Having a small garden pond is a constant battle | How we keep the water clean (natural methods)
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- We're back at our new garden pond! It's been a few weeks since we filled it with water. We always knew it would be a fight against algae, so we tried some natural ways to clean the water a little. Let's have a look at how the pond is doing at the moment :)
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The pond and entire garden are looking beautiful. What a great retreat from the rest of the world. Also the birds sound like a symphony of music in the background. Awesome.
Thank you 😉 Your description is spot on. I (Peter) always feel like that when I am at the country house in the garden - great retreat from the rest of the world 💚
Love your little pond! What a huge change in the water after a few short weeks! It looks great as does all your flowering gardens and shrubs! I also love how you protect nature by using safe, natural products to keep the environment healthy! Another enjoyable, peaceful video! Take care guys! Hugs!
Thank you, Peggy! It all changes so quickly, it's amazing to see 😊 We love nature so it's only natural that we want a slice of it in our garden 💚
You all are creating your little Slice of Heaven There
Thank you, glad you like it 😉😊💚
All the insects and creatures love your attempt to give them a beautiful place to feed, rest, and play. Thank you for all your hard work. One day you will say, "It was all worth it!"
The pond is a wonderful work in progress and growing very fast. By next spring, so much natural growth of the plants and water lilies are going to look so overwhelming beautiful to take in for sure. Great job guys. ❤❤
Thank you, Calvin! It so cool to observe it every day. Looking forward to how it will look next year 😊
Those Iris's are beautiful
Thank you, we love them 😊
Oh no! The poor algae. Algae is used in thousands of foods that most of us don’t realize. I’m sure Cooking with Peter could, for example, harvest the algae and add it to bread dough. 😃. Homemade superfood bread! Thanks for the video ❤❤
Oh no Greg, not these algae that just cause the water to be green. They are single-cell organisms, so you can't just take a piece and put them into your soup 😀 But you never know, maybe I will figure out a recipe with green water from the pond for the next Cooking with Peter episode 😂
Peter, the lavender/white bearded Iris are so healthy and large blooms. I can see why you would be excited! Then the bright yellow roses took my breath away. You both have excellent taste when it comes to planting a country garden so close to nature.
Aww, so nice of you to say. The flowers make our days beautiful 😊
I love the sound of the water and the rock garden 😊 Your own little paradise ✨️ Thanks for sharing this, much love 💕
Thank you 😊 We love spending time in the garden and we always walk by the pond and rock garden now 💚😊
Peter, you have a good man in Tommy. Count your blessings as he worked his magic at the fire pit. Love you guys. I hope you fed him well after that. I know you are a great cook.
I know, I count my blessings every day and I feed him well 😁
🇲🇽👋. What a fascinating project. T&P always have interesting projects. We love Tommy and Peter💕
Thank you, guys! 😉😊
The change in the color of the pond water, in just one week, is impressive, evidently the products you used are the appropriate ones.
The water lilies are growing quickly and they also are going to help to keep the algae growth down.
Irises look dreamy and sophisticated but even the daisies, in their simplicity, are also beautiful.
Congrats guys on all your efforts to make your garden a more beautiful place. Super thumbs up.
We were so surprised with the change of the water clarity. Thank you very much Liliana! We can't wait for some flowers of the water lilies, but that will probably happen next year 😊
Love the irises and the pond.
We like how nicely they grow 😊 Thanks.
Congratulations Tommy and Peter! What a change....and the lily pads seem to really like it, along with the tall grasses. You did it!
Many thanks 😉😊
You could always buy an algae eater from pet store. I would recommend at least 2 based on size of pond.
Thanks for the tip. We have even heard that there are some "water ladybugs" that like to eat algae. We'll see how it goes 😁
Tommy, that was beautiful addition to the pond area to just use the mound of dirt you removed to add drought resistant plants to bring even more beauty to your garden. It's all going to co.e together and be breathtaking 😍.
Thanks, the rock garden is a nice addition to the pond 😊
Nice update, gentlemen !
The pond and the rockery will look fantastic.
Thank you. We love watching how it all grows every day. Hopefully the rock garden will be amazing, similar to the herb garden where all the herbs spread a lot 😊
You have made a wonderful transformation in your pond from too much algae to a healthy balance. I learned a lot from your experience and presentation. Now I would like to try creating a pond like yours.
Thank you 😉 We'll see how it continues but we think once it finds the stable balance, it will be great. Aww, so cool that we've inspired you. You now kinda know what to expect 😉
Don't make the water too clear. If you put fish or other animals in the water they need to be able to hide from predators. It looks good the way it is. Good job!
Don't worry, it won't be too clear. With the rising summer temperatures, it will be an ongoing challenge 😀 The little animals can already hide around the plants or various rocks, so that's nice. There are quite a lot of predatory insects, which we like 😊 Thanks 😉
Great pond. Red clover can be pretty.
Thank you 😊 We love red clover, but it's an annual plant, and we would like to have something around the pond that stays there, kinda just instead of grass. We might mention red clover next time 😉
I really want to see your garden mature and become part of nature. A lot will change and grow in the coming years. I'm so curious, I hope you don't forget to keep us informed, because it already makes me very happy.
We can't wait! So many various plants, trees and shrubs have been planted and it will be amazing once they are bigger. Glad you like our garden 😊
Wow! Amazing progress on the pond and its plants! And I like the organic treatments you've applied to clear up the water!
Thank you, Michael. We are happy that the methods seem to be working 😊
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Great job guys. We had a concrete pond in our backyard at the first house we lived in. If you can get some toads to start breeding in your pond you will find that the tadpoles eat a lot of algae. Water hyacinth is also great for cleaning the water. ❤❤
Thank you! That sounds very good 😉 We would love to have frogs in the pond from time to time. Sometimes we can see a toad on our property, so hopefully one day 😊😁
Wow that was so interesting guys. Using science to produce such a natural and balanced pond environment. Also loved the rock garden. Such a good idea to concentrate an area that thrives in dry conditions. It is difficult for you to give all the time you want to your garden having to live and work in the city. You really are doing amazing though.
Thank you very much 😉 We were so glad that the methods have been working. It might change is summer when it's too hot, but it's nice to know that it's possible to keep the algae under controll. Glad you like the little rock garden too 😊
A water aerator or a water cycle would help tremendously. Some people use a water cycle as a water feature made out of rocks which Returns the water over and over again which is a method of aerating. I'm not sure if you have a power source to your pond but there are several types of water cycling or water aeration available for different needs and types of ponds.
Sadly we don't have a power source near the pond. It would be great to have a little waterfall, but it would also cost some money to let it run. Anyway, we are glad we can at least have the little solar water fountain 🙂
I had a pond but it had a waterfall so it behaves differently. It had rocks in the bottom which were supposed to harbor bacteria to digest nutrients. I didn’t have a problem with blue-green algae but I did with string algae. Supplements were supposed to stop that but didn’t. I would just grab and pull it out by the handful.
I recommend putting water features near where one sits outside. Water noises are naturally soothing.
I visited rack gardens in the Czech Republic. One as large as .25 hectares. They were breathtaking.
With a waterfall, that must have been amazing 😊 String algae are "better" to have, because like you said, you can manually remove them compared to just having a green water 😁
Yes, water sounds are great, so soothing 😊 Wow, so nice that you had the opportunity to see some of these rock garden!
I'm loving following the growth of the pond - I love ponds - and did I hear correctly you have dragonflies? Those are great for eating mosquitos, and they're pretty. I can't wait to see how the clover goes!
Yes, we saw dragonflies flying around, but only a few. They haven't made themselves home yet here by our pond, but hopefully they will 😊 We can't wait to see how it goes with the pond. Thank you 😉
How wonderful for you to see results from all your research, shopping, and additions to make the pond water more clear! Congratulations. Great idea editing so that we got to see the before and the after!! In contrast, I have been trying for two weeks to live trap a rabbit that got into my garden: I got the trap, bought recommended rabbit bait (apples, carrots, lettuce), wear gloves to keep my scent off the trap and the bait, but no luck. All I catch are squirrels. So take pride in your success with your algae! 🙂 How wide will the trunk of your willow get? I am worried about how close it is to your pond.
Thank you, glad you liked how the video was edited. We also liked how every week the water was different 😁 This kind of willow shouldn't be too big, so it should be ok with the distance from the pond. Good luck catching the rabbit. Doesn't sound like fun at all 😬
Really enjoyed that video, boys. Love the pool too. BYW, Algae is pronounced algi rather than algay. Glad you got the green water under control. Sorry I haven’t commented much lately, life here in Ireland has become very busy of late. Best wishes from your pal in Ireland. Stefan x
Thank you. We gave up on the correct pronunciation of the word algae, because it seems everyone thinks it is pronounced differently. British English, American, Australian, South African... So, let's pretend that how we say it, that is the Czech English 😀 Greetings to Ireland 😉
@@tommyandpeter Well…so long as we agree that British English is the standard, anything else, while acceptable, falls short. 🤣🤣🤣 Either way, I’m glad you got the algae problem resolved. Clarity is everything. Stefan x
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Hi, welcome to our channel 😉 That makes us happy to hear that you've been enjoying our videos 😊 You can comment in the old videos too, we get notified about that, so we see all comments. Just know that the oldest videos are quite terrible and awkward, haha 😀 Greetings to Chicago, so cool that there is a Czech community there.
Guys I had same issues even though my pond is stone made. Visit any large pet shop in your area like zoo plus, pet network also known as pet centar, zoo city or similar and go to section for fish aquariums terrariums and etc. They have a lot of stuff to fight this and have clear water with healthy fish, turtles or even visiting ducks and birds. Did not watch whole video yet cos my character does not allow me to skip order of watching and we are still stuck around your Cyprus vacation lol.. my life drastically changed since the kids are grown up and I become grand uncle and since I cut all tides with both my mum and sister except the Important stuff and finally have life of my own again. We are spending some time in Iceland some in Croatia and probably will end up completely in Iceland, but so far Miron je not yet reads to leave good job here and friends snd his own place so it is work in progress..
Hi, we tried various methods as could be seen in the video and they seem to be working well, the water cleared up at the end of the video 😊 Your life is like a movie, you never know what will happen. Hopefully you'll choose a nice place to live.
@@tommyandpeter haha isn't everyones life like a movie, after all movies are made by real life inspirations, unless it is sf.. i actually bhought a lot of water plants and stones for ponds and some kind of soil and before doing that i added some kind of luiqid for aquauriums coz it was so green and i dont know how to describe it, it even had an odour, started to found dead fishes.. well at this point i made decision for myself, miron for himself, so none of us cant resent the other one in future and we bhoth made some compromises to make it work, each one of us for himself, i gave up upon idea to move completlyand found solution wich will work best for me and he found solution for himself, at the end it works for both of us..
Algae=Al gee. English is a messed up language. You two are awesome and learning things along with you is fun!
It has different pronunciation in British vs American English. In British English it should be how we pronounced it in the video. But yeah, English can be very confusing. In some topics that are more into detail, like here when we were explaining, we don't have enough vocabulary for the topic, and when we look up some words, we don't even know which version we should choose 😀
Are you gonna put some fish too it would be amazing have a nice day lovely couple
Like we said in the video, no fish for now. But maybe later, in the upcoming year. We'll see 🙂
your pond is looking great...what is your water evaporation rate like do you top up level often?...are you condsidering adding other surface floaters like water hyacinth or water lettuce...I enjoy your content and you are constantly inspiring me!
Thank you, makes us happy to hear that you enjoy our videos 😊 We had quite a few thunderstorms in the past weeks, so we didn't have to add water to the pond. But when it's dry, then it needs to be done, maybe once every two weeks or so. All depends on the weather. We'll see about various plants in the future. So far, we've been testing the ones which we have, if they do well here.
You can put Mosquito Fish in the pond, they eat Mosquito larvae and are very hardy ❤
Thanks for the tip. For now there won't be any fish, but later when the pond is more established and the plants grow, we might get some fish, we'll see 😊 Luckily there are no mosquito larvae in the water at all; various small predatory insects live in the water now and that's not good for mosquitoes 😀
@@tommyandpeter Excellent!!! Having a water feature attracts so much wildlife and beneficial predators ❤️ Dragonflies and Lightening bugs both have an aquatic larval stage.
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