Dukslayr
5 year old buck +
I enrolled in our NRCS pond program drawing late this fall and had the fortune of being drawn 129th, which puts me about 4 years out from funding to build the pond that we intend to put in. I have an old home on my property that we recently knocked down and now I’m planning to have the debris hauled away. I’ve decided that while I have some heavy equipment out there getting rid of the old house and root cellar that I’m going to rennovate one of the old ponds that’s near the house. This pond is about 1/2 acre and grown in with trees, multiflora rose and, in general, needs an overhaul. The plan is drain the thing, repair the dam, clean it out and enlarge the pond to about an acre (which the watershed will support). There will be a lot of bare dirt all around the pond when they get done with this project and I’m trying to decide what to plant. I would like to fish in the pond so not sure I want something that would make it terribly difficult to get in and out of. I also plan to plant about 3-4 acres of sunflowers near the pond and would love to make it attractive to doves hitting my sunflowers. I’m open to anything, but assuming that I’ll need something that germinates and establishes fairly quickly this spring as this work will all be done over the next couple of weeks. Any suggestions on what to plant or things I should consider before planting? Thanks!