Thanks for the input, Guys!
Update: I thought we were 2 weeks away from getting started--but, when I drove up to my property yesterday afternoon--lo and behold there was a big, ole yeller CAT sitting there! My dirt guy said they're starting Monday morning--early!
YEA!!
He said not to worry about the cedars--he's gonna push several up for me and will stack them wherever I want them.
I like the idea of marking them with the duck decoy. The older I get, my memory sometimes fades, even though I'm making a map and record of the bottom topography, brush pile locations, etc.
Thanks again. I'll keep ya'll posted on the progress.
By the way, for you Texas folks that are near the western Tarrant and/or Parker counties, do you think an average depth of 10'-12' with a 3:1 slope on a 3/4-1 acre surface area is o.k., especially as we combat the evaporation issues every hot summer? Or, do we need to be deeper?