DMiller
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Got me to wondering, we have a different kind of soil here: Loess, that looks and acts like clay UNTIL it gets wet, really wet. It is not sticky like clay when digging where it does allow root structure to root really deep in the soil, can cut a square corner ditch in the stuff and will hold damp or dry as the soil is square edge granular, get it soaking wet and it will slough like a worst nightmare. The wonder part is I wonder if that is what you are in? Similar ground look to here.
Problem here is a shallow pond is fine, a deeper fill pond dam has to be underbuilt with hauled in clay into a key slot for here to hold as the Loess will leach water from day one until gets wet enough to slough.
Problem here is a shallow pond is fine, a deeper fill pond dam has to be underbuilt with hauled in clay into a key slot for here to hold as the Loess will leach water from day one until gets wet enough to slough.