The snowmelt and spring rains help replenish the vernal ponds that I have built throughout the woods. This vernal pond seems to hold water better than some of the others.
Category Archives: Water
Pond Water Levels
This little vernal pond has been a permanent pond for the past couple years. When the weather eventually becomes drier, this pond will dry up again during late summer and fall.
Spiraeacicles
The Spiraea bush is full of icicles from above. The freezing water is starting to weigh down the bush.
Brushy Water
This vernal pool has become very brushy. Just outside the edge of the forest is pasture, where it is easier to walk.
Opportunity Knocks
This year I took advantage of the storm from last fall, that knocked down trees. This is a uprooted Hackberry. I am using the depression as a moist habitat for a couple Canadian Hemlocks.
December Water
When heavy rains fall, this temporary pond in the goat pasture fills up. I built this pond with a wheelbarrow and my trusty wolverine spade.
Too Much Water Makes Waterfalls
A nearby pond dam broke and the water is pouring over the damaged dam, creating a beautiful sight.
Gully Washer
This year and last has been a prolonged gully washer. 4 inches of rain has fallen lately, causing water to carve deeper into the surrounding land. Building dams is the main way I hope to help stop the deepening canyons.
Pond River
The emergency spillway is in full use on our main pond. Over 90 acres drain into the 1 acre pond. Too much water for too little pond. That will change.
Water Never Before
Even holes I dug a long time ago filled up with water for the first time. This is the 2nd year in a row with over 50 inches of rain in a year. Last year was a record, and this year beat last year. We average 30 inches of rain a year.