My wife and I purchased 15 acres about a month ago with hopes of building a house and pond on. After talking with a few people who do dirt work I picked a man who was recommended by the local farmers for digging ponds for livestock. He told me he dig about an acre pond for 5k. As you will see in the pictures this didnt happen. I have since stopped him and will be going a different route. I want to ultimately end up with about a 2 acre pond with a small island. I would like a swimming area and will be stocking with fish over the next year or so. The area I selected for the pond seems to stay wet with rain. I started this project about a month ago so I will try to catch you up over the next few days. I would love to hear your feedback so hopefully it will save me some money in the long run.
