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Continued to work around the back pond to clear more trees and brush on the other side. It was a lot of work and will be even more work to start cleaning up all the debris. Not sure how long it will take to get everything the way we envision it but we're looking forward to seeing the progress through the journey. One of the goals for this back pond is to turn it into a technical pond to use for training hunting dogs. We'll eventually do some dirt work to restructure the pond itself once we clean up all the debris and the water is low. It's been such a great help that Justin Hergert is not only the owner of JDH Equipment Rental & Services, but is also a Professional dog trainer and owner of Southern Way Retrievers. His experience and insight has been invaluable for this back pond project.

We're working on clearing and re-working the back pond on our property. The goal is to make it more conducive for hunting dog training and hunting in general. We did do some preliminary clearing of some trees and bushes around the dam area when we first bought the property but we definitely needed to call in the professionals to help with more of the major clearing and thinning of the pines. Eventually we may also do some dirt work to turn the pond into a tech pond for training gun dogs. It's been great that Justin Hergert, owner of JDH Equipment Rental & Services, along with his awesome crew, are very knowledgeable about what our vision is for the property. Justin is also the owner of Southern Way Retrievers, and is a very prominent hunting dog trainer in Georgia. Phase 2 just started so stay tuned!!... JDH Equipment Rental & Services - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083534253826 Southern Way Retrievers - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063837211282

Pretty cool to see the transformation of the look of the main pond after cutting out a bunch of trees and vines! We can now see the barn which we're looking to convert into an outdoor party pavilion. Things are really starting to take shape.

Continuation of our clearing around our main pond. The mulcher is awesome and helped save us a lot of time and effort to clear the area around the pond where we cut out quite a lot of trees. It really made a huge difference. We're excited at how things are coming together and improving the property! A big THANKS to John Stonecypher and Justin Hergert with JDH Equipment Rental & Services for their hard work and equipment! Awesome guys to work with!

My channel to document various projects around the house. We excavated to help divert water away from the field to help it dry out faster after it rains. Once we get the field to dry out, we could start the Barn project.