Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Building a dam The construction of my new pond

You know, I once represented a family in a suit against a homeseller when my clients discovered what amounted to around 500 pounds of guano (bat poop, for those who thought this was just a generic term!) in their attic. The coolest thing about the case, though, was learning that guano is so infested with bacteria that IT ACTUALLY MOVES ON ITS OWN! Gross, but really cool!

I know, I know. It's a bit off-topic, but you just gotta love trivia!

Bat guano seems more than just a bit off topic . . .

However, I thought I'd share a few photos of how things are as of today. I worked on the dock earlier this week, finishing all except the deck boards. Early last week I seeded fescue on the dam and other exposed areas of dirt. It was raining while I broadcast the seed, and it rained lightly during the following days. It's sprouted and is growing well.

Since early this morning around 3:00 we've had 2.5 inches of rain. This has contributed to the water level in the pond, as can be expected. The last inch came in a storm this afternoon, and it added more than the previous showers because most of it ran off.

The following photos show the dock, the current water level, and water flowing into the pond.

Looking out from the land-end of the dock. It is 6 feet wide and 12 feet between posts reaching about 30 feet out into the pond.


The water hasn't reached the shallow end yet, but it's 6 feet or so deep in the right corner from this perspective (I didn't measure it, just guessed).


These two photos show the water flowing out from under the trees at the bottom of the two hillsides it drains off of. It then moved through grass for 40 feet before flowing into the pond. Both of these photos were taken over two hours after the rain stopped -- the water doesn't all flow into the pond at once, thankfully.


I stitched these two photos together looking from the bank near the woods.


mudburn

Hey, blame JHAP, not me! He started this sh--, er, guano!

Aside, your dock is shaping up nicely and it looks like you've made good progress on the water level. Congrats!

This is a Sunil sig if ever I saw one

I see nothing wrong with bat guano. It fits nicely with all of the BS on here.

your pond and dock are looking very nice