Learning to build a pond
When building a pond and not checking to see if permits are required the costs will be a great deal higher than you will discover in the audio interview of Gene Clemente who is with the Erie County Conservation District of PA. Rules and regulations may be different in other states. Please check with your […]
Pond permit, Why, and do you need one? Read More »
Get out the pond accessories. Wow, could not ask for any better weather than the past couple weekends. Spring may just be here. Got a chance to unload the barn and setup for good weather. Pond accessories are what we use to personalize our taste to the pond. Not allot, just a couple items to
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We have been talking about the farm pond for our own pleasure by making sure we use all the fill dirt to finish the landscaping around the pond or filling in other low spots in the yard. While leaving the fill from the dug pond may not be attractive, it get’s the job done. Farm
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While we are talking about equipment, the most important job of the dozer is the tracking in the fill. For every layer of fill being applied to the dam or any other area it must be tracked in. Tracked in means compacting the fill. You’ve seen how hard it was to dig out the virgin
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Getting out the Pond Accessories. Spring is Here!
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How ever you want to say it is the most important part of the pond system. Picture your worst rain storm where the ground was covered in water 2” deep or more. Or maybe a hurricane dumps rain that you have never seen before. The over flow pipe does it’s job the best it can
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So far we have the watershed side of the pond finished, the bowl or dug out area to hold the water in the pond and now we need to have a way for the excess water leave the pond in controlled way. There are two ways to get the excess water out of the pond
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