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@daihy7889

Жыл бұрын

"Slime" I s algae.NOT duckweed Not t same.

@dinodinosaur2930

Жыл бұрын

🦆🦆🦆 You could build a floating duck house for their protection ... 👏👏👏 Fantastic video ... Your both blessed... Thank you

@ATG.0331

Жыл бұрын

Chemicals!!!! And invasive species will fix all my problems!!!!! Loser

@SpiritBearRanch

Жыл бұрын

@Stoney Ridge Farmer Josh I have a sandy soil and the pond I have the water leaks out can you please give me the link for the damn it I could not find it in none of your information

@waltergrinn508

Жыл бұрын

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I'm in Texas and can relate to your comment about green algae/slime blooms in the hot summer peaks. I made a few bags out of burlap and fill with ground horticultural cornmeal you get at the feedstore. I put about 10-15 lbs into each bag then tie off with some twine so I can anchor to the banks. Throw them as far as you can into the pond (they will sink) and in a week or two that algae with be gone. In the fall I’ll pull out the bags to be used next year. It’s all organic, safe to use, and inexpensive.

@tradcon3096

7 күн бұрын

Very interesting, do you know why this works??

@OxAO

4 күн бұрын

@@tradcon3096 organic corn meal helps bind excess phosphorus in water and balances the water chemistry, which kills off algae. To much will kill to much algae.

I'd like to offer two pieces of construction criticism, if you're interested: 1, aerating your pond will increase fish habitat, reduce algae, and generally improve the health of your pond (I'd suggest a surface aeration system with a draw tube that trails down into the bottom third or so of the depth where it is placed); and 2, avoid applying chemical fertilizers to the grass adjacent to the pond, because it can lead to excessive algae growth and a host of other problems in the pond ecosystem.

I built one on my homestead, I dug down 4 feet and water started pouring in, kept dig down to 12 feet, attached it to my year around creek that comes off a reservoir, the reservoir is fed by four natural springs, we allow 1,100 gallons a minute to come out of the reservoir and feed my creek and some irrigation ditches on the ranch next to me, the reservoir never drops the level of water in it, so basically the springs feed as much water into it as we take out of it plus evaporation. We have clay soil here so it holds the water, I built banks up along my creek and around my pond to bring the water two feet above ground level, then I buried irrigation hoses into the sides of the banks to gravity feed my crops, gardens and pastures. Glad I watched this video I learned about grass karp.

@The18tvw

Жыл бұрын

I wish my pond was spring fed like yours I'd build a hydro plant to power my homestead.

@richardbellsr2345

Жыл бұрын

@@The18tvw I'm off grid, using solar and wind right now but we are definitely going to do some hydrogen power later on.

@annefischer3530

Жыл бұрын

Make sure grass carp aren't illegal in your state.

@Keyspoet27

Жыл бұрын

@@richardbellsr2345 I believe he meant hydro as in water powered, though depending on the spring, there might or might not be enough water pressure to accomplish that.

@wellsincewerehere773

Жыл бұрын

the problem with grass carp is once they reach a larger size they stop eating vegetation

As an environmental science student I really appreciate the work you've done here! I'm glad to see you've done the research. It looks amazing.

Much prefer the pond with habitat over the golf course style ponds.

The ponds are beautiful!! Who doesn't like water features?

When I was a teenager,15, I spent a summer on a big farm near Buchanan, VA it was on the James River on its Easter border. It was a pretty big farm that my grandfather was managing for a rich Doctor from Roanoke. It was 1968 so it was a human labor intensive farm with old tractors and strong backed men. I think they milked ten cows and raised a dozen or so beef cattle and then a big pig operation. 50 or so pigs for fattening and to sale. Chickens for the house , eggs & meat which my grandma to care of she was able to accumulate a large number eggs over 10-14 days which we dropped off at a local store on our way to the big grocery store which was every 2 weeks. We took the extra milk to the main road every morning,where the farm access road started, to be picked up by the milk man. Usually 4-5 big steel metal jugs. They raised corn for hog feed and hay for the milk cows plus they had a very large group of pastures which they rotated on every 3 or so days, which way my main job during my stay there . Cows had their routine and knew as soon as the gates were open were to go. After the cow patties dried we walked around picking those up to put in with the barn manure & pig pens. Grandpa pilled all the up to compost for awhile then spread it around where it was needed. Oh I almost forgot they grew a lot of sweet corn to be delivered at a farmers market in Ronake during season. I sure enjoyed that summer.

@Justaguywithtruth

Жыл бұрын

God Bless Virginia, Family was up in Pulaski after leaving Germany👏😊🙏💪☝👍🇺🇸

@marcoverfelt2956

Жыл бұрын

I was raised in Roanoke 1970 to 77 when the family moved to Florida, I was 7 years old. It was the best time of my life! Just went back to visit a few months ago, still love it, so beautiful!

@klausschwab6808

Жыл бұрын

Wow and they all survived with 0 regulations or bs we have today

@8675-__

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like back in the day when corn tasted like real corn and not water!

@superskunkygrow

4 күн бұрын

I enjoyed hearing that story, only in my 30s but that area is/ was my hometown!

Pond depth is determined by two things: How deep you need it to be to provide reliable habitat, and how long you need it to supply how much water in a drought. Heating in sunlight is controlled by depth, and evaporation during a drought is measured in depth too. Deeper water will last longer!

I used drilling mud ( bentonite ) in our pond to seal it. Old timers would fence in pigs around a new pond dig, add a bunch of leaves between them walking and pooping that would seal up the bottom.

@2Ryled

Жыл бұрын

Wow that is smart.

@swatisquantum

Жыл бұрын

So you dig up a pond, put in pigs, then fence the perimeter of the pond to contain pigs in pond bed. Then let them poo and walk on it to settle the soil to harden it?

@Foodforestculture

Жыл бұрын

@@swatisquantum tamp it down good after digging then keeping/ feeding the pigs in there for a while. I've also learned about this same technique utilizing specifically pig manure. I think it has something to do with the way the pig manure coats the ground that when you add water an algae layer can form sealing the pond eventually

Love that blue water and green grass! Your years of hard work are really showing. You've created your own little paradise! 👍

Fond of the ponds...i ponded the like button

I have a small pond. Only had 6 big catfish first two years. I'm having a problem with keeping the weeds down around outside of it. But since it got overgrown I now have a bunch of catfish of all sizes. Previous owner neve r let anything grow. I'm working on weeds but not the grasses in the pond because from the amount of fish, I did something right. I forgot, frogs so loud u cant hear youself think. I was against turtles untii i watched one eat a snake tail first. Decided i like them. 2 years ago i added brim. Assume they are still there. Pond is basically in my backyard and is spring fed. No problem with skeeters. Thanks for the info.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

yep...sometimes letting nature do it's thing will most certainly bring a better ecosystem to your pond

Hello Dr SE Louisiana. We aren’t far from Mississippi. I’m in agreement with everything you said. We must come together as a country and defend our Constitution 🙌

Josh great info your sharing! Your neighbors is manicured and yours is more natural and fitting for a busy farmer.

This is an awesome video. We purchased a small piece of property that has the beginning stages of a pond. Unfortunately the previous owner used it to dump pallets, trash, etc and need to cleanup before we can do anything else.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

10 күн бұрын

rent a loader, dumpster and get'r done! WOooooO!!

Thank you for this video! So much great information, and perfect timing since we’re about to dig our first pond on our country property.

Good information 👍

Your work here is amazing! I just enjoy these videos.. These talks and milling at Stoney Ridge. Keep em' coming!!

Really excellently done. Always wondered about farm ponds. You have learned so much.

Lessons learned and lessons shared! Thanks.

Very well explained, without getting complicated... well done!

Man josh the place is really coming along and the ecosystem for everything you e done is just amazing. I can't wait to see where its at in another 10 years.

Great video! So helpful. I learned so many things to help me with my pond! Much appreciated.

Thanks for explaining all this, Josh!

There is a lot more to making a pond than I had imagined.

Great information for future pound making. I love what you have accomplished.

Josh this was a very informative video. I have a property in NW Missouri we have owned about 8 years. It has a pond on it we call the cesspool lol. this video has given me some great ideas on how to correct some problems and I have a great dozer man that does pond work. Thanks for the great content on your channel!

I really enjoyed this video, you really need to have a pond to appreciate all the work that goes into keeping a nice one. Ours was an existing pond which was overgrown and had a huge muskrat problem. After years of work we can finally enjoy it with minimal up keep. Your video touches on the main issues of owning a pond and as you point out they don't take care of themselves.

Thanks for sharing! Great to see examples in real time.

Our pond has been here for about 30 years, we’ve had a family of geese come back every year. We also have transient ducks that come and go. I love watching the geese grow up.

thanks for the pond updates. great video. have a great day

Thank you so much for sharing your successes and failures I have learned so much from you 💜

Hey Josh, excellent topic. Water is the sustenance of life. It is all about a reliable clean source and working with nature. Good you have those ponds for the SRF. Take care.

You must have been reading my mind… I need to expand our ponds. Great info

Thank you so much for sharing the video with great content, wish you good health and always success in life

Excellent info! Thank you for sharing😊

Awesome information! Thank you for sharing your knowledge & experience.

Thanks for the info and the grand tour, good stuff. Wooooo!

Very interesting. We are newbies and need to fix our pond. Good info.

Great information.. thank you. saved some of us a lot of work

Excellent info about ponds, you do a great job

Outstanding video and great info!! Will watch more

That looks like a small Lake. your neighbor place is nice.

I really enjoyed the video, you have done a fantastic job with the farm and everything else that goes with the farm, a far sight better than when you started, I remember when you were just beginning living the dream, great video!!!

@goolamhoosennoorbhai3670

Жыл бұрын

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Great video contents, informative, educational and therapeutic.

Great info man thanks- been fighting lily and algae for awhile - be well brother

Some very good ideas and tips, thank you for sharing 👍

Man Dope video. I love the whole thing. You really know how to capture the audience and give great descriptions 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Thank you so much for all the good information

Great video. Very informative. I need to remove some trees from my dam and double my grass carp.

The pond slime is from high nitrogen grass clippings being blown into the water while mowing.

@spacecat86

Жыл бұрын

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@beardjuice

11 ай бұрын

Manure is rich in nitrogen. Grass is high in carbon.

@kyleburdick8771

10 ай бұрын

​@@beardjuicefresh grass is rich in nitrogen, it is a "green".

@beardjuice

10 ай бұрын

Sigh... I stand corrected.

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

8 күн бұрын

interesting idea, but the pond was a slime pit way before I could mow around it

Great video on ponds. We have one thats 1/2 acre. They are nice to have. Thanks for the tips. 👍❤️

Great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I learned a ton.

Josh, Duckweed is actually a very nutrient dense pig feed additive/supplement that is obviously organic and free f you harvest it from your pond.

@markrodrigue9503

Жыл бұрын

Chop it up see if chicken will eat sure there some benefits to duck weed

@cd1168

Жыл бұрын

Yeah you go collect it. Not very easy

@rotisseriebear5394

Жыл бұрын

@@cd1168 Just go fishing. You'll collect it whether you want to or not! lol

@joeyl.rowland4153

Жыл бұрын

@@cd1168 that is not true. A screen sieve will pick it up A large screen for cleaning pools works very well.

@matthewerwin4677

Жыл бұрын

@@cd1168 I built a skimmer with a 5 gallon bucket and a 2" water pump. Built a retaining pool with straw bales and wood stakes. I collected truckloads of duckweed. A couple hundred bucks in materials.

I want a pond so bad! Don't have the money or equipment. My friend has a pond..I learned allot from hope video. Thanks!

Well done Josh nice instructive pond info. Best David

This is a great video. Thanks for the tips! We’re building our own pond from scratch now, gonna use this info!

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

Awesome guys! Drop me an email sometime. We’ll do a colab or something fun!

Can also sow dog food in the pond for catfish.

Great video about homestead and farm ponds. Thank you

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great content as always.Thanks for sharing

You've come so far- it's beautiful!! 👍 EDIT: Don't forget a few bass! 😋🐟

Awesome video. Glad I found your channel!

Great video. Thank you sir!

What a beautiful farm you have !

Great information Josh Thank You for sharing 👍

the rocky shoreline is a habitat...it is considered live living rock..and is good for water purification and provides habitat for natural live fish food....

Thanks soo much, learnt so much I own a 20acre beautiful property Build a pond which enhanced my land But got my answers by watching your educational video on ponds God bless you and your loved ones

Great video! Tons of great information.

Informative! Thank you.

WELL DONE MANY THANKS

Thanks for the great information

I have 2 ponds on my farm in southern Ohio. One is 1 1/3 acres and 17 feet deep maintained by ground water and field drainage, the other is 1 1/2 acres, 25 feet deep and spring fed and is cold. The back pond has silver channel cats, bass, several strains of bluegills, yellow perch, crappies, walleyes rainbow trout, and northern pike. The other pond has cats, bluegills, crappies, yellow perch and bass, a typical southern Ohio bass pond. Both ponds have been set up with the help of Fenders Fish Hatchery, Baltic Ohio. I highly recommend his book on ponds. Every spring and fall, I add 1000 fathead minnows to each. Both ponds have fresh water clams and are clear, and tea stained.

@blueXRPdynamite.

Жыл бұрын

Lets hope its not destroyed by that sinister toxic train wreck.

@ralphgreenjr.2466

Жыл бұрын

@@blueXRPdynamite. that was in eastern Ohio, my farm is in southwest Ohio, about 30 miles from the Ohio River. Thank you for your kind words.

Wow so awesome to have a pond on a property.I don't own a 🏡 house on a property.Anyway,I love relaxing near the pond just beside my apartment.I felt so close to nature🌳🐦 Yeah,its a perfect place for stress out.😊

@swatisquantum

Жыл бұрын

You’re 80% water, 20% soil/minerals. Being around water is like being at home.

you can also put gourami fish in your pond, it is a good plant-eating fish, and it doesn't seem to disturb the ecosystem in the pond 😊

Excellent! Thank you.

My friend ran DEC fish hatcheries in NYS. He told me any pond will support X many pounds of fish. This could be one very big fish or thousands and thousands of tiny fish. Good video Josh. Thanks.

I want one like the neighbors!!! Good video!

Duck week is such a good “problem.” It’s SO good for livestock.

Thankful for the information

Super helpful stuff! Thanks!

Awesome video!! Great and short detail.

I refuse to cut cattails out of a pond. I love Redwings and that is habitat for them.

Number one important thing is fresh running water 24/7

Great video thank you

Great video!so helpful, help me my pond thanks

I "planted" duck weed in my pond, but my 2 carp eat it faster than it can reproduce. I'm wanting to use it for chicken feed, fish feed, etc. Pond dye and Pond Bacteria are definitely needed.

@TheRainHarvester

Жыл бұрын

Use a caged area to exclude big fish and grow Duckweed?

Great information there Josh

Working on our farm pond, too!

I’ve had ducks in my pond for 10 years. I feed them floating Catfish food and cracked corn. Love my pond 🥰🙋‍♀️

Great video Josh!

And you'll half to keep yours maintained.& Mowed down good to also I'd think about removing the vegetation in different areas spread out around pound that'll give it what's called A natural equalization outcome. Cause it's easier to remove the vegetation than trying to add it back.

Very helpful. Thanks

Been having a pond for about 2 decades now here in South texas. It's a great ecosystem tons of wildlife, even have some trophy bass swimming around. Only problem is every year it gets a little more shallow. When I was a kid it was close to 8 feet at its deepest, now in my 30s its only about 3 to 4 feet max, even shallower along the sides. Every summer I try to dig out some muck but I'm just one man and don't really make much of a difference. Just been trying to keep it alive

@moetezouelhazi5699

Жыл бұрын

Check out permaculture videos, there are alot of techniques to rejuvenate your water table / pond, though it'll probably be a years long project.

@youarenotme01

Жыл бұрын

as above, so below. contribute to the aquifer above ponds. dig a trench from highest point to lowest in a sinuous line thst cooperates with topography. you’re just trying to slow the speed of water down the hill, not hold the water. best of luck buddy!

I dont have a pond and will likely never have one. But I watched from start to finish. very educational and entertaining and so well done! thank you : )

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Thank you so much! Great video!

@StoneyRidgeFarmer

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

I've had my KOI POND FOR 22 YEARS ,I WOULD recomend you looking into an aeration system . In a smaller pond you have to keep a small amount of surface from freezing or the fish will all die . They make floating fountains with lights that shine up on the fountain water at night, spectacular . There's an outlet called THE PONG GUY that has everything you need to maintain any size pond .

Awesome video tks for sharing

Love ponds and loved that info👍

Good info. Thanks!