{"id":3383,"date":"2017-08-20T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T06:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=3383"},"modified":"2018-07-10T14:35:57","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:35:57","slug":"duck-pond-second-rebuild-aug-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=3383","title":{"rendered":"Duck Pond &#8211; Second Rebuild Aug 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3383 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?attachment_id=3384'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DuckPond1-150x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DuckPond1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DuckPond1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DuckPond1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DuckPond1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3384'>\n\t\t\t\tDuck Pond Rebuild \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?attachment_id=3385'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DuckPond2-150x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DuckPond2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DuckPond2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DuckPond2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DuckPond2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3385'>\n\t\t\t\tAugust 2017\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?attachment_id=3386'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1768-150x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1768-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1768-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1768-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1768-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3386'>\n\t\t\t\tCement Block Wall at the back\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?attachment_id=3388'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1783-150x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1783-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1783-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1783-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_1783-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3388'>\n\t\t\t\tSo far so good\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The duck pond has been filling in for a couple of years now. When the depth got to about 4&#8243; (even the call ducks were only ankle deep!) we decided to rebuild it again. The water had been leaking off to the low South side periodically. It was impractical to try to keep grass or other plants growing on the bankings, as the ducks found everything very tasty.<\/p>\n<p>Drained the pond and dug out the muck. The &#8220;duck-muck&#8221; was a good addition to the old strawberry beds, which now are planted with cow peas. Right now there are two rows of concrete blocks with the water height up to the second row. It&#8217;s still a work in progress.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2kz7wLw3rHo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The geese are not laying right now so they are socializing nicely with the ducks. The geese, who had been restricted from visiting the pond area are enjoying the new pond. It&#8217;s still a work in progress and needs to be a bit deeper. We will put fencing up at each end of the cement blocks so that we can plant behind the blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Homesteading,<br \/>\nT.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3210\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/feather_wDirt-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/feather_wDirt-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/feather_wDirt-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/feather_wDirt-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/feather_wDirt-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/feather_wDirt.png 468w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The duck pond has been filling in for a couple of years now. When the depth got to about 4&#8243; (even the call ducks were only ankle deep!) we decided to rebuild it again. The water had been leaking off to the low South side periodically. It was impractical to try to keep grass or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=3383\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Duck Pond &#8211; Second Rebuild Aug 2017<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Duck Pond - Second Rebuild Aug 2017","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[48,15,51],"tags":[190,80],"class_list":["post-3383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barnyard","category-ducks","category-livestock","tag-duck-pond","tag-ducks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7igqH-Sz","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}