Well its been 8 years, but we finally had a pond put in. Just wanted to start a journal to show its progress. We purchased 18 acres of farm fields next to our 78acres of hardwoods. The whole area is pretty moist in the spring, and hard to get on. We are going to let it revert back to nature. The area we put the pond in 1st couple before pics) was the lowest spot in the whole area. We were not sure if there was a spring or not. There was always water here, and the farmers never touched it. When the contractor was here and was way down deep (Aprox15ft) he started to hit some big flat boulders, so we decided to stop. He lined the whole pond in clay and replaced all the top soil all around. We did not find a spring, but after they left, you could see water leaching in al different level on the walls. It will primarily be a run off pond, and everything id graded to this point. We will see how much the water level drops this summer.
We will be adding on and making some shallow ends that will be 1-2ft deep for ducks and frogs and other critter as well as spawning areas. Just not sure until we see what the water levels are like.
