Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Soil questions New Guy

Just wanted to say hello. I've been reading some threads for a few weeks and decided to register. Looks like alot of good information. Never get tierd of seeing the photos of lakes being built.
I grew up with a pond on the family farm, and we renovated it a few years back. We are now thinging of digging a new technical pond for dog training on the same property and I'm sure I'll have lots of questions along the way.

Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting and jumping in... I don't know squat about pond building, but there are a pile of members on here who do!

Glad to have you with us.
There are some articles about ponds that where built for training dogs.

Otto

Welcome, Pondhopper! You definitely found the place for getting answers for your questions. Remember, we all love pictures, so consider posting some of your place!

Hey pondhopper; welcome aboard.
Bring us your pondal dreams and aspirations. We like hitchhiking along on these journeys.

Welcome, 'hopper.


We like HIJACKING these journeys, as well, as you've no doubt noticed.

I'll see if I can dig up some pics of the last pond renovation. I can't claim any of the sucess, was all my dad and brother's hard work. The new project I'm thinking of is just a small project, total area is something like 160 ft by 60 feet, with lots complexity for training dogs..... It is all excavation though, so leaving dirt for points and islands is probably a good thing.

One question I have, is there a standard for the steepest you can go for inside banks of an excavated pond? I have seen reccomendations for outside slopes of dams and such, but is there a limit for inside that might limit erosion or something?

Otto, you mention some articles about ponds built for dog training, can you point me to where to find those? Did a forum search and didn't come up with much, just making sure I'm looking in the right areas.

The articles are in the actual Pond Boss magazine. If you are not a subscriber, I strongly recommend you get a subscription. You can subscribe here: http://pondboss.com/purchase.html

You can also buy back issues from the past for $7 an issue. Look here to look back at past issues and what are in them: http://pondboss.com/library.pdf and Bill Cody has also put together a more detailed list of each issue and what is in them here:

92-95 issues: http://www.pondboss.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=92452#Post92452

96-99 issues: http://www.pondboss.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=92458#Post92458

00-04 issues: http://www.pondboss.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=92475#Post92475

05-07 issues: http://www.pondboss.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=110229#Post110229

Hope this helps...

It is in the magazine, and about a man named John Russell