Thanks, Dave and Rocky-T...it has really gone through some growth in many ways. Unfortunately, tho, the pool level growth hit a brick wall about 6 weeks ago when the water works dried up. The highest measurement I got was 25" short of full pool. This was directly after a significant rain event. Since it is a new pond, whenever we saw those sudden bursts of 6" - 12" of new depth, it always receded a couple/three inches within the next week or two. I attribute that to saturating the soil sponge. I haven't taken an official measurement, but my guess is we are about 33" short of pool (8" down from peak). The interesting thing we are experiencing is the water clarity. The chocolate murkiness is all but gone and I'll bet I have 2' - 3' of clarity easily. We are getting alot of weeds growing in the shallows. True to form the new weeds are comfortable in gradual slopes, but go to the same depth on a 3:1 and find zip. The FA is extremely minimal...for now.
The FH population explosion is well under way; schools of hundereds of little 1/2" 'ers. Dski was getting into the fish thing right at the concrete launch. She was in a trance watching the FH fry trying to hide from one of the fingerling RES (this is a VERY good thing; does my heart good). The bullfrogs are singing bari harmony to the jungle yell of the pileated woodpeckers. When we pulled up to the project last weekend to do the beach dock, there was a whitetail standing at the bottom of the sand beach, taking a drink at the water's edge.
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Yep, so far this pond stuff suits us fine.
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ooops; Eddie snuck one in while I was daydreaming the above post.
Our days are VERY long when we do our work. It is usually a one-day round-tripper, starting very early and coming home later that night. Yeah, we're nutz. The only camping I would do would be in a trailer; I'm too old for tent stuff. A trailer would cost too much, tho, cutting into the thin budget and halting more important development. We carry the tools each way. I have already taken out a permit for a substantial shed (purt near garage), but time and $ probably won't allow that this year. The county we are in is pretty particular about controlling mobile housing units and related. I'm not totally sure on how we're gonna get the larger structures done, but I foresee pre-fab wall panels stacked on the utility trailer leaving the principle home at sun-up. ;\)