Advice for buiding a pond

[jman]

if you are building a pond, when you dig the whole take your time because it becomes hard or sometimes frustrating when it is time to put the layers of sheets over top of the ground and finalizing it.

[boston]

this is true i have built a few and if you hurry you spend more time getting it perfect by falling dirt then if you were to just go slow and pack the dirt while digging to prevent dirt from falling.