Hey Team,

Long time lurker, first time poster. In 2018, I purchased a 90 acre farm in northwest Middle Tennessee. The property runs the length of a ridge that falls off to two spring fed creeks on either side. The land was owned by an older gentleman prior to me who let a lot of the cleared areas grow up over the years for hunting. At some point in the distant past, the property was cleared and terraces were cut into the hillsides to allow for crop production on the hillsides with minimal erosion. Those terraces have directed water flow to two main areas over the course of the past 50+ years and have failed in places, creating two areas of wild and unruly gullys (I'll take some pictures and post later today).

My question: as a means of slowing water and correcting erosion, would a pond (or series of ponds) in these areas be a good plan?

Thanks in advance for any help