...a bit of postscript stuff
Since GW trained me in the fine art of posting video stuff from my photobucket acct, I will (shamelessly) post a
summer vid clip of the finished and full product (I have this same vid on our website, but this PhB vid clip is better quality...maybe I should have GeeDub tune up our website, too)
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...complete with neighborhood background sound
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There have been a number of posts and threads related to new ponds that experience considerable water loss as they fill. We went through the same scare. The common response from the experienced pondmeisters is a warning to chill as the surrounding soils become saturated.
Our first full summer saw a drop of about 16". Yep, I was spooked. Then, the following winter (this past winter), the heavy precip brought it up to full pool. We also had a wet spring and early summer. Since that time, tho, the balance of the summer has yielded average rainfall. In fact, nothing of significance for about a month. I just measured the water level. It's the middle of August and we are 4-1/2" shy of full pool. She's holding like a bathtub....a far cry from last summer's scare. I have to believe that we are proof that the soils gotta suck up and saturate with a new pond.
