Well, Otto, doing some of the work myself and making this new cab Kubota M7040, with FEL, start paying for itself was part of the deal I made with my wife to buy the tractor. I still have lots of dirt to move and spread. That tractor is a real work horse.
Also, the excavating of this little pond was done in trade for the rest of the large pines and oaks I have on the back ten acres, which will eventually become a hay field and pecan tree orchard. They track hoe operator is milling his own lumber to build his house. I'll see if I can get some pond pix posted, today, between polyurethane coatings on a desk I'm building.
So far, I'm losing about an inch a day in this drought and heat, which I think is to be expected. The rain has been falling all to the north and south of me. I think it will be next summer, before I know how much seepage I have and if I need to look into bentonite and/or DB-100. I hope I don't have to do that, because we use the pond for a swimming hole, almost daily, when it's warm.
The CC and FH are doing well. My girls can't believe they swim with those fish, when they see how aggressive they are feeding.
