Huge Pond Build - 30ft deep - Permaculture for big boys. So large it's an ecosystem.

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  • Опубликовано: 21 окт 2023
  • #pond #pondbuild #permaculture
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  • @eliinthewolverinestate6729
    @eliinthewolverinestate6729 5 месяцев назад +3

    Plow your snow into the pond for extra water. Planting shade trees around it will help keep it cooler and from evaporating.

  • @allanallansson9532
    @allanallansson9532 7 месяцев назад +3

    Best use of diesel and steel: Creating long lasting structures that provide resilient ecoservices! 👍

  • @kerricolwell5080
    @kerricolwell5080 7 месяцев назад +8

    We have a large small pond and wish we could have went bigger. The life it brings to our yard all year round is worth it!

  • @Kelsdoggy
    @Kelsdoggy 7 месяцев назад +4

    What a lovely guy! Such great charisma

  • @mgdubya27
    @mgdubya27 7 месяцев назад +4

    Living the dream. I'll be copying you some day.

  • @tylerk.7947
    @tylerk.7947 7 месяцев назад +1

    Don’t skimp onthe planting! You have an amazing opportunity to create something truly amazing with the right plant selection and design. In 10,20,30 years from now you’ll thank yourself. Just my two cents, great job by the way

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  7 месяцев назад

      I’ll do my best. I’m always rushing to get trees in the ground, and for year it looks like nothing. 🙏✌️

  • @raymondheckard234
    @raymondheckard234 7 месяцев назад +5

    Also will the pond being 30ft deep, you can use it for geothermal heating the house and green houses in the winter

  • @kennedygolfhead4356
    @kennedygolfhead4356 7 месяцев назад +6

    It's so nice to see you again! Must have been a busy summer.

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  7 месяцев назад +3

      Looking forward to winter, which forces me to stop. 😂✌️

  • @user-eo7cf2cd7k
    @user-eo7cf2cd7k 5 месяцев назад +2

    What an inspiration!

  • @joec9680
    @joec9680 7 месяцев назад +4

    I appreciate you sharing your wealth of knowledge. Your videos are top notch. Thank you sir

  • @Thewildmindofmike
    @Thewildmindofmike 7 месяцев назад +4

    Incredibly impressive. You took my experiment to times 1 million 🤠. Awesome job!

  • @sherry5282
    @sherry5282 7 месяцев назад +4

    I love the pond.. you guys are sure livin the good life!

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  7 месяцев назад +2

      One day I’m going to sit down and enjoy it. 🙂

  • @DJ-uk5mm
    @DJ-uk5mm 7 месяцев назад +1

    Fantastic we’ll done 😊

  • @heronthere
    @heronthere 7 месяцев назад +3

    That depth helps A LOT with evaporation. Very nice

  • @Interglacial_optimist
    @Interglacial_optimist 7 месяцев назад +2

    You rock.

  • @_MikeJon_
    @_MikeJon_ 7 месяцев назад +1

    Now this is the best example of working smart and not hard.

  • @dkiresearch4423
    @dkiresearch4423 7 месяцев назад +5

    great video. thinking about doing the same on a 20 acre slough, that was a decent lake 50 years ago. We're talking Billy Gerhart sized swamp extractors ;) ( oak island) - so much that can be done with some creativity.

  • @patricklyons7683
    @patricklyons7683 7 месяцев назад +1

    Solitude; lovely lake for night time bat listening kit. While they skim the water for moths & what not. Hope you add some dead trees in a quite spot for bugs & insects to scurry about & help feed the fishes.

  • @Tracysbrokenwing
    @Tracysbrokenwing 7 месяцев назад +3

    Excellent work!! That's very cool that everyone and thing is benefiting. That water looked really clean too. Good job!!

  • @paulkainer269
    @paulkainer269 25 дней назад +1

    Love it

  • @Joseph_Dredd
    @Joseph_Dredd 7 месяцев назад +1

    Giving it away free is always a way to ingratiate oneself with ones neighbours - even bigger win!!!
    :)

  • @melonetankberry5211
    @melonetankberry5211 7 месяцев назад +3

    thanks for the update. i look forward to the next one.

  • @chrisgibson9629
    @chrisgibson9629 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great video

  • @user-fi6nn7hx8q
    @user-fi6nn7hx8q 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great!

  • @louderbackbarry
    @louderbackbarry 7 месяцев назад +1

    That’s awesome

  • @ashleylovepace1941
    @ashleylovepace1941 7 месяцев назад +1

    Now that’s a nice hole! Nice to see you again!

  • @mirkopg69
    @mirkopg69 7 месяцев назад +2

    Another job well done 👏

  • @mechanics4all405
    @mechanics4all405 7 месяцев назад +1

    fantastic

  • @PigzHeadNz
    @PigzHeadNz 3 месяца назад

    Well done.👍

  • @sjrmike
    @sjrmike 7 месяцев назад +4

    if the rainbows don’t do well, try using brown trout because they can handle warmer water easier from what i understand.

    • @dickdavidson3616
      @dickdavidson3616 7 месяцев назад

      True, but natural brown trout might be slower growing. At that depth the summer water temperature should remain chilly hopefully.

  • @jamiesharpe1532
    @jamiesharpe1532 7 месяцев назад +2

    Always appreciate the videos, thanks.

  • @ottawaan7326
    @ottawaan7326 7 месяцев назад +1

    Oh man, the geese and ducks are going to pile in there heavy! Enjoy!

  • @ChristianBaril
    @ChristianBaril 7 месяцев назад +2

    Not sure if you are gona need it but ive seen lots of artificial ponds/lakes with an areator to help prevent the formation of algae. Tho im sure you're already thought about it! It helps also oxygenate the water for the fish/wildlife.

  • @aaronh4963
    @aaronh4963 7 месяцев назад +2

    Keep working! keep Inspiring! love the vids bud.

  • @dickdavidson3616
    @dickdavidson3616 7 месяцев назад +3

    Great build even get a super ice rink as well. You’re a trailblazer! Love your holistic microclimate and ecosystem approach. Can’t wait to see your livestock operation begin.

  • @lkhfun6575
    @lkhfun6575 7 месяцев назад +4

    Lakes have a water source like a river, and I believe an outlet of water as well. Great work!

  • @jewlzf9476
    @jewlzf9476 7 месяцев назад +1

    Heading your way in couple weeks not looking forward to the snow there calling for :(

  • @Swampwild1
    @Swampwild1 7 месяцев назад +3

    Great work. Exactly right on everything you’ve saying. Your experience skills were really valuable! The only thing I would say is that old cycles won’t mean much with climate change, but your doing the best possible thing either way. Good thing you don’t need a 10 year long impact study first!

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  7 месяцев назад +2

      Before modern ag and coastal cities, the land held back a lot more water. I can see how that change could change things for the worse. Ironically California (biggest government bureaucracy) has the most uncontrolled wildfires and drought. Go figure. 😂

    • @Swampwild1
      @Swampwild1 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@ArkopiaRUclips The history of how California agriculture was created and how the native population was treated is fascinating. Water needs to be allowed to follow it’s old flow patterns as much as possible. Original inhabitants knew that floods were a time of abundance that recharged groundwater. The overflows efficiently calmed the water energy. Greed, arrogance and ignorance of our early 20th century settlers led to all this. We have to go back to aboriginal ways.

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  7 месяцев назад

      @@Swampwild1 Not much water is allowed to be held back. Storm drains to the ocean also carrying the topsoil seems smart🤪

  • @Tsuchimursu
    @Tsuchimursu 7 месяцев назад +2

    You're just killing it, fixing off all the boxes of me dreams xD
    At least I now have a pile of up cycled 60 by 240cm glass in my barn... Hopefully I'll be able to catch up one day. :)

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  7 месяцев назад +1

      Not a race. I don’t feel set up. All my projects are unfinished. It’s a journey, just keep at it. ✌️

  • @rob379lqz
    @rob379lqz 7 месяцев назад +4

    Yabut… the British refer to going across the Atlantic Ocean, as “going across the pond”. I’m still confused, but at least I know my bathtub is just a bathtub… unless it’s clear like a sea, or a swamp, after I get out. Sheesh, water is difficult. 😮

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  7 месяцев назад +2

      😂

    • @ws4860
      @ws4860 7 месяцев назад

      We use the same saying in Germany. Going acoss the Atlantic Ocean is called "going across the big pond" The use as a synonym for the Atlantic Ocean is best known, but in Northern Germany the expression 'big pond' is used for 16 other bodies of water. Funny.

  • @isaacchristensen659
    @isaacchristensen659 2 месяца назад +1

    Would you consider weighing down a couple of logs/debris at the bottom of the pond for the future aquatic wildlife that’ll live in there?

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  2 месяца назад +1

      Oh for sure I will be putting structure down there. ✌️

  • @ws4860
    @ws4860 7 месяцев назад +2

    My father was an amateur fisherman and already I learned as a child that trout need running water. Unlike carp. They love standing water. I've never liked carp because they always taste musty. Now I'm confused. Do trout survive in stagnant water?
    What about pangasius, zander, Zärte (lat. Vimba vimba) or various types of crab? They should also be able to be maintained.

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  7 месяцев назад +1

      Rainbow trout is the go-to extreme cold weather pond fish around here. I haven’t heard of anyone where I live doing anything else. Sounds like a challenge for me. 😂

  • @capthappy345
    @capthappy345 7 месяцев назад +1

    Everyone likes free shit! Nice system!

  • @johnskillen6208
    @johnskillen6208 7 месяцев назад +1

    a year ago i opened our dug out again had a dozer clean it. kept sluffing back in . used old hoe went 15 feet deep i burmed it up all around and so far not filling back up. nest summer want to make it a lot bigger. we will be planting trees all around . lots of wildlife use the water. we add collidal silver water to keep the water clean

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  7 месяцев назад

      This clay sure doesn’t sluff back in. Just gets carved out streams a little by heavy runoff. Colloidal Silver fixes all. 👍

  • @peterharvey7844
    @peterharvey7844 7 месяцев назад +1

    Um, where is you water table?
    Are you going against any municipal regulations?
    Are you concerned about contamination of surface water to groundwater?
    Excellent build
    By the way 😊

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  7 месяцев назад +1

      Water table is higher than any farm dugout around here. Not concerning at all. ✌️

  • @catalhuyuk7
    @catalhuyuk7 7 месяцев назад +2

    I know the difference between a boys club and the rest of us.

  • @jewlzf9476
    @jewlzf9476 7 месяцев назад +2

    Looks great! So what’s the next project now?

  • @CynthiaTilley-vi5dd
    @CynthiaTilley-vi5dd 7 месяцев назад +1

    A lake is a body of water that is large enough for a swan to take off and fly ,a pond isn't.

  • @Colt-qj5ub
    @Colt-qj5ub 7 месяцев назад +2

    First

  • @jakelemay7913
    @jakelemay7913 7 месяцев назад +1

    Dog, funny.

  • @AngelaMerkeltree
    @AngelaMerkeltree 7 месяцев назад +1

    Why don't you have any plants? It will help with infiltration, water quality, aquatic life, insects to help feed the fish, etc. Make some riparian habitat!

    • @ArkopiaYouTube
      @ArkopiaYouTube  7 месяцев назад

      Excavator just left digging it, and it’s October in Saskatchewan (everything is frozen dead) ✌️