Hand Dug Pond - 1 - Getting Started (200,000+ gallon goal)

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Using a rebuilt/used BCS I purchased recently along with the super burly and useful Berta Rotary Plow implement, we are breaking up layer by layer the landscape of roughly a 50' diameter area at the high point of the property. Each pass yields an 8" depth of lightly broken up soil which we can then scoop manually and send to a tremendous number of useful locations.
This project will take a while, but we should be able to dig out a pond that can hold 200,000 gallons or more while making a massive number of permanent raised beds in the landscape.
We'll continue to document as it evolves
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