Started a POND, now what??

[bigballer]

i am in the process of making a new area for our ducks and as most folks know ducks love water. we have some kiddie pools that we fill for them currently, however, we want to make a more permanant area for them and have decided to fence off a section of land with a depression that naturally fills with water in the winter (and sometimes spring and fall).. soo to that end i decided to use the natural depression as a starting point and have dug around to make an area which is about 25x20 bank to bank and about 24-30" deep in the middle. there is some nice clay at this depth but something tells me i am going to potentially need a liner to make water stay in here during the summer months. soo, what do the experts say, any recommendations for staying within budget (as little as possible) AND keep water in this thing.. here are some pics of the progress so far.. of course the goats were curious what the heck i was doing to the area they just cleared so i had to snap a pic of them too!

 

[greasemonkeyok]

Goats will eat the liner.

 

[bigballer]

Goats will eat the liner.

they are mischevious little buggers but they will not be in this area, they have a seperate 150x100 area..

 

[Baby Grand]

If you can scoop some of that clay from the bottom and spread a layer a few
inches thick around the rest of your excavation, that should seal it up fairly well.
It will also be self sealing, as clay seems to clog up everything it touches around here.
Very cheap, but probably a lot of manual work to get it spread out evenly.

-Jim

 

[bindian]

Just dig the pond down to the clay layer. Maintain a 3 to 1 slope on the banks so it is easy walking up and down when evaporation takes the water out. Put a layer of clay on the banks and you should be water tight. Here is the thread to my second pond.http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/251326-instant-pond.html
hugs, Brandi

 

[Localmotion]

I had a similar query about methods of lining a pond back last year and got some good ideas from tbn users...

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/203835-best-way-line-pond.html

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