This vernal pool has become very brushy. Just outside the edge of the forest is pasture, where it is easier to walk.
Tag Archives: flood waters
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.
Escape Artist
I will have to build up the dam on this vernal pond. The water is escaping through the goat pasture.
Not Meant to Be
The little dams I built throughout the woods suppose to stop the water and be big enough to not fill completely up, but I did not realize how much water can rush through the steep valleys. So I started building emergency spillways even for my little vernal ponds. This vernal pond is a good example […]
Dry Dam
Some of the ponds I have lack water most of the year. They help stop excess water from the thunderstorm that just passed through here.