Up on a ridge in SW Wisconsin.( solar sky well ) - 09/02/15 05:32 PM
hey yahz..
my property is 275 feet above the water table, and i run a composting toilet and a rain catch potable water system...i am an archer and permaculturalist, so besides patterning water, i also need it for drought and fire protection..
i carved the pond basin, and mounded the retainer, with my Toro Dingo TX-427 WideTrack ( miro monster ).. little less than a 1/4 acre pond, ten feet deep, in very clay rich soil, and it has been nearly full several times but does not hold so well..
i did read here recently on ramming the core, something i wish i would have done, but didn't, having not known about this forum at the time i made my pond...
the retainer is huge, with a mid section profile of about 40 feet wide at the bottom, 10 feet wide at the top and 14 feet high...and so you can imagine how ever i elect to fix it i probably would have been easier if i would have done it right the first time..
any suggestions appreciated.
my property is 275 feet above the water table, and i run a composting toilet and a rain catch potable water system...i am an archer and permaculturalist, so besides patterning water, i also need it for drought and fire protection..
i carved the pond basin, and mounded the retainer, with my Toro Dingo TX-427 WideTrack ( miro monster ).. little less than a 1/4 acre pond, ten feet deep, in very clay rich soil, and it has been nearly full several times but does not hold so well..
i did read here recently on ramming the core, something i wish i would have done, but didn't, having not known about this forum at the time i made my pond...
the retainer is huge, with a mid section profile of about 40 feet wide at the bottom, 10 feet wide at the top and 14 feet high...and so you can imagine how ever i elect to fix it i probably would have been easier if i would have done it right the first time..
any suggestions appreciated.