I have a pond that is roughly 3/4 to 1 acre in size that is silted in pretty bad and needs to be dug out around the sides of it roughly 10-20' all the way around it. Plus the levee needs to have some trees cleared off of it and a new drain pipe installed. I busted the levee probably a little over a month ago and ever since then I have been thinking about how to tackle getting this job done. I've got the tools/equipment although a little small for this project but for some reason my gut is telling me that this project has potential for me to get hurt. I can't explain it but for some reason I just got a bad feeling about it. So I got a price from a local dirt contractor and he said that he could come in and do everything I want in a few days and would charge me $4k. This would probably take me 6 to maybe 8 weekends to complete plus equipment repairs,fuel, expenses so I went ahead and asked the man to get me scheduled when he can. This is the first time in 15 years I will have ever paid someone to do something at the farm for me but for some reason I feel like I need to on this one........I normally don't have gut reaction type feelings but on this one I'm gonna have to listen. From the sounds of it I should have a completed pond sometime in the next month. That sounded really good to my ears.

This last year I received 3rd degree burns on my arm doing something at the farm and I didn't listen to my gut then warning about what I was doing. So this time I think I am better off letting a true professional handle it. Although I am normally one to do all of my own projects but this time I think it's gonna be left to others.....I sure hope he gets it put back together before the good rains of spring come.