well, my fathers dozer gets delivered tomorrow, he plans on clearing off my back yard and doing some smal jobs, then making a large pond over the hill from our house, the start of a small runoff stream starts on our property, it runs down in a V shape on our property, we have 13 acre's between me and my father, he already has a small pond about 13' around and 2-3 feet deep, but wants to enlarge it to a 1/2-1 acre pond about 6-8 feet deep in the middle, durring the summer the stream is dry except for his small pond, its never been dry since he dug it with the backhoe, he wants to enlarge it so we can keep fish in it, right now the ONLY thing living in or around it is salamanders, mud dogs, and crayfish as well as tadpoles/frogs.
we are outside of city limits, the neighbors frankly dont care what we do on the property, and there is enough rain on rainy days to fill the pond up without problems.
the major things im worried about is how to build the back wall of the pond so that it holds water and wont "wash" away, and that it doesnt overflow and create a large rut in the middle that drains the water to a shallow pool.
right now it basically drains through the mud/dirt and around underground roots, and when it rains real hard it just flows over the top.
i need to know whats going to be better, getting a liner on the back wall, or if we should use ALOT of rock and cover it with mud/dirt/clay, or if we should use fallen tree's and whatever else we have on the property as well as rock/clay?
i dont want the pond to be there for a year then wash away.
any help or advice will be appreciated.
matthew
we are outside of city limits, the neighbors frankly dont care what we do on the property, and there is enough rain on rainy days to fill the pond up without problems.
the major things im worried about is how to build the back wall of the pond so that it holds water and wont "wash" away, and that it doesnt overflow and create a large rut in the middle that drains the water to a shallow pool.
right now it basically drains through the mud/dirt and around underground roots, and when it rains real hard it just flows over the top.
i need to know whats going to be better, getting a liner on the back wall, or if we should use ALOT of rock and cover it with mud/dirt/clay, or if we should use fallen tree's and whatever else we have on the property as well as rock/clay?
i dont want the pond to be there for a year then wash away.
any help or advice will be appreciated.
matthew