A friend of mine decided to rent a dozer and dig himself a pond. I went out and collected dirt samples after a brief discussion with Mike Otto on what the soil looked like. These are the samples prior to adding water:
It looked like some red clay, some dark clay, and there was even some greyish-blue clay. However, after adding water around the samples, I learned otherwise:
Most of the samples pretty much dissolved/ fell apart immediately. While there is some clay content, it seems to be mosty a sandy loam kind of soil. We thought about disking in some bentonite and packing it down. We all actually work in the oilfield and were thinking of using drilling mud, which is bentonite. Anyone have any luck or thoughts on this project? The idea of bentonite was reinforced by Mike's lastest article. Thanks!
