I have full rainwater tanks, . . . .
The monster beds themselves
contain no soil, just organic matter and compost. A 3 foot tall mass of
waste hay, grass, leaves, sticks and manure holds a lot of water.
photographed is a dug out area that I call the woodland pond. Elevation
is about 100 above the garden and about 200 feet away from it. It fills
up with spring water that runs off the ridge. The guy who originally
dug it told me he dug it deeper than his tractor and that he almost did
not get his tractor out, but over time, it has filled in and even when
full now the water is only about 4 feet deep. The pond area doesn't
hold water any longer. This is one of those things, Gene, I would do if
I had Magnolia. I would redig that pond, line it, and wait for it to
fill. I could raise catfish up there. It is t-bone shaped and about
fifty feet long by an average of 30 feet wide. It could be a bit bigger
and definitely deeper.
In the deep area near the culvert, water will remain for almost a week
after the creek stops running. I think the underground stream is very
close to the surface there. It was in that area that I found a huge
crayfish once. It is odd to find such a thing in a creek that has been
dry for over a year, UNLESS it came up from underground. Rock Creek,
AKA Hidden Creek is 1000 feet distant on the other side of the road. My
creek runs into it, but at the time I found the crawdad, even Rock Creek
had been dry for a year...so where the heck did that little fellow come
from if not an underground stream?
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