Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Building a dam started on the forage pond

One reason to build a berm.

Too many trips in and out of the hole made the subsoil layer so punchy it got to be a real pita to get through it
and get out with a bucket load of dirt. 4x4 wheeled machines get around like a billy goat, but they absolutely destroy
the soil structure when you drive on the same spot over and over and over again.

So I decided to build a berm. It won't be much. 18"-24" maybe on the low corner of the pond. With any luck it will
have a good stand of grass before the creek gets out.

Should have ~4'-4.5' of water where the tractor's stitting when it's full. 2'-3' on the shallow end at the right side of the picture.
That's plenty enough for the intended purpose of this pond.

I dumped one bucket load of crushed limestone in the corner to maybe make it a little easier to get out with a seine.
Likely will put some more in tomorrow after I look at it again.

If I don't have any pelleted lime stashed in the barn I'll pick up 500lbs at lunchtime tomorrow and toss it in the hole.
Shouldn't need any fertilizer. There hasn't been a hog on this place since the 1950s and the ground still smells like pig poop.

It's supposed to rain on Friday and at this point I'm ok with that.