{"id":798,"date":"2015-11-28T22:51:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T22:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=798"},"modified":"2018-07-10T14:36:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:36:12","slug":"rebuilding-the-duck-pond-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=798","title":{"rendered":"Rebuilding the Duck Pond &#8211; Nov 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_116\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0813-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Resident Ducks in the New Pond\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0813-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_0813-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Resident Ducks in the New Pond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-744\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2038-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2038-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2038-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We built this pond at the lowest point on the property. \u00a0When we first built the pond, we lined it with sand. \u00a0All the water drained out overnight. \u00a0Then we lined it with sodium bentonite (clumping kitty litter) and a top layer of soil. \u00a0That seemed to work well.<\/p>\n<p>It has a constant trickle feeding in, so it stays pretty much full. \u00a0It started out about 2 feet deep in the middle. \u00a0Over the last three years it has filled in quite a bit so the ducks can walk across. \u00a0It needs to be drained and re-dug.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>DAY 1<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6oYIRvXPjfQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>DAY 2<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KKPqTj7eEQc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>DAY 3<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EpH2RdVjHns\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Happy Homesteading,<\/p>\n<p>T.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; We built this pond at the lowest point on the property. \u00a0When we first built the pond, we lined it with sand. \u00a0All the water drained out overnight. \u00a0Then we lined it with sodium bentonite (clumping kitty litter) and a top layer of soil. \u00a0That seemed to work well. It has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=798\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rebuilding the Duck Pond &#8211; Nov 2015<\/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":true,"_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":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[48,51],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-barnyard","category-livestock","tag-ducks"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7igqH-cS","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798","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=798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/798\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}