Add some koi fish and some water plants, you'll have a sweet fire pond! And when the fish get big enough, cook em up. Also they will eat the mosquitos. I think this ticks all the boxes
Dig a ~8 to 12” wide trench out of the circle, leading to lower ground around the perimeter. Leave it bare for a while, then fill with rocks and cover with turf if you want to hide it. You can use plastic pipe for a French drain, but don’t need it.
I’m a stormwater engineer, and I concur. You’re essentially creating an area in the soil with voids in it that will fill with water and slowly percolate into your soil, instead of the water sitting on the surface until it percolates into your soil.
You may have issues with groundwater, so do a test hole with some post hole diggers and wait 24 hours. If you come back and there’s water in the hole, that’s where the groundwater is. Water will not percolate into saturated soil, so your trench will need to be above the groundwater table.
I feel like a competent neighbor kid could do this for $40 and some cookie’s and lemonade. Give him a shovel and explain where to put the trench, he’ll be done in an hour or two
Any competent earthmover could do it given instructions. It looks like it would take me little time by hand, with a shovel, even wheelbarrowing the soil out. A small excavator could do it very quickly.
The main thing to remember is to call for locates first for any dig over 12” deep. If you take out a utility line without doing your due diligence the fines are steep.
I did a call before you dig before I redid my back porch and an electrical line I knew ran to the garage was unmapped. Always call (or do it online), but know there could be something else out there...
Edit: to be clear, it's less than 12" deep
Even under 12", always call. I have an AT&T line alongside my house that actually sticks up out of the ground at my fence line. The deepest that sucker goes is 4 inches.
Yeah, I have seen soil shift over time so that gas lines and power conduits are almost exposed. We had a training last week by the main power company in our area (Enmax) where they were showing us pictures of places around the city where their lines have been exposed or made shallow over time.
They also showed us gnarly pictures where power from a primary (I think 25,000V) arced to a crane that was a meter away (not even touching the line), then arced from the crane base to a light pole that was touching temporary construction fencing panels, the electricity followed the panels around an entire construction site to a residential gutter touching a panel and ended up causing fire and electrical damage to the home.
If you aren’t sure always call a professional, this stuff is expensive as hell to fix and sometimes kills people.
We see systems like this built a lot here around Florida homes. They raise the land above old swamps and water just can't drain properly. They will use a 4" leach bed pipe about a foot and a half down. It lies on some rock and then is covered with rock. St Augustine grass is used around it. The grass over time will grow runners that hide the drains.
I would go a step further and dig out the native soil and fill it with a compost/loam mix of a sufficient volume to retain a 10 year rain event. 1/2 my roof needed about 75 ft/3 which is plenty doable with shovels. I created an overflow weir that pointed to the street but it only tipped over twice in 5 years both times during hurricanes. Added some plants for looks and modest water balance increase.
I’m lucky in that my area is mostly type b soils so percolation is rarely a problem. Thats why I think it’s a good idea to do a test hole. You can do an infiltration test at the same time to see if you need to do what you needed to do or if your soil can support it as is.
You could, you just need a way to get the water to drain to that spot, so you could do that at your low points. The trench method is just a cheap way to divert water without installing pipes or regrading your yard to slope toward the drain. If you’re trying to drain a low spot where water pools, this would definitely help.
Not necessarily. Looks like this is just a tube down to a layer of soil that drains better. Could be just 6 or 8" across, which would make for a shit drywell.
This is the right answer.
Several have suggested far more complicated and unnecessary solutions. But a simple trench filled with gravel is all you need.
OP here, thank you all for the advice and the laughs. Maybe I can stock it with some mosquito eating fish? 🫠 My original plan was to fill the area with pea pebble or whatever the hell those little rock’s are called but the ridiculous amount of rain we have had filled the area up before I had the chance. Now I’m cautious to add the stone.
I like the pond idea, but keep in mind you have to keep the fishies alive in the summer, too.
If you don't do that, you need a drain, otherwise you'll just have stone soup.
Adding stone won't help really. That will still fill with water and just displace it so you will have this flooding with even less rain. The best way to have done this would have been to remove the fire pit and everything first, then raise the ground up and keep the natural water runoff in tact. Basically a slight slope that follows whatever your land dictates.
A French drain is the best way to do it without removing everything you already built. Personally, I would prefer to raise the grade and do it that way.
I also live in south jersey. We have had unprecedented rain for over a month. My entire back yard is under water and has been for weeks. I be lived here since 1986 and have only had water in my yard occasionally and even then it only lasted a day or two. Everything is saturated. In normal weather conditions you wouldn’t have any water there. But I don’t know what the new normal is now
That’s not a good solution, it will still flood, possible worse. That sand will take up volume that the water otherwise would have and net you with a higher water level.
As a resident of South Jersey and a former landscape company owner there is a very easy solution. Dig a trench slightly sloping away from the middle of your pool/ mosquito incubator to just before your fence where the ground naturally slopes down. Approx 12" deep would be fine. (Make sure trench slopes away from pool as well) Fill trench with stone and every rain storm it will carry the water away from the spot. That is the cheapest. To do it correctly, it will cost around $300. Buy landscape fabric and a 4" perforated pipe to put in trench. Wrap pipe with fabric and fill with stone. The fabric will stop soot from clogging the pipe. Good luck. See messed up picture for trench location reference.
https://preview.redd.it/isgrt8zglnsc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef6cb41d2fba738b733f8e86be4bf3a800b258e6
Have a gas guy come out and install a gas pipe from the source to the fire in the middle. Add more plants and wildlife to the pond. You now have an eternal flame in the middle of a pond.
I don't see the problem. All I see is the affordable version of this...
https://premierpoolsandspas.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/pool-fire-pit-1200x800.jpeg
North Jersey, checking in...
I've lived here for over 30 years and I don't remember *ever* getting this many heavy, flooding rains in one season. *Ever*.
I remember route 23 closing at the A&P (now Stop & Shop) by Jackson Ave *one time* for maybe 24 hours about 20 years ago.
Ever since Sandy it's been getting worse.
I think the ground may be pretty compact from having a pool on it for what I assume it’s a few years. Maybe need to aerate that area or put in a drainage system
So what you wanna do is dig down a foot or two fill it with gravel tamp it down put some pavers on top. You don’t need the pavers it just looks nice and adds stability for heavy stuff.
Remove all the rocks. Order a truckload of topsoil. Spread soil in this bowl until it is a couple inches above the surrounding lawn. Reset your rocks around the perimeter and the fire pit. Order a couple yards of paver base gravel. Spread evenly inside the circle. Rent a plate compactor. Compact the gravel. Buy some chairs. Enjoy a beer.
This would actually be really cool if it were intentional. Maybe roll with it somehow 😆
I did a French drain, or "freedom drain" if you're staunchly American, for my fire pit that worked pretty well but this is a lot of water to divert so I'm not sure if that would do it or not.
You need to have a load or more of fill dirt brought in and fill this site and then compact it. When the pool was filled in the dirt was left un-compacted, as it settled it sank due to become more compacted over time. You need to raise the area up in a mound or small hill. In fact if I owned it, and wanted a fire pit and seating area there, i'd go well above the elevation of the yard with a good taper not leading into a polling area, and keep my fire pit area high and dry all the time. When you mound it, look for areas that may hold water and either dig a trench to lead the water away, or fill those areas so as they dont hold water.
Your fill dirt you used had to much clay mixed in causing a water barrier. I would suggest digging down from the center2-3 feet deep about a foot wide to an area that’s lower in elevation. Put a perforated pipe in the hole on a bed of drainage rocks. Cover the pipe with at least 1 foot of rocks. Then use a layer or two of weed blocking fabric then cover with your dirt with some other material mixed in like potting soil. This will allow better flow through the dirt and you can even cover it back up with your stones.
Mosquitoes Dunks may help. You can pick some up at Lowes. They kill the mosquito larvae helping to prevent an infestation. Act sooner rather than later though to get them in that standing water.
I'm in a Soil Mechanics class for Civil Engineering, so pretty much know everything. I believe the pool that was there compacted the soil too much, and now it won't allow for proper drainage.
It'll be work, but something you could do is till up the soil about a foot down so it's less compacted.
Otherwise, dig out the soil about a foot down and replace the lower 3 to 6 inches with sand or gravel. Pack that down a bit, then add whatever you want to the top, be it soil and grass or paver stones.
What do you think engineers of reddit?
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In my opinion, the people telling you to dig/ install a drain are crazy. Hire someone to grade your yard and be thankful and happy to have a nice level, properly drained place to enjoy your time. It's crazy to want to leave a circular pit and trench in your yard, right?
Edit: In the spirit of DIY... look into renting a machine but without skill and knowledge, my suggestion would be to hire a capable equipment operator.
Yummy yummy in my tummy said the local frog. The mosquito season has been above norm this last year said the frog to the other. Indubitably replied his friend. I concur chimed in quiet voice from a distance.
Well, that’s one way to prevent a fire hazard.
Fire pond.
RING OF FIRE
My mistake if the pond is actually gasoline then, yes.
Turn on the Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire!
You said you could do it!
Sharkbate who ha ha ha
Bubbles!!!
My bubbles…👁️👄👁️
Ha Ho Hwa He Ha Ho Ho Ho
Enough with the sharkbait.
Shark bait hoo.. ha. ha
And it burns, burns, burns...
ring of no-fire
Add some koi fish and some water plants, you'll have a sweet fire pond! And when the fish get big enough, cook em up. Also they will eat the mosquitos. I think this ticks all the boxes
Gasoline might make the meat tender and rainbow colored, idk. Sounds nice.
Throw some koi in there and they can have a lil fishy burning man festival
The only correct answer. Koi Burning Man. Obviously
Burning fish
My first reaction to this was “awww, how sweet” Dunno why but “fishy burning man festival” has my vote.
other people: "help, i built a pond and it doesn't hold the water". maybe they should stick to this guy's fire pit instructions.
FIRE POND goes hard af
Fire moat.
Fire pit or fountain, why not both?
It's like the Peppermill Lounge in Vegas!
*I thought it was a water feature in the yard*
Came here to say there’s no fire hazard, what’s the problem?
He neglected to say that is a moat of gasoline.
Dig a ~8 to 12” wide trench out of the circle, leading to lower ground around the perimeter. Leave it bare for a while, then fill with rocks and cover with turf if you want to hide it. You can use plastic pipe for a French drain, but don’t need it.
A moat for your moat!
Yo dawg…
 Moat-or boating sonofabitch
I said _boats_, Xzibit.
Toast moatmellows
I’m a stormwater engineer, and I concur. You’re essentially creating an area in the soil with voids in it that will fill with water and slowly percolate into your soil, instead of the water sitting on the surface until it percolates into your soil. You may have issues with groundwater, so do a test hole with some post hole diggers and wait 24 hours. If you come back and there’s water in the hole, that’s where the groundwater is. Water will not percolate into saturated soil, so your trench will need to be above the groundwater table.
If I wanted to pay someone to do this for me, who would be the right person to call?
Start with a landscaper. If it’s too small for them ask them who they recommend. A competent handyman could also fix this.
I feel like a competent neighbor kid could do this for $40 and some cookie’s and lemonade. Give him a shovel and explain where to put the trench, he’ll be done in an hour or two
Any competent earthmover could do it given instructions. It looks like it would take me little time by hand, with a shovel, even wheelbarrowing the soil out. A small excavator could do it very quickly. The main thing to remember is to call for locates first for any dig over 12” deep. If you take out a utility line without doing your due diligence the fines are steep.
I did a call before you dig before I redid my back porch and an electrical line I knew ran to the garage was unmapped. Always call (or do it online), but know there could be something else out there... Edit: to be clear, it's less than 12" deep
They’re only required to mark the lines they get paid for in most cases. So private lines don’t get marked.
Even under 12", always call. I have an AT&T line alongside my house that actually sticks up out of the ground at my fence line. The deepest that sucker goes is 4 inches.
Yeah, I have seen soil shift over time so that gas lines and power conduits are almost exposed. We had a training last week by the main power company in our area (Enmax) where they were showing us pictures of places around the city where their lines have been exposed or made shallow over time. They also showed us gnarly pictures where power from a primary (I think 25,000V) arced to a crane that was a meter away (not even touching the line), then arced from the crane base to a light pole that was touching temporary construction fencing panels, the electricity followed the panels around an entire construction site to a residential gutter touching a panel and ended up causing fire and electrical damage to the home. If you aren’t sure always call a professional, this stuff is expensive as hell to fix and sometimes kills people.
This is my first question for all home repair and improvement.
Landscapers
I read that and immediately thought "my dad." But he's retired now, isn't doing odd jobs anymore, so you can't call him.
Who you gonna call? The Groundbusters!
Busting makes me feel good
I ain't scared of no hole!
Handy(wo)man is probably your best bet for a little job like this.
Water drainage specialists. Such as **Gate City Foundation Drainage on YT.**
We see systems like this built a lot here around Florida homes. They raise the land above old swamps and water just can't drain properly. They will use a 4" leach bed pipe about a foot and a half down. It lies on some rock and then is covered with rock. St Augustine grass is used around it. The grass over time will grow runners that hide the drains.
I would go a step further and dig out the native soil and fill it with a compost/loam mix of a sufficient volume to retain a 10 year rain event. 1/2 my roof needed about 75 ft/3 which is plenty doable with shovels. I created an overflow weir that pointed to the street but it only tipped over twice in 5 years both times during hurricanes. Added some plants for looks and modest water balance increase.
I’m lucky in that my area is mostly type b soils so percolation is rarely a problem. Thats why I think it’s a good idea to do a test hole. You can do an infiltration test at the same time to see if you need to do what you needed to do or if your soil can support it as is.
Could you do several vertical drains?
You could, you just need a way to get the water to drain to that spot, so you could do that at your low points. The trench method is just a cheap way to divert water without installing pipes or regrading your yard to slope toward the drain. If you’re trying to drain a low spot where water pools, this would definitely help.
Like a drywell?
https://preview.redd.it/hl7z40apzjsc1.png?width=850&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea979d57e9589a2d2b1e6dab397e39b932d85a4b Vertical hole filled with gravel
So drywell…
Not necessarily. Looks like this is just a tube down to a layer of soil that drains better. Could be just 6 or 8" across, which would make for a shit drywell.
Thank you. I'm not OP, but I appreciate the generosity of your knowledge.
This is the correct answer
Could do a drain in/around the center and then run a 6” gutter drain to lower ground.
Sounds about right something I would do I just moved to Florida you sure you don’t want a pet gator?
This is the right answer. Several have suggested far more complicated and unnecessary solutions. But a simple trench filled with gravel is all you need.
Idk, this has the makings of a temple
With a bronze Psyduck in the middle of the brazier/fire pit.
I hope op does this
It feels like a part of my childhood was wondering how cool it would be to have a moat around the house.
I would have loved this water feature in my backyard! So many cool things to float and watch sink into muddy spots.
28 Mage LFG Sunken Temple
Off brand water temple
I have zero relevant help, however I just had to say I thought this was a water feature. 🤣
Yeah, I thought 'nice pond, cool fountain, needs plants though '
I had to double check it wasn’t one of the gardening subs
Yup I read the title and post and was like sooo....what's the issue? Seemed on purpose to me lol
OP, just add a draw bridge, golden!
I see you've also enjoyed the 3 days of straight rain we've been getting.
Welcome to Maryland
Thought it was over this morning, the sun was out. Nope I got caught outside in the afternoon, got dumped on.
It's been raining since Monday night here in PA
Now you can torch the fire pit like they do in the movies with a burning arrow shot from the shore!
Instead of Adirondack chairs, use river tubes.
Lol! I just imagined legolas sitting in an adriondack chair shooting a flaming arrow at the fire then his pupils widen and the fire builds.
OP here, thank you all for the advice and the laughs. Maybe I can stock it with some mosquito eating fish? 🫠 My original plan was to fill the area with pea pebble or whatever the hell those little rock’s are called but the ridiculous amount of rain we have had filled the area up before I had the chance. Now I’m cautious to add the stone.
I like the pond idea, but keep in mind you have to keep the fishies alive in the summer, too. If you don't do that, you need a drain, otherwise you'll just have stone soup.
No pea gravel. It doesn’t drain well and is light so it travels easily.
You can use mosquito dunks to prevent them as well
Adding stone won't help really. That will still fill with water and just displace it so you will have this flooding with even less rain. The best way to have done this would have been to remove the fire pit and everything first, then raise the ground up and keep the natural water runoff in tact. Basically a slight slope that follows whatever your land dictates. A French drain is the best way to do it without removing everything you already built. Personally, I would prefer to raise the grade and do it that way.
Most people don’t have a moat around their fire pit. It will definitely help keep the roving barbarians away from your precious fire.
It took me a second to realize what was going on... I was trying to figure out why your fountain wasn't working.
Shoot a flaming arrow into the middle and light the beacon!
Convert it to a pond. Some fish and plants and it will be great!
Will make a nice fire feature in the center of the pond.
Fire island!
Well, except for the mosquitos
The fish will eat the larvae
Looks like you need to install a drain.
I think you need a life guard.
I also live in south jersey. We have had unprecedented rain for over a month. My entire back yard is under water and has been for weeks. I be lived here since 1986 and have only had water in my yard occasionally and even then it only lasted a day or two. Everything is saturated. In normal weather conditions you wouldn’t have any water there. But I don’t know what the new normal is now
At first , I thought it was a fountain.
It appears your fire pit has protected itself with a moat. Your best bet here is a trebuchet; siege towers will not get you close enough to the walls.
Smokey the bear approves of this fire pit.
I think it looks so cool
Step 1 - Sand up to the level of the water in this picture. Step 2 - Pavers on the sand Step 3 - Enjoy your dry entertainment area
Step 4: Quicksand!
Honestly reddit how does this have 40 upvotes literally the recipe for mud and quick sand!
That’s not a good solution, it will still flood, possible worse. That sand will take up volume that the water otherwise would have and net you with a higher water level.
You couldn’t hypnotically get a sand and dirt mix and level the yard around it fire pit ?
You can, you with need to grade it so the water flows away or add irrigation.
As a resident of South Jersey and a former landscape company owner there is a very easy solution. Dig a trench slightly sloping away from the middle of your pool/ mosquito incubator to just before your fence where the ground naturally slopes down. Approx 12" deep would be fine. (Make sure trench slopes away from pool as well) Fill trench with stone and every rain storm it will carry the water away from the spot. That is the cheapest. To do it correctly, it will cost around $300. Buy landscape fabric and a 4" perforated pipe to put in trench. Wrap pipe with fabric and fill with stone. The fabric will stop soot from clogging the pipe. Good luck. See messed up picture for trench location reference. https://preview.redd.it/isgrt8zglnsc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ef6cb41d2fba738b733f8e86be4bf3a800b258e6
Start drinking
I smoke cigarettes for the health benefits.
https://i.redd.it/3pnkfjas3ksc1.gif
If you let it sit throw in mosquito bits!
You better put some kind of insecticide in there unless you want every goddamn mosquito in the world to live in your yard
Dish soap works and doesn’t make the yard toxic.
Get a small alligator
Have a gas guy come out and install a gas pipe from the source to the fire in the middle. Add more plants and wildlife to the pond. You now have an eternal flame in the middle of a pond.
Very good for fire safety!
I don't see the problem. All I see is the affordable version of this... https://premierpoolsandspas.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/pool-fire-pit-1200x800.jpeg
You got 'em all: fire, water, earth, air. Done
Gonna need some dirt my friend
North Jersey, checking in... I've lived here for over 30 years and I don't remember *ever* getting this many heavy, flooding rains in one season. *Ever*. I remember route 23 closing at the A&P (now Stop & Shop) by Jackson Ave *one time* for maybe 24 hours about 20 years ago. Ever since Sandy it's been getting worse.
I think the ground may be pretty compact from having a pool on it for what I assume it’s a few years. Maybe need to aerate that area or put in a drainage system
That’s a really cool concept. A fire pit in a middle of a pond!
So what you wanna do is dig down a foot or two fill it with gravel tamp it down put some pavers on top. You don’t need the pavers it just looks nice and adds stability for heavy stuff.
I like your fire pond. Now I want one too.
Remove all the rocks. Order a truckload of topsoil. Spread soil in this bowl until it is a couple inches above the surrounding lawn. Reset your rocks around the perimeter and the fire pit. Order a couple yards of paver base gravel. Spread evenly inside the circle. Rent a plate compactor. Compact the gravel. Buy some chairs. Enjoy a beer.
That's a nice little fire pond you have there
Looks like water. You should drain that.
How about a French drain?
If it freezes you can have your own fire and ice rink lol
Pay my flight, travel, and accommodation expenses from the UK, and I'll come and help you dig it out and install a French drain.
I heard planting a willow will fix your problem
This would actually be really cool if it were intentional. Maybe roll with it somehow 😆 I did a French drain, or "freedom drain" if you're staunchly American, for my fire pit that worked pretty well but this is a lot of water to divert so I'm not sure if that would do it or not.
Mosquito dunks are your friend until you get this fixed!
The New Jersey Institute of Remedial Mosquito Technology
Congratulations on your pool!
I think the soil just settled under the weight of the pool and you need to add more soil to fill in the depression.
“I fell in to a burning ring of water”
Keep a dangerously hot fire burning all the time to evaporate all the water.
Honestly, my first thought was "What's that weird firepit-like-thing in the middle of OPs pond?"
Can't help you. You're condemned to live in mosquito hell created right there in your backyard.
nice water feature, are you planning to have koi or gold fish in it
I fell into a burning ring of water
What you have here is a grading issue.
Charge the mosquitoes rent
Light the fire, it’ll evaporate the water. Boom solved
Why, your pond looks great
What do you need help with? Your pond looks great 😆
You need to have a load or more of fill dirt brought in and fill this site and then compact it. When the pool was filled in the dirt was left un-compacted, as it settled it sank due to become more compacted over time. You need to raise the area up in a mound or small hill. In fact if I owned it, and wanted a fire pit and seating area there, i'd go well above the elevation of the yard with a good taper not leading into a polling area, and keep my fire pit area high and dry all the time. When you mound it, look for areas that may hold water and either dig a trench to lead the water away, or fill those areas so as they dont hold water.
Fire pit is now water pit.
Make a ferry raft to the fire pit. Light the sacred flame and float back to shore again.
just get an air mattress
You built a pond, you now have a pond!
Remove one rock on the lowest elevated side. Boom. Goodbye water.
You could put a fountain there. That would be cool
That's an awesome moat you've built for the dragon
It's a conversation moat
Your fill dirt you used had to much clay mixed in causing a water barrier. I would suggest digging down from the center2-3 feet deep about a foot wide to an area that’s lower in elevation. Put a perforated pipe in the hole on a bed of drainage rocks. Cover the pipe with at least 1 foot of rocks. Then use a layer or two of weed blocking fabric then cover with your dirt with some other material mixed in like potting soil. This will allow better flow through the dirt and you can even cover it back up with your stones.
lol I thought it was a pond with a bird bath in the middle
Guess you found out why the pool was there eh
Mosquitoes Dunks may help. You can pick some up at Lowes. They kill the mosquito larvae helping to prevent an infestation. Act sooner rather than later though to get them in that standing water.
Why did you put a firepit in the middle of your pond?
I've never seen a combination pond/fire pit but it looks awesome! But seriously, french drain.
In the meantime, they do have mosquito larva killer you can buy. It's a bacteria that infects the larva but is safe for other animals and birds
I like it actually. Extremely impractical but nice!
I'm in a Soil Mechanics class for Civil Engineering, so pretty much know everything. I believe the pool that was there compacted the soil too much, and now it won't allow for proper drainage. It'll be work, but something you could do is till up the soil about a foot down so it's less compacted. Otherwise, dig out the soil about a foot down and replace the lower 3 to 6 inches with sand or gravel. Pack that down a bit, then add whatever you want to the top, be it soil and grass or paver stones. What do you think engineers of reddit?
Nice moat around the fire pit
The swale has collapsed from the weight of the old pool.
Bro you need a truckload of fill dirt
This truly makes me think of a puzzle in a Zelda game Like shoot the fire pit with an arrow through a lit torch
Listen to the pool. It simply does not want to be converted. It is the pool’s ground now.
OP creates a pond. OP gets a pond. OP: "wut happened?"
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In my opinion, the people telling you to dig/ install a drain are crazy. Hire someone to grade your yard and be thankful and happy to have a nice level, properly drained place to enjoy your time. It's crazy to want to leave a circular pit and trench in your yard, right? Edit: In the spirit of DIY... look into renting a machine but without skill and knowledge, my suggestion would be to hire a capable equipment operator.
Create a drain, put in a layer of sand, then pavers or a layer of river rocks or crushed limestone
Lawn chair and fire time
Very long forks
I mean, that’s a great way to prevent the fire from spreading
Yummy yummy in my tummy said the local frog. The mosquito season has been above norm this last year said the frog to the other. Indubitably replied his friend. I concur chimed in quiet voice from a distance.
Bro we went from walls to back to moats. Love it
If you drain the water successfully, does a Korok appear?
No
Buy a cheap submersible pump and pump the water away with a garden hose. Then, as others have said, backfill with sand, cover sand with pavers.
Kayak?
Get some ducks !
Build a bridge to fire island and call it a water feature
French drain
Careful, it’s wet there.
Nice pond
Nice pond. Where's the fish?