My pond project.

[dennishoddy]

Since the wheat has been cut at one of the farms, i decided to go drive across the stubble and check to see if the pond I dug out has any water in it.
It's not looking good. 7' tall sunflowers and no water. Before and current pics.

 

[Deer Slayer]

crap I was hoping for water

 

[Okie4570]

Ponds have dropped a lot in the last few days, not that hot out either yet.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Might be a dove hunting heaven in September with the sunflowers.

 

[Deer Slayer]

ssssshhhhhhhhh

 

[makeithappen]

My best guess was the bottom of the pond area wasn't saturated enough to hold water or the ground wasn't packed hard enough to allow the water to accumulate.

 

[Deer Slayer]

agreed, but Dennis just needs a gulley washer rain and that will fix all the problems.

 

[dennishoddy]

I looked on the mesonet, and this year to date there has only been 5+" of rain in the area and its been gentle rains, not runoff.
Checked last years food plot that was wheat. Only 3-4 kernels of wheat in each head, and it looked more like rice than wheat. The area is still suffering from a major drought.

 

[makeithappen]

Only 5" of rain this year? Wow, we were deluged here in central OK. Brought several lakes up 11'. They went from mudholes to fish and duck heaven!

 

[orangeRcode]

There's still hope Dennis. Good luck to you.