Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Filling & Holding Water

We have not had rain recently, but the last few times it has rained the level in the pond began to steadily rise. It is retaining water good and even continues to feed water from the watershed for several days after a rain through a wet-weather spring.

Here are a few shots of the increasing capacity:
Photobucket


It then rained again resulting in this:
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket


I am pleased with how quickly it is filling. Here is a pic of that wet-weather spring:
Photobucket


The rye grass is also taking hold real well:
Photobucket
Photobucket
Photobucket

It takes about two weeks for the fescue seed to germinate, so I am keeping the rye grass watered to ward off heat shock and keep it from dying out prematurely.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

A great post today, great pics including ALL critters. It will be a good reference in the future for anyone else who wants to undertake a similar project.
Mom-V