I finally started my pond

[NY_Mr Project]

Great Job on your pond. Very impressed.

I was drawn to this thread b/c I am building a "pond" although compared to yours it is more of a PUDDLE.

 

[bindian]

Great Job on your pond. Very impressed.

I was drawn to this thread b/c I am building a "pond" although compared to yours it is more of a PUDDLE.

Mario,
Great to hear from you. Please tell us about your future pond project.
hugs, Brandi

 

[NY_Mr Project]

will be happy to, I dont even know if you will call mine a pond. but I will post.

 

[Airic]

I call mine a garden pond. Just seems to size it down a bit but not degrade it like puddle sounds. Should be a term between puddle and pond. Not going to call mine a puddle after spending so much time and money.

 

[bindian]

Puddles can be jumped over. Ponds can be jumped in.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Okay Guys. I squeezed one rough looking drainage berm in yesterday morning before the big storm hit in about 40 minutes. It works, but I need more work on it to get it where we can drive over it. Yesterday I parked my truck where I always park it and the right rear tire was sitting on the berm. I will have to get some more concrete washout to our parking places. Or some gravel. I need to extend my septic field lines anyway.
The first photo shows the pond after the heavy rains on the 18th. We got 5 inches that weekend. The second photo shows how far from overflowing the water level was on the 18th. The third photo shows what I took around 8 am on the 28th. The water needs to raise about 2 inches to go overflowing! The 4th photo shows the quickly installed berm leading runoff to Lake Marie. The fifth photo is a close up of the overflow pipe. I installed it too low. I plan on blocking off the bottom half of the pipe and cutting out the top at an angle. The last and sixth photo shows the yardstick in the shallow end right beside the large cinder blocks. When I took the photos today, there was 3.5 inches in the rain guage. So 3.5 inches and the run off berm raised the level about 22 inches!
hugs, Brandi

 

[The Dougster]

Great looking pond Brandi and it appears to be perfect timing for all the rain you folks have been getting. I live a few miles North of Austin and we got about 4 1/2 inches early yesterday morning... According to a report from a neighbor near our ranch in Lampasas County, we got about 2 1/2-inches there.. no word yet as to whether or not my new stock tank caught much water.... Wish we'd get some of those gully-washers here in Central Texas <sigh>

 

[radioman]

bindain- your pond sure is full- I bet it feels good to have it full now. Now its at the overflowing stage, any thoughts about digging a bigger, deeper one ?

 

[bindian]

Thanks Radioman and The Dougster,
I want to raise the level of the pond before I dig another pond (lake?). As you can in the photo the water level is a bit too far from the deck joists. I plan on blocking off 8 inches of the end of the overflow pipe and cutting the top off. Then I can put a flat grate over it and the black pipe will be hidden under water.
The other photo shows where I can dig a larger pond or small lake. It would be near the white fence. The clay pile is from the pond now. It is beside my driveway which is right beside the existing pond. This rain run off came from a 5 inch rain on the 17th and 18th of this month. But first I need to get a DBA and start working the Mahindra more for tax deductions..........then I can buy a Bobcat 430 or 435 mini excuvator.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Y'all,
I posted some sad news here.........My Dad - TractorByNet.com
hugs, Brandi