Guess who is out having fun? (It's ME!) Planning wildlife pond for backyard

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oh the pain and agony our bodies go through "ok i'll buy that " digging all these ponds by hand! "HELL NO . Rental is my best friend" It is so worth it tho when done. We can then all sit by the pond w/our feet up and relax while we wait for our anti-inflammatory drugs to kick in :D
 
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Is the intake bay the filtration as well as the skimmer, or will you have a bog?

I will have a bog. If you scroll back to the earlier pictures, you can see the bog up at the top right. I'm excited to do something with these two new (to me) features!
 
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My last two digging sessions were devoted to the Rock of Gibralter. Or Plymouth Rock. It is a big granite boulder that was wedged into the side wall of my intake bay. I found it when I was refining the shape of the intake bay and at first, just the top was sticking out. I guess I could also call it a Georgia iceberg. There was a lot more of it underground and it was really, really hard to get it out of such a small space. The earth around it was a combination of rocks, large, layered rock-like clay deposits (hardpan) and more rocks. It was awful. Using a combination of ropes, levers, and wedges - plus sheer brute strength and stubbornness, I got it out! Well, almost out. It's out of the hole it was wedged in, but I'll need hubby's help to get it lifted out of the intake bay. It's a beast. I have the void in the side wall mostly filled in now, but it needs to dry more -- the dirt was very muddy. Next session, I'll need to finish filling in it, then back to refining the size and shape of the intake bay.
 

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In the last picture, see the right side of the boulder? Where it is a lighter color? That's the part that was sticking up out of the bottom of the intake bay. All the rest of it was below.
 
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Also, you can't really tell from the picture, but that intake bay hole is about 3 feet deep.
 

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