Before I possibly make a bad decision I thought I would check in here first. Was thinking of putting 2 inch limestone gravel around shoreline of pond to keep clay mud off everybody's shoes. My pond water level fluctuates a lot so the grass thing doesn't work out to well. Would I be better off with river gravel? I can get that also around the same price. I like the look of the limestone better is the only reason I ask. This is the limestone rock I just dumped on my driveway a couple days ago. It's one inch. Thinking 2 or 3 inch would be better around opposite side of dam on pond. Thanks.
One other comment John. The guy that sold and delivered my fish (Charles Wallace) has been on my farm three times to deliver fish. All three times he had made some comment about lime or limestone and its benefits to have it in and around the water. He mentioned it even before I decided to put rock around the pond (but had put some "beds" of gravel on the bottom - be brought BG and FHM when pond was half full and saw the limestone rock beds). He mentioned it when he returned with the predator fish and was pleased to see I had put some in and around the pond banks, and made the comment, the finer the better. Then when he brought my additional RES this fall he seen where I had put lime around the perimeter where the waves lap and was very pleased to see it. His comments on his first two visits probably was what gave me the enthusiasm to do the shovel work to put the final lime on by hand around the edge.
So I guess his comments led me to believe that limestone is a good thing for the BOW. Now keep in mind he and I are both in an area that is typical to have naturally acid soils and BOW's. So his comments might not be appropriate for all areas. But I have been very pleased with the water clarity and how my water looks compared to the average farm pond in this area (usually dirty brown muddy for newer ponds). So from my perspective and my conditions, it would sure lead me towards the limestone over the river gravel for shore line use at least.
