a little goes a long long way

Do not, no never ever , stop immediately, don' do it ever, build a pond in your backyard! What a job. water water everywhere and no place for it to go. Who would have believed that this stupid little pond could have more water in it then it could hold. We tried to drain it but it keeps coming we have managed to make a pond on the field to the south us, not that they didn't have one already, we just made it bigger. The problem is the city has not provided an adequate drainage system so it doesn't have any flow to it that's worth a hoot. So I guess we need professional help or our heads examined. I hope we don't get in to trouble with anybody because of this. We aren't spring chickens. This pond is zapping us physically. The ditch from the pond to the street is about 300 feet. We did OK until we got into tree roots, Matthew snap his shovel in two, plus laying the pipe is about 10.00 per 10 feet. yiks! And now it's rainning. I'm sure the neighbors are having a good laugh. We were out trying finish this trench we dug but the last 10ft have been horrible. Our shoes are so weight down with mud you can hardly move and that wet clay dirt weights a ton to try and shovel. God help us. That's all I can say.