Building a pond, found the site. - 07/30/08 11:01 PM
Alright. My family, and I, have decided to build a pond. We decided to use the field that is at the bottom of our hill to the left. I'm guessing it used to be farmland, could be wrong. People have been haying it but not for the last 1-2 years. On my hill it's nothing but clay, for the formost after the first couple of inches. I'm hoping it is like that down here. There is also a natural spring, very close to it. We haven't really done alot yet.
We are still deciding on how big we want it. The person that we are getting to do this wants to be paid $50/hour or a flat rate, we are thinking about going with flat rate. What do guys, think about those prices?
Also, should we start thinking about if the water gets over to much and starts to overflow? Where would be a good place to run it off to? There is a river very close. But, to get to it, I think we may have to go thru the property that is right next to ours. So we may have to end up buying the rest of that field. Anywho here is some pictures, they are big so i'll just leave up a link.
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EDIT: I forgot to ask this question also. The clay on our hill is red clay. So it sometimes turns our water redish a little, is there anything we can do if the clay does end up being like that?
Also, this pond will be in West Virginia. on Upper MudRiver, Lincoln County.
We are still deciding on how big we want it. The person that we are getting to do this wants to be paid $50/hour or a flat rate, we are thinking about going with flat rate. What do guys, think about those prices?
Also, should we start thinking about if the water gets over to much and starts to overflow? Where would be a good place to run it off to? There is a river very close. But, to get to it, I think we may have to go thru the property that is right next to ours. So we may have to end up buying the rest of that field. Anywho here is some pictures, they are big so i'll just leave up a link.
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3
EDIT: I forgot to ask this question also. The clay on our hill is red clay. So it sometimes turns our water redish a little, is there anything we can do if the clay does end up being like that?
Also, this pond will be in West Virginia. on Upper MudRiver, Lincoln County.