what is the best way to make a peat bog deeper?

[cfitton1991]

i have several little peat bog areas in the back of my woods and they are only a few feet deep up to my buttcheeks lol just wondering what the best way to make it a little deeper like up to my neck. of course i will be doing this in spring sinces i live in mass and its freezing. any help would be nice

[Fred588]

i have several little peat bog areas in the back of my woods and they are only a few feet deep up to my buttcheeks lol just wondering what the best way to make it a little deeper like up to my neck. of course i will be doing this in spring sinces i live in mass and its freezing. any help would be nice

Unless the bottom is made of something that can be loosened, which is very unlikely, the best method will involve using some type of shovel.

[cfitton1991]

thanks so much thats what i thought anyway

[Nessie]

Fred is correct about the shovel.

In the event the bottom is loose, though, just keep sinking in it...and when you're done playing, take some time to rip up the bottom with your feet.

I've deepened a couple mudpits that way.

Nessie

[cfitton1991]

thanks a ton for the info guys i will not be going in until it gets warmer out since its snowing here. i definitely hope to get this done so i have it big enough to have me an perhaps a female companion in at once. could be a new years resolution in the making well the female companion thing at least haha

[Boggy Man]

I find that the best time to loosen the mud deeper down is early in the season, when water is covering the mud. Loosening the main mud in the pit into the water by lots of pulling up and mixing with your hands and feet makes it then easier to get the stiffer bottom stuff dislodged with your feet, which is then mushed up into the rest of the mud with your hands (I find rubbing it between your hands while keeping it submerged in the looser mud/water dissolves it into the mud/water most easily). If you keep at it, then by the time the water levels drop enough to expose and thicken the mud, you will have a deeper pit to sink into.

[cfitton1991]

thanks again for these awesome tips sinking this spring should be better than last. since last year i snuck into my neighbors yard and used his natural mud pit that was amazing but he saw me using it one day and put a no trespassing -_- i told him i was cooling off cause it was like 80 degrees and i was in need of a mud bath that day hehe

[PM2K]

Another key to this is patience and perseverance. It took me a decade of cultivating to get my sinking spot as "perfect" as it was going to get... just continuing to deepen it with my feet and hands... clearing out any clutter like weeds, roots and such. It has gotten to the point where I really don't have to do much to liven it up and get it ready for its next victim...

I am a tad worried, though. This year, with the dry conditions, it nearly dried out and remained unusable to me... I'm hoping this is just temporary... hate to break off a relationship I worked so hard on over the years...

[cfitton1991]

i guess it all depends on where you live at i hope it doesnt dry up if it does i'll take a hose to it either way im going deeper!

[Boggy Man]

I also forgot to mention that if the already soft stuff is loosened into the water covering it early in the season to make it soft enough, then it might be easier to use a shovel to dig up the bottom in the watery mud, after which you can then mush up the pieces with your hands to mix it into the looser stuff.