Pond Update: Summer 2023 - Can You Help Us Fill It?

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11 ай бұрын

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@billsnedden7297 11 ай бұрын

Utilize the retention area by the berm. Do some surveying to identify the lowest spots. Selective clearing and grading (not deep) to connect them (retention area). Run a pipe w/ a valve to the pond. Use the snow and spring rain during summer. The pond will drop thru late summer/fall making room for next year. I like the windmill and well idea too. Use what you have first.

@JimmyTwain 4 ай бұрын

This is a little late but you could use a backwater valve which is basically the same thing as a check valve except the little flap opens and closes by gravity. We use them on sanitary and storm mains.

@IndyFarmLife 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Not too late, we still need water! Ha. May have to explore that

@freddyk3997 10 ай бұрын

I would use french drains to channel the water to a lower retention pond and than use a hydraulic ram pump to feed the main pond.... just a thought cheers

@IndyFarmLife 10 ай бұрын

I can definitely get behind having a retention pond and pumping water over. May need to given that the pond sits higher than most the area. Wouldn't I need active flow for a ram pump though?

@freddyk3997 10 ай бұрын

You know, I thought about that after further reviewing the hydraulic pump. The only thing that comes to mind is and you will laugh, is to create a dry hole to allow for the hydraulic pump to get the pressure needed to pump the water in the man pond. Yet due to the hydraulic pump would put water into the dry hole. Ok were back to square 1. Just a thought though....😆

@Kcolby47 11 ай бұрын

What about a well with a real working windmill? Decorative, no electricity, and you get water. Just a thought.

@IndyFarmLife 11 ай бұрын

We do have a fair amount of wind across our property. I would still be in it for the cost of drilling the well, but it would be nice to be able to skip out on running electricity. Any idea how much volume/depth those can pump?

@Kcolby47 11 ай бұрын

@@IndyFarmLife No I don’t, and haven’t researched it. It would depend on the size etc. I’ve seen windmills that are used around ponds for water and for pond aeration as well as decorative, but know nothing about them. I know The Aermotor Windmill Company is a well known American company has been around since the 1800’s, but I have a feeling other brands would be less expensive. I enjoy your channel and just thought it was interesting idea.

@petenelson8136 11 ай бұрын

You might try a rain dance :-) (just kidding). Needing a constant flow of water means like you mentioned you'll need a well. Getting a well that produces enough gpm is a crap shoot (at least that's what my well guy said). I just had a well dug for my new house and it's at 140' on a gravel bed. 5" casing, water now at 11' and it's producing 110 gpm. Something like that would do the trick, but as the well guy said, we could have dug 10' over and had 10 gpm = we got very lucky. You mentioned the shed and putting in a berm to channel the water to the pond. To me that seems like your most inexpensive option, though not giving you a constant flow, it will help to fill the pond when you do get rain. Best of luck with whatever you decide. Love watching what your doing with your place. How about some more videos on your home renovation you were working on before you had your baby?

@IndyFarmLife 11 ай бұрын

Haha, thanks Pete, I always appreciate your input. Our current well is 200' with the first 175' being clay before they hit the gravel bed. It has a 4" casing. They rated it at 25GPM. If I knew I could get your kind of flow, I would definitely go that route! That's impressive. Long term, I think that's what I'll have to do and I may try some of these 'bandages' in the near term (when I have time). The basement project is coming along. Hoping to call for final inspection soon. I still have a decent amount of cabinetry work to complete and may document that process as well! There will be an update at some point. Just been working on it when I have time.

@SpicerDesignsLLC 11 ай бұрын

Man thats a tough one. What about one of those windmill well pumps?

@IndyFarmLife 11 ай бұрын

It is! We do have a fair amount of wind, in that case we would only be in it for the cost of drilling the well, not the constant energy of running it. I don't know much about them though. Our current well is 200ft deep. Curious what kind of power output a windmill would have/if it could bring water up from those depths.

@SpicerDesignsLLC 11 ай бұрын

@@IndyFarmLife i dont know much about them either

@andypowlesland599 11 ай бұрын

French drain system from the second pond area

@IndyFarmLife 10 ай бұрын

This is likely where I will end up! Thank you!

@andypowlesland599 10 ай бұрын

Dig a trench, Chuck in a bit of stone to cover the bottom, add some perforated pipe… back fill with stone…. Job done

@chriselliott2967 11 ай бұрын

I think I would consider adding more backcuts in the areas that slope away. Also I would still use the current well to add water. I wouldn't run it very long to avoid burning up the pump but would do it every day. Cool water added will slow evaporation. The warmer the water is, the faster it will evaporate. Plus well water can reduce algae, which will reduce how much chemicals you need, but you may need to dye more often.

@IndyFarmLife 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the input! Yea, I think more natural flow (although it may be small) would help to some degree. I think I'll likely on day end up with a dedicated well. That's a great point about the cooler water temps and evaporation. What is the science behind algae reduction from well water? That would be a huge benefit!

@OneEyeCustoms 11 ай бұрын

What about French drains to the pond after you fill in the low spot with the huge berm material pile. Strip the topsoil first.

@IndyFarmLife 11 ай бұрын

I like the idea about the french drains. Drop them in and have them 'back cut' into the pond. If I can avoid ripping top soil, trucking clay, and re-laying the top soil, that would be ideal. It's probably the best long term fix, but in the short term, I won't have the time to complete such a project.

@monicabennett8238 11 ай бұрын

Having trouble with mine filling also.

@IndyFarmLife 10 ай бұрын

Mother nature is in control!

@timolando 11 ай бұрын

What size poles did you use for the shade sail? Do they flex?

@IndyFarmLife 11 ай бұрын

21ft chain link fence top rails that are buried in the ground in a sleeve about 5ft. Below is that video. They flex a little, but I put guy wires on them. It's been awesome. The shade is also linked in that video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9uofcZ_sd2ce4k.html

@Reggiekranz 10 ай бұрын

You need to put drainage through you giant pile of dirt. That's the real fix

@IndyFarmLife 10 ай бұрын

You mean to let the trapped water escape? That would take us in the wrong direction. Right now the berm stops it and then my back cut brings most of it back into the pond.

@Reggiekranz 10 ай бұрын

Yes. Fill that cut you made, back in so water can't flow out of the pond towards the berm and then put drainage through or along the berm

@IndyFarmLife 10 ай бұрын

@Reggiekranz When the pond is low, that cut still fills it. When it's high, it does flow backwards. I wouldn't want to take water from that area and redirect it through/around the berm though. It needs to make its way back into the pond. It's a lot of water.