I am tinkering around with the pond behind my house, adding aeration stirring it up with the boat and removing as much organics as possible to see how that goes. With the weather we’ve been having, it will be late Summer before I have a chance to draw pond 2 down and have it cleaned. Pond 1 has a bentonit bottom and my preference would be to not have equipment in there if I can reduce the muck as mentioned. Will be more work for sure. Labor of love so to speak. I have pond 1 mapped out with 16’ being the deepest and I did not appear to have nearly as much muck there as in the shallows. I figured that to be pretty much standard. I will map out pond 2 prior to starting any work in the water. I have 10 to 15 good sized pines that will be turned into lumber soon. They could be 30 plus years old and are major contributors to the muck and must go. They look beautiful, lining the the backside of the water however I prefer ponds over trees. Once the trees are gone, I will look into getting the water out.
Lots to do!
