The pond site has dried up nicely this summer enabling me to get to work clearing the trees and brush. I've cleared about two thirds of the area. It takes 10 minutes to take down a few trees with my backhoe, and a week to burn them.
Last night I figured that with the extreme dry weather we've been having here in Virginia it would be a good experiment to dig down deep with the hoe. I'd dug a few smaller test holes in the fall and winter, and I have been pretty confident given that the area stayed pretty wet all fall, winter, and spring due to run off and a potential underground spring (or groundwater).
I dug down about nine feet in the center of the the site. The first six feet was very high sand content, but after that, it appears to be about 25% blue clay.
I walked out this morning and took a look. There was about three to four feet of water in the hole. I'd consider this a good sign.
I don't think the clay content is high enough for an embankment pond, but for an excavated pond, I think I'm in good shape.
What do you pros think?
VA
(I'm working on setting up some pictures)
