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Hi everyone,
Just started our first pond this past year, and am really glad I came across this forum. Tons of great information!
Everyone here has such beautiful ponds, hopefully ours will turn out just as nice!
I started the pond last May because I wanted to make sure to have it ready for the rains that come in June. We have a steel roof and the runoff from it is pretty clean.
We have a well water supply and I didn't want to over do the demand from it..
I'll start by posting some pics of my progress.
Chose a spot in the yard, spraypainted an outline and just started digging!

Thank goodness for the tractor and backhoe!

Came across a couple of hidden gems that didn't look too "liner friendly"

Got the basic hole dug, just needed some refinement from here.

Started putting in the underlayment and removing/crushing the biggest lumps of clay that I came across


Just started our first pond this past year, and am really glad I came across this forum. Tons of great information!
Everyone here has such beautiful ponds, hopefully ours will turn out just as nice!
I started the pond last May because I wanted to make sure to have it ready for the rains that come in June. We have a steel roof and the runoff from it is pretty clean.
We have a well water supply and I didn't want to over do the demand from it..
I'll start by posting some pics of my progress.
Chose a spot in the yard, spraypainted an outline and just started digging!

Thank goodness for the tractor and backhoe!

Came across a couple of hidden gems that didn't look too "liner friendly"

Got the basic hole dug, just needed some refinement from here.

Started putting in the underlayment and removing/crushing the biggest lumps of clay that I came across

