Well, it's finally finished. He worked part time in the evenings. It turned out to be a bigger job than expected. Some areas had a solid 4' of silt. I was lucky in that I was able to hide all of that silt behind the dam. I went from a 4' silted in pond to what will be a 10' pond with a nice, shale/clay bottom. To say that I am pleased would be an understatement. Got down 100 lbs of rye just before a rain the other evening (the day after he finished). Very excited!