I finally started my pond

[bindian]

Nice before and after pics!!!!! If fits in there like it's always been there and looks very natural. You did a great job of it.

Eddie

Thanks Eddie.:cool2: Too bad it is not full like in the photo, taken last October. Here is a photo taken today. Sadness prevails.:thumbdown:
hugs, Brandi

 

[Boeing]

Brandi, that was facinating. I spent all morning reading all 39 pages of posts. I want to build a pond on my land in Va. The only source of water is road runoff. The soil is mountain "dirt" so I would have to "import" clay I guess. Sure was alot of work and I'm sure money. Great perseverenve on your part. It's hurricane/rainy season, it will fill again.:thumbsup:

 

[bindian]

Brandi, that was facinating. I spent all morning reading all 39 pages of posts. I want to build a pond on my land in Va. The only source of water is road runoff. The soil is mountain "dirt" so I would have to "import" clay I guess. Sure was alot of work and I'm sure money. Great perseverenve on your part. It's hurricane/rainy season, it will fill again.:thumbsup:

Boeing,
Thanks! I put about 90 hours on the Big RED Beast's hour meter. That equals about 90-100 gallons of diesel. So just $ for the diesel, bulkhead and pier materials, and overflow pipes. All the rest was on the Mahindra's shoulders. My time was calucated in a lifelong dream, which makes it priceless.

You will need clay or bentonite to seal your pond. As I understand, bentonite is a Texas thing, so it might be expensive to haul to your place.

You never can depend on a tropical storm or hurricane. They never go where you want them to go.

If it ain't Boeing, I ain't going.
hugs, Brandi

 

[CowboyRon]

OK, thanks! I didn't know TSC carried that stuff. Think I'll try it out on my and my Dad's ponds. I've also heard that throwing chunks of drywall will clear up water, but has a bad side effect....now I can't remember what!

Frank

Brandi, how much cornmeal do you use in a pond that size? I have heard of this but was told if I used too much the water would be too clear. I can't remember what the negative consequence would be, it was something like the pond would be overgrown with water plants due to the extra light going in.
You did a great job on this and it looks great.

 

[bindian]

Brandi, how much cornmeal do you use in a pond that size? I have heard of this but was told if I used too much the water would be too clear. I can't remember what the negative consequence would be, it was something like the pond would be overgrown with water plants due to the extra light going in.
You did a great job on this and it looks great.

Ron,
Thanks. I got the ehow.com recipe link from Jinman. Here it is....Homemade Algaecide | eHow.com

It is one cup of cornmeal per square foot. I figure mine on 30x70 feet, so I put in 21 cups. You suppose to use pantyhose, so remember to ask before taking the Mrs. stuff.

I dont think it would make it too clear, but I am also adding Aquashade. Which gives it a blueish green tint like looking through sunglasses into the water.
hugs, Brandi

 

[CowboyRon]

Ron,
Thanks. I got the ehow.com recipe link from Jinman. Here it is....Homemade Algaecide | eHow.com

It is one cup of cornmeal per square foot. I figure mine on 30x70 feet, so I put in 21 cups. You suppose to use pantyhose, so remember to ask before taking the Mrs. stuff.

I dont think it would make it too clear, but I am also adding Aquashade. Which gives it a blueish green tint like looking through sunglasses into the water.
hugs, Brandi

I don't have a Mrs. just a gf, I won't take her pantyhose I guess I will just buy my own hehe. I'm just not sure how I should dress for this transaction.
On another note, I talked to my friend about preparing the large catfish. He said mainly just to fillet them and cut any fat and red meat away.

 

[bindian]

Haha ok, do u want pics now too?
Seriously, thanks for the info, I will look for aqua blue next time I'm at TSC.

8x10 glossys will do.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Boeing]

I don't own a back hoe......Can I presume that this is a MUST?

and BOEING been berry berry good to me
(ex. Pan AM, ex. ATA, Current Freight Dawg...arf, arf. (does Bugger need buds?)

 

[Danno1]

You will need clay or bentonite to seal your pond. As I understand, bentonite is a Texas thing, so it might be expensive to haul to your place.

I thought Bentonite came fr Michigan???


Nope, guess not. Don't know where I got that idea!

Bentonite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


.

 

[greenmachine86]

Nice before and after pics!!!!! If fits in there like it's always been there and looks very natural. You did a great job of it.

Eddie

I agree with Eddie. The pond is placed well into the yard and it correlates with the placement of the trees nicely. Are you planning on doing anymore landscape around the pond? I think it would look good if you did. It would add appeal to the look of the pond.

-Steve

 

[bindian]

I don't own a back hoe......Can I presume that this is a MUST?

and BOEING been berry berry good to me
(ex. Pan AM, ex. ATA, Current Freight Dawg...arf, arf. (does Bugger need buds?)

Boeing,
You can dig out with your loader bucket. I dug down to about 4 feet, but the small size of the pond and the depth I wanted dictated using a backhoe. If I had the room, I could have dug out the pond only with the 7 foot wide bucket. This was really faster digging then digging with the backhoe, then hauling out the spoils with the loader bucket.

I just dozed, then tilted back and lifted the bucket when I got to the edges of the pond. After a while, it was just too tight in the bowl shaped basin to turn around safely with a full loader bucket of dirt.

 

[bindian]

Boeing,
These photos show how the backhoe gave the small pond a lot of depth.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

and BOEING been berry berry good to me
(ex. Pan AM, ex. ATA, Current Freight Dawg...arf, arf. (does Bugger need buds?)

Boeing,
I used to be a freighter mechainc for Ryan taking care of the USPS DC-9 and Emery's 727s. So I worked days then and Y'all flew nights. So that makes you a member of The Order of Sleepness Knights.

So who do you fly for now?
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

I thought Bentonite came fr Michigan???


Nope, guess not. Don't know where I got that idea!

Bentonite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


.

Seems I am wrong also. I do know we can get it by bulk cheap.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

I agree with Eddie. The pond is placed well into the yard and it correlates with the placement of the trees nicely. Are you planning on doing anymore landscape around the pond? I think it would look good if you did. It would add appeal to the look of the pond.

-Steve

Thanks Steve.:thumbsup:

I am planning on adding more flora, but like Dad always said......Rome wasn't born in a day. Gonna wait now til we get more rain.
hugs, Brandi

 

[955Lincoln]

I have made an air diffuser out of scrap airhose. It is about 10 feet long and coiled and ty wrapped. Numerous #40 drill bit holes are in it. I will secure this in a weighted bucket and lower it to the bottom of the pond. The homemade air diffuser is saving me $50 and up. I made one of these years ago, at work, and still use it in hot, confined spaces of the aircraft for cooling.

Nice pond Brandi!
Is this a Wizard of Oz thing or do I have an overactive imagination :laughing:

 

[tony Cecil]

Brandi---hi--

I was wondering if by chance you could not put a small shallow water well in? If lucky it might provide enough water to keep the pond topped off....I know wells are tricky, and personally I am lucky to have just enough water (now) for the house..In the beginning it pumped a good number of gallons a minute ....Tony

 

[bindian]

Nice pond Brandi!
Is this a Wizard of Oz thing or do I have an overactive imagination :laughing:
-]

955Lincoln,
Yes.
hugs, Brandi