The Pond
View from shed roof before the pond is dug. Wade’s big dozer is
ready to roll.
Here’s the long view out over the pond site.
Wednesday morning, August 21. They’ve been working about 30 minutes. Jim pushed the topsoil out of the way with
the dozer and Mike dug the pond. Nice
work.
Wednesday afternoon, it’s all done except a little
shaping of the berms at to the left and right in this
photo.
Here’s a view from the 2nd floor of the
house.
Friday afternoon, the berms
are shaped. We had rain Thursday and a
little more Friday. You can see water
starting to collect in the two lowest parts of the pond. Deepest spot will be about 16 feet deep and
is at the far end away from the house.
The subsoil is all clay and should hold the water very
well. The ground water is at about 15
feet this time of year but will rise to within inches of the surface in the
winter. The pond should fill gradually
and then hold water through July and August when the ground water level drops.
September 13,
view from the west shore of the pond.
Water is trickling in but we’ve had no rain and plenty of sun and wind
so the water level is just holding on.
The water level should rise as we move toward winter.
September 30 we had about 2 inches of rain. This was the first significant amount of rain
since the pond was dug. The pond did a
good job of collecting the runoff from the surrounding land without eroding the
pond sides. Water level rose 2-3 feet in
both parts of the pond.
October 2002
April rains have brought the water level in the pond
up about seven feet.
Water keeps trickling in…… and the ice is floating on top.
Early May and the water is rising.
Pond, early May 2003. Look close at the point in the center of the
photo and you’ll see two
July, the tomatoes love having their roots in the
pond.
Frogs
Maura and Christine enjoying the pond.
