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Boghead

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  1. Gley is the name given to a Russian method used all over the world now where you pack a layer of manure/cow dung/elephant poop into the pond and then cover it with vegetation and pack it down well. You then leave it for about 3 weeks before filling it with water. If you've done it right, the dung will decompose without air and turn into a plastic goo called gley which is water tight.

    As you say, Sansai gets it's name from sand and that's where I am but there are plenty of ponds about all working well. I've too much sand in mine though. It was full during the rainy season, filled from a klong that feeds the paddy fields but now it's switched off and my water's vanished.

    The flat area at the bottom is nicely full of sticky mud that came in from the klong and it seems to hold the water fine. It is just the sandy sides of the pond that are still sand and obviously leak.

  2. Has anyone any experience of "gleying" a dug out pond. I've one about 15m x 5m which has turned from a pond to a empty hole in about 3 weeks due to the sandy soil here in Chiang Mai. The anoying thing is that several neighbours have healthy ponds and didn't do anything more than myself ie: dig a big hole.

    Any help on getting back to a full pond like picture 1?

    Thanks.

    pond1.jpg

    pond2.jpg

  3. "Only 90 percent? Since when is 90 percent not much?"

    Most banks lend far more than they have on deposit. It's called fractional reserve banking where at least 10x the deposit is lent and then the loans are used as "reserves" allowing them all to be relent again at 10x. The wonderful system of fiat money, sorry counterfeit money that is created out of nothing and has lead to the current situation. Of course you have to pay interest on all these loans even though the bank never had the money to lend you in the first place.

    Read "The creature from Jekyll island" for all the details of the greatest scam in history.

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