvert is 18 inches and doing fine. There just isn't as much water coming down in that area yet. It will change when I finish clearing it.
My third sourse of water runoff is my open trench. Kid of a dry creekbed that is along my boundry. This is another disapointment for now, but I'm confident that in time, it will be a major source of water for the lake.
Thanks,
Eddie
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EddieWalker
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Just to recap, the first picture shows where I was at on Noveber 23rd. Then the second picture was taken this morning from the same location.
Next is a picture of Steph and our kids standing in the spillway. You can see the yardstick in the water to the left of them. The following picture is of the yard stick, zoomed in.
I'm 8 1/4 inches from full!!!!!!!!!
My earlier ratio was 1 inch of rain gave me 3 inches of water. Now I have another 4 5/8 inches, which gave me an additional 17 3/8 inches. Is that right?
Can somebody tell me what the ratio is of rain fallen to the rise of the lake?
Thank you,
Eddie
Next is a picture of Steph and our kids standing in the spillway. You can see the yardstick in the water to the left of them. The following picture is of the yard stick, zoomed in.
I'm 8 1/4 inches from full!!!!!!!!!
My earlier ratio was 1 inch of rain gave me 3 inches of water. Now I have another 4 5/8 inches, which gave me an additional 17 3/8 inches. Is that right?
Can somebody tell me what the ratio is of rain fallen to the rise of the lake?
Thank you,
Eddie
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EddieWalker
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There is so much water on the ground that the creeks are overflowing. This first pictures shows the front of my land and the State Highway that is in front of us. The creek is the one that is my Southern Boundry.
The other pictures show the creek as it goes past the lake and along the dam.
This was one of my big fears. Where to put the dam so that it wouldn't be destroyed by the creek flooding. The land on the other side of the creek is getting the majority of the water and what's up to the dam isn't moving. It's still and peaceful looking, but out in the creek, where it's deep, the current is really moving along quickly.
We're supposed to be getting more rain and then freezing rain in the next two days. I guess anything is possible right now.
Eddie
The other pictures show the creek as it goes past the lake and along the dam.
This was one of my big fears. Where to put the dam so that it wouldn't be destroyed by the creek flooding. The land on the other side of the creek is getting the majority of the water and what's up to the dam isn't moving. It's still and peaceful looking, but out in the creek, where it's deep, the current is really moving along quickly.
We're supposed to be getting more rain and then freezing rain in the next two days. I guess anything is possible right now.
Eddie
