So my 1/2 acre pond has completely dried out this fall.
I don't have an excavator but I do haver a FEL and I thought I might clean out the bottom. The bottom has cracks a foot deep. Is that an indication of how far down I can dig it out? Any suggestions of things I should do now before the rains hopefully return in the spring? Will digging it deeper help with evaporation?
If you deepen it, your summer water temps remain lower on average and with this said, your evaporative loss is less. It's not going to keep your pond full, it's strictly a conservative measure.
