A painful rebirthing process started today.

One of Clark's dreams for this place is to deepen the pond so we can introduce some fish, to be able to pump out of the pond for yard and garden irrigation, build a ramp/dock and preserve the pond's integrity. Due to the previous neighbors poor farming techniques a lot of his topsoil washed downstream to fill in the pond. Also over the years I think the cattle here, having eaten down the natural filtering system of cattails, allowed more of the upstream silt to deposit. Some say the overwhelming number of geese and ducks that frequent our water feature have made their contribution.

Consequently,the pond has been quickly shrinking over the last ten years.I hope I can tolerate the reconstruction as I deeply feel the pain of ripping out trees and gouging the earth.




Dunn

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