So we live in an area that's pretty much all rock. Shale rock. So huge slabs of rocks. Total bitch to dig post holes...even with a tractor
I got a free, prefabricated pond. Thought it would be awesome in the back for the ducks and geese who will be joining the goats in their pen.
I started digging this out By Hand last year, all the while thinking a Backhoe would be soooooo much easier!
Got ambitious yesterday and decided to finish the hole and place the pond.
My back is killing me!
Got through the dirt later with rocks, then the clay layer with rocks and then hit something solid...started slowly picking away at the clay to reveal a massive cement and gravel slab. Now I know theres weeping tiles out the back of the house BUT this is WAY back there AND off to the side. Never expected to find anything like this.
I also thought weeping tiles were clay pipes. Not a huge slab of cement. Maybe that's covering the tiles? In any case I'm now left to wonder of I try for another hole OR just place the pond and fill in the gap (it's not a deep enough hole for the pond to sit at ground level).
I wanted the pond there to help with drainage as this entire area floods in the spring and after a hard rain. Now I guess I know why. Theres no place for the water to go. I could drill a hole in the side of the pond to fill up with water from the area. At least it will keep the pond filled and reduce the amount if water in the pen and along the back/south side of the property.
Thoughts?
I dont think the pond filled with water could hurt this slab as theres a huge pile of old hydro poles close by (also helping to contain the water to that area...), we know that my uncle drove his tractor out there and so have we and its located just south of the old barn I built which wasnt small.
Wh used the tractor to start a pond hole further back behind the pen in the area that's wet back there. He was able to dig quite deep so I dont think this cement thing extends that far back. I will be digging it out the rest of the way by hand just in case lol.
I'm almost curious enough to keep digging to see if I can find the edge. If it's not apart of the weeping tiles, maybe my uncle buried something out there?