Instant Pond

[bindian]

More ponds!!! :laughing:



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Danno1,
Sadly, that will have to wait until I purchase my retirement property. However, our crew at work is off 17 days at Christmas and New Year's. What will I do?
hugs, Brandi

 

[dave1949]

Thanks Brandi, it will be when its done. At 52 its not as easy as it once was. BVuying this little Yanmar will help out a lot hopefully. This spring the shop gets another 500 sq ft on the right side and a mid room in front of that shed side with the windows which I am now building my rock hearth in. It will be semi livable if need be. Right across from the shop the barn goes in and down where the trailer is, one day a barn style home to match the shop. The shop will be covered in cedar. I used what I had. I am adding a passive solar greenhouse this spring and our garden. We are having a blast. Lots to do. Thanks for the heads up.

RUMBLON

That's a beautiful place! The views are pure eye candy.

I hope you start a thread on the passive solar greenhouse when you get to that project.

 

[bindian]

That's a beautiful place! The views are pure eye candy.

I hope you start a thread on the passive solar greenhouse when you get to that project.

Thanks Dave. But I'm not the one building a greenhouse. That is Rumblon.
hugs, Brandi

 

[tractorshopper]

Not totally sure about wild ducks, but we put out scratch grain for our pet ducks. Actually, they bum-rush us periodically until we put more out. Sorry about the picture quality of both of these, but one is my daughter feeding the ducks. They ran up the hill from the pond when we pulled this day after school/work. My daughter went right to feeding them. The other is after some of my rye grass is coming up that we planted at the same time. In the spring I plan to smooth some more and sod a pallet or two at a time including down below the water line since it varies up to 3' or so based on this last year worth of experience.

 

[bindian]

Thanks for sharing the photos Tractorshopper. You might want to think about adding an "L" shaped levee or dike to the end of you dam at the overflow end. Then, there would not be any chance of a strong overflow cutting into the back side of the dam.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

I was reading Phil Robertson's (Duck Dynasty) article in GQ here Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson Gives Drew Magary a Tour
and he stated they plant Pennsylvania smartweed. He said the seed is what ducks love to eat. Have any of Y'all heard of this Pennsylvania smartweed?
hugs, Brandi

 

[lilranch2001]

I haven't but I heard Phil got fired today

 

[bindian]

I haven't but I heard Phil got fired today

Yes, he got put on hiatus indefinitely for what he said in the article I linked to above. There is a huge facebook following (over 500,000) demanding Phil be put back on the show and will boycott A&E network until he is back on the show. I honestly hope the family goes with him and stick to their Christian principles. I love the show, but with 14 million viewers that would be a big chunk of change lost by A&E.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Well, I have been seeing life after dredging. A few weeks ago I was surprised to see a lone Mallard drake on the water. Never got close enough for a photo. Today a crane was snoping around. Booger and I went out twice and chased it away. I need to start transfering Mosquito fish, as I am see a lot of mosquito larvae on the water surface.
hugs, Brandi

 

[sfloggie]

You have the "nice stuff" in abundance my friend. That view, those many springs, happy dogs, happy family, 176 acres and on and on...you got it!

This post was for the guy in Idaho ...sorry Brandi! I have followed your pond adventures for a year or so and been quite interested. Best to you, Jim

 

[bindian]

You have the "nice stuff" in abundance my friend. That view, those many springs, happy dogs, happy family, 176 acres and on and on...you got it!

This post was for the guy in Idaho ...sorry Brandi! I have followed your pond adventures for a year or so and been quite interested. Best to you, Jim

Jim,
He does have a nice spot. Thanks for posting.
hugs, Brandi

 

[EddieWalker]

I like seeing the cranes and egrets on my pond. I know that they are eating fish, but I figure they wont get them all and I'd rather see the nice looking birds then have a few more fish and not see the birds.



Eddie

 

[bindian]

I like seeing the cranes and egrets on my pond. I know that they are eating fish, but I figure they wont get them all and I'd rather see the nice looking birds then have a few more fish and not see the birds.

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Eddie

Yes, they and water turkeys add a lot of "eye" value. How is the weather up there?
hugs, Brandi

 

[EddieWalker]

Half an inch yesterday and just over an inch today with a bit more coming. It's all be light and steady rain, which has led to some runoff, but no like a good thunderstorm!!!! We're hoping for that to happen on Tuesday. The small pond has been full since the end of summer, but Lake Marabou is still about three feet low.

Eddie

 

[bindian]

Half an inch yesterday and just over an inch today with a bit more coming. It's all be light and steady rain, which has led to some runoff, but no like a good thunderstorm!!!! We're hoping for that to happen on Tuesday. The small pond has been full since the end of summer, but Lake Marabou is still about three feet low.

Eddie

Glad to hear you are getting wet, Eddie. Do you have any thread started on your new girlfriend?
hugs, Brandi

 

[Tigmanjacob]

good job on your hard work!

 

[bindian]

good job on your hard work!

Tigmanjacob,
Thanks. Seems the pond is holding water better now.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

We have duck(lings) here. I bought 10 unsexed Mallards from Tractor Supply. TSC has ducklings and chicks in 150 gallon galvanized water tanks. I was going to buy a tank until I saw the price of $!34.95. Instead I bought a 45 gallon rubbized water tank for $43.99. I put pine shavings in the bottom, along with a feeder and waterer. I made a 1x2 frame covered with hardware cloth for the top to keep any rodents or litter critters out. A heat lamp makes it warm and cozy. I'll start on a 8x8x6 foot cage out of chicken wire, for when they outgrow the water tank. When they are old enough to keep their feathers waterproofed, I will move them to the pond.

Only water they get now is drinking water. When I move them to the cage, I'll put a pan of 1/4 inch deep water from them to play in and generally make a mess.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Western]

Brandi, cute chill'ns you have there! This time off year, that section of TSC is where everyone seems to be:laughing: How long until their "waterproofed"?, I have seen wild ones in the water as soon as they could walk, at least that's how it appeared. I never had ducks, just some geeses and a pair of swans.

 

[PAGUY]

Way back when I was a youngun my best friend and I decided to raise some ducks. I have a spring on my property so we built an enclosure with a pond we dug inside of it for them to enjoy. Little did we know what kind of ducklings we bought at the farmer's market. They turned out to be muscoveys who decided that they want to fly south when the geese flew overhead. Had to trim their flight feathers so they couldn't fly.

What an experience.