Nancy Reading wrote:Hi Syd, Welcome to Permies! Thanks for your detailed post....
Just a few thoughts - so you're looking to try and reduce the flooding at the entrance to your field? I'm not sure a pond will necessarily help with this. What is your sub soil like (edit, sorry you did say clay)? Water tends to find a level until it seeps away or evaporates, so if the water has nowhere to go, then I think it will still reach the same level. You might get a residual seasonal pond for a bit longer.
Is there any 'downhill' for the water to go to that you could clear drains to? or is this area a local low spot with no way out?