My property is fairly sloped, down to a sort of maple swamp. On the way is some edge property which looks out over (south facing) wetland meadow type, with a seasonal stream along the edge. I live in a fairly wet place so water is not a prime concern. I intend to have fruit trees all along this stream but I feel like i have some options of how to handle the stream.
I dont necessarily have to do anything with it. But it looks a little overly fertilized (i havent fertilized anything) when it gets stagnant up top so I thought of maybe trying to move the water along faster, and I also thought of making a pool at some part (not swimming pool
a pool at the top part would have readily available water for an annual garden over there.
I'm a little concerned where the extra nutrients are coming from and im basing that on algae.
If I pooled it say at the bottom right before the swamp I could make a little pond and I could consider a little pump system and send the water back up to the top of the property or stream when the spring dries up a bit. for either aesthetic or utilitarian purposes. I figure since a good deal of water in the surrounding area ends up in my little swamp any water i pump back up will remain on my property.
Part of why I feel as if i should alter the path of the water a bit is that its not always clearly defined. It might save me some space to dig it out (and berm it up) a bit, but i run the risk of causing to much pooling if i dont do it correctly. i probably dont have the time to really alter the slope.
I thought of sinking a rubbermaid container into the ground with holes in it up by the annual bed to allow the water to collect into it. Although im not sure about the danger in using a container like that.
One other factor is that there are currently some trees shading this area that will be removed. (a whole other discussion on aspen removal, im up for the task, big tooth aspen really does have some beautiful bark.) i wonder if the removal of these will greatly alter the dryness of that stream
Not trying to be wordy, and its not really a pressing matter i got some other things to do. but i find myself thinking about it a bit. anyone got any sources on this topic?
