Some of the ponds I have lack water most of the year. They help stop excess water from the thunderstorm that just passed through here.
Tag Archives: Erosion
Juniper Erosion
Old Ponds Renewed
There is three ponds on this property that were cattle ponds. Now that the cattle are gone and drought has made conditions good for digging, we hired a trackhoe and bulldozer to dig out these filled-in ponds. The work went fast and was less than 2 days they were here.
Summer Greens
The island on the pond has started to look green this year. The vegetation should help against erosion.
Flood of 2007
It had been over a decade since our last flood. This year we finally received large amounts of rain in a short time frame, so the ponds flooded and the streams were full of water. The vernal ponds I built the last couple years did not fair well. Too much water can go through them […]
Heart Pond
The cattle have been hard at work. Do to their pushing in dirt from various angles, they have created a pond that appears with a heart shape. It really is their work of love.
Cattle Pond
It seems like every time I look at our ponds, I see chocolate milk. A craving comes upon me for that sugary touch added to the goat milk I drink. But something amidst is going on here… The cattle have been causing erosion to this pond for decades. Currently the pond is only a couple […]