citygirl830
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I have a pond on my new property that's pretty dried up. Would love any advice on how to make it thrive again. Thank You.
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Adirondack case guy
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Put water in it!!! Just couldn't resist. HeHe
Loren
Loren
Jon Erickson
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- Location
- Minnesota
Depending on type of soil, bottom of the pond has possibly silted with eroded soil. If so, you would want to get that removed.
That would be a good time to possibly re-slope the banks if needed.
That would be a good time to possibly re-slope the banks if needed.
Stephen Newell
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If it regularly dries up you might consider digging it out deeper. I did this on mine and about the lowest it gets is where the bottom used to be.
Bob Bancroft
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- Location
- Aurora NY
Location, location, etc- Lots of considerations. Why is it dry? No water source? Pond built on leaky, sandy, gravelly ground? Drought prone area? Do you own enough property to access a water source, either above, or below ground? Do you own enough property to have an outlet/overflow/spillway if necessary? Local regulations, as stated below?
When my pond was dug 30 years ago, the contractor wanted the county soil and water cons. district involved. They didn't do anything. Maybe it was just to have their tacit approval. This is a wet area, with acres and acres of farmland with underground drainage available as a water source. In my case, I discovered I didn't want dirty surface water messing up my pond. After the first few feet, my pond is dug in blue clay. No gravel or sand here!
When my pond was dug 30 years ago, the contractor wanted the county soil and water cons. district involved. They didn't do anything. Maybe it was just to have their tacit approval. This is a wet area, with acres and acres of farmland with underground drainage available as a water source. In my case, I discovered I didn't want dirty surface water messing up my pond. After the first few feet, my pond is dug in blue clay. No gravel or sand here!
I'd try to hurry up and get it filled in as quick and quiet as I could. Or my govenor will come and take your property away for his hunting buddies.
Or some day the cap put on Waters Of The USA will fall off and the EPA will totally control your land.
You don't want any water on your property, the city folk want to take it away from you.
Paul
Or some day the cap put on Waters Of The USA will fall off and the EPA will totally control your land.
You don't want any water on your property, the city folk want to take it away from you.
Paul
Ed in Northern VA
Member
Is it from silt or some other reason. How much water surface area do you expect to have when done.
Gotta determine that. Dad had the boys with big old tracked backhoes come clean the silt out of
his. He used his to water 200 head of cattle out of them. Your pond will need to be at least 15
feet deep. If it isn't the evaporation rate may be more than the pond can maintain. For gosh sakes
don't put goldfish in it. They keep the mud stirred up.
Gotta determine that. Dad had the boys with big old tracked backhoes come clean the silt out of
his. He used his to water 200 head of cattle out of them. Your pond will need to be at least 15
feet deep. If it isn't the evaporation rate may be more than the pond can maintain. For gosh sakes
don't put goldfish in it. They keep the mud stirred up.
gene bender
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dont tell me the EPA has say so over a dried up old pond. I know they are too big for their britches and need some stopping or they will have a porta-poty on each tractor and combine.
Water depth requirements might depend on soil type, the amount of water flowing through the pond and the climate. There are a lot of natural and man made lakes in Minnesota and some in Iowa that are over a mile in diameter and barely ten feet deep at the deepest point. They are over heavy clay soil that does not pass much water, they have reliable water sources flowing in, and the climate is fairly humid.
showcrop
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I don't know if it is still the case, but here in NH the FSA people used to love to have you dig ponds, and would pay you to do it. A few years ago I dug the silted in pond at my place out. I checked with the conservation people, and since it had been dug originally as a fire pond, they told me that they had no jurisdiction over it.
buickanddeere
Well-known Member
Lower is better. Most fish need deep cold water to survive the summer sun.
tractorhead
Member
Go to pond boss.com lots of good info.
Hay hay hay
Well-known Member
Don't just start digging. Most county agents can suggest a pond guy to give you advice.
Might need to be dug out, or relined or maybe has a sink hole that cant be fixed, or maybe drainage is not correct to
fill it. A pond is not as simple as it looks. Get some good --on site --advice.
Might need to be dug out, or relined or maybe has a sink hole that cant be fixed, or maybe drainage is not correct to
fill it. A pond is not as simple as it looks. Get some good --on site --advice.
Put in a fertilizer storage, manure storage, fuel storage, and they will be all over you. Try building within 300 feet of any type of water.
Look up 'Waters of the USA' and understand it is already there; a very fragile postponement of implimenting it is all that is keeping total control of any land that gets damp for parts of the year out of the hands of EPA at this moment.
Live in Minnesota and deal with the big city govenor and the land grabs he has made, and the excess rules this state has made on any land near a wetland or stream or pond - natural or man-made.
This stuff is out of control.
Paul
Look up 'Waters of the USA' and understand it is already there; a very fragile postponement of implimenting it is all that is keeping total control of any land that gets damp for parts of the year out of the hands of EPA at this moment.
Live in Minnesota and deal with the big city govenor and the land grabs he has made, and the excess rules this state has made on any land near a wetland or stream or pond - natural or man-made.
This stuff is out of control.
Paul
Depends what made it a pond to start with. I certainly would not need some government "expert" to tell me what to do. Did someone just dig a hole in the ground
and rely on ground water to fill it? Or dug a hole with a spring or creek running in? Or worse yet - just dug a hole in a dry area and hoped for lots of rain
and no leaks?
and rely on ground water to fill it? Or dug a hole with a spring or creek running in? Or worse yet - just dug a hole in a dry area and hoped for lots of rain
and no leaks?
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