@@HometownAcresthe drone footage was major coolness!! Pond 2 and 3 were happy accidents! You knew you were digging borrow pits. Not ponds. Happy for you!
The saga of Lake Adam's has finally concluded !!! I would never have imagined that excavating a pond and watching it fill with water could be such a dramatic story. Congratulations !!! It's going to be hard to top this one. 😜Thanks for the video !!!
Congratulations Adam!!! An excellent life lesson for us all how perseverance pays off. I must give you credit for sticking with it all these years. You're multiple repair attempts and expanding to the new ponds is really a testimonial to your character. I'm thinking how you can share this series with your children in the future, so they see how hard work pays off and the benefits to not giving up. Great job as I have followed your channel since the beginning when you bought the property and blamed Mike Morgan for costing you $350k lol! Best thing that could have happened - now look at your place and how it has grown. Keep up the great work!
Seeing your dream turn in to reality. Outstanding effort Adam. You’ve poured your heart and soul into this project and you have to be thrilled. Thanks for taking us on your journey!
Would you be willing to do an experiment? Don't add any more pond dye for a while, let it clear up to a natural water color. Just to see what it looks like?
There are several companies that sell fish friendly pond flocculant or clarifier, which coagulates the turbidity (sediment and other suspended particles in the water) and causes it to settle to bottom this clarifying the water. That might be an option. I believe he likes the way the dye looks, so probably will not be interested.
Congratulations on the pond!! You've worked tirelessly to give your family a great place for recreation on your property!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
Adam, congratulations!!! Such an impressive, fulfilling and wholesome project finally come to completion. Congrats just isn't enough. I hope you an the family get some great joy out of it this summer and for years to come!
As painful as the pond has been. It’s drawn a lot of people into a great TH-cam channel. Congrats on it finally being full. Excited for the next pond upgrade projects. What’s in the pipeline? Fix up the sand beach area? Dock?
You did it! You outlasted the number of obstacles that were a plague to your dream goal. As you already noted, you might still have leakage but if so, that water movement through the soil has a remedy in getting cycled back up to pond #1. The exciting part(s) now will be watching maintenance and new additions. Enjoy your ice rink.
Yes Adam 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 so good to see it full. Please keep the update coming defo interesting to see. Hope it's not leaking but now it's got good volume it will put pressure on the bottom and clay liner so will seal it's self easier 🤞🤞
Congratulations on sticking with it for this long. I know it has come at a cost both financially and emotionally. What is nice is that it has really turned out better than originally planned with now having 3 ponds. What a change in the weather. I am probably an hour south of you and we are lucky to have 4 inches of snow right now. You are just far enough north you get hit harder.
Adam thank you for giving us the viewer(and yourself) some closure on this pond. i was hoping to see it done eventually and im so happy you are at full pool with the beautiful ponds. we are havin a little bourbon sipper in honor of the filling of the pond!!
After digging pond #2 it sure looks like you should have started there. It’s a better setting for your pond especially compared to how out of place pond #1 looks. You should stop coloring the water too. Congrats on getting pond #1 full and leak free. 👍👍👍
Pond looks good! Been following for a few years now, and it's been exciting to see the changes. I also noticed a new SUV in the garage! It looks more roomy than the old one! What a beautiful property you have! It looks like something out of a painting!
Congratulations Adam! I know how big a deal this is for you. I expect to see some hockey being played when it ices over. My pond has been iced over pretty much since the first of December. Not enough to get out on for the most part. I haven't been out to it since before Christmas so it should be a good sheet of ice now. Take care, have a great week and God Bless you all!!!🙏❤😊
Great to see the pond full Adam. I've enjoyed watching from the beginning. During my summers in college I worked on Interstate road construction and learned a lot about moving dirt and compacting it. Your first dam build made me shudder because of the lack of good compaction between lifts. After two more attempts I think you have it right now! Can't wait to see the hockey rink.
@Hometowneacres you should build a hoist system in the garage that can lift/ lower, then shelf/ store that battery system! Then you wouldn't have to move them so much for alternate uses around the property. Then you could put them on a skid to lift into your truck with the tractor
@13:00 you are talking about "Virgin" ground vs compacted ground, and while technically correct (partially) you still need a mat of rip-rap through the channel until it gets behind and below the dam. Water may not do *as much* damage to "virgin" ground, but it will still wear it away quickly if there is runoff rolling through that spillway.
One think to remember is that a large pond can get by with a smaller outlet pipe because it takes so much more water to raise the level. A small pond would fill much quicker and would require a larger pipe.
ADAM, now, all you gotta do is, put a microphone and sound system at the overflow pipe, start a fire at the porch pit, grill some steaks, have an enjoyable dinner outside listening to the water fall and crackling fire! Enjoying the fruits of your labor ! ( With a winter coat on😊!) Good stuff!
Congratulations on the pond, it has been a long struggle but the final results will be well worth the effort. I’m you and your family will have many years of enjoyment from it. Good job well done 👍
You could probably wire in a sensor in the big pond at the overflow, where if the water level is below the top of ths stand pipe, it allows the solar to pump water from the bottom pond. When it gets full, it turns off the pump. That way it would just top off the big pond whenever there is solar power available and not waste water either. That should be fairly simple from a controls perspective with a couple relays.
I would consider the pond full when it is about two inches from full. I would want a small buffer in case I got a large rain or snow melt. In my opinion an overflow should not be used, but I understand the desire to see it completely full after all that time.
I am so thrilled to see this pond full after all the time and effort you invested!! Soon, you and your people will be ice skating, playing hockey and curling. 🧊🏒⛸🍙
Congratulations Adam, your determination and dedication has paid off. Hopefully now the ponds will freeze over for some winter fun, skating and hockey. I was thinking if you picked up a small Harbour Freight trailer you could mount the batteries in the trailer and pull the trailer up to the solar and leave it there freeing up the truck for other use. Truly Postcard Picture Perfect. 😀👍👍👍
Congratulations, Adam. You deserve a win! Great-looking pond and a great professional video/music time-lapse. Well put together; you're doing excellent. Thank you for sharing and keep up the good work!
GOOOOOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!!!….WHOO HOO ADAM!!!! You’ve finally did it!! Hoping it holds & doesn’t leach out. Great content & editing Nice job!! Have a day 😊
Congratulations!! 🎉 i know it HAS to feel good to see that thing full! I bet it looks amazing looking from inside your house and looking down towards the pond. What a great new years present to you and your family
Beautiful!!..you've really done a great job...very impressive. You really have developed a beautiful homestead. Congratulations and keep up the good work!
Now that the pond is full would be interesting to measure the amount of water going into and out of the pond to see how much water is leaking. Being that's it's cold out there will be very little lost to evaporation. Might be interesting.
That's exciting that you have been able to hit that goal. I think the curling video may have been the first one that i watched. Its been fun to follow your difficult journey.
Thank you pond number two!! Congratulations on the hard work to get pond one full! You should consider another generator when the grid goes down. Solar batteries and panels are only part time power.
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I’m bringing the jet ski over this summer. Oh and Kyle got a new truck. 😂
It's amazing how invested I have been watching this project develop over the last few years. Congrats, please keep it up.
@@murf247 same!
Me too!!!!
We all have… it’s been a roller coaster
Congratulations on the full pond Adam! Persistence certainly does pay off. I hope it freezes up nicely so your family can go ice skating soon.
Beautiful homestead Adam. The ponds with the snow is picture perfect. Congrats.
Thanks 👍
@@HometownAcresthe drone footage was major coolness!!
Pond 2 and 3 were happy accidents! You knew you were digging borrow pits. Not ponds.
Happy for you!
The drone footage close to the surface of the pond was awesome. Especially the treeline reflection. Another enjoyable video.
Absolutely loved the contrast of the snow to the blue water in the pond. Very satisfying video seeing the water draining down the stand pipe.
The saga of Lake Adam's has finally concluded !!! I would never have imagined that excavating a pond and watching it fill with water could be such a dramatic story. Congratulations !!! It's going to be hard to top this one. 😜Thanks for the video !!!
This is great to see. It is amazing how much bigger the pond seems at the full water level. Really adds usable area.
Congratulations! All the hard work you’ve done is starting to pay off! I couldn’t be happier for you!
Congratulations Adam!!! An excellent life lesson for us all how perseverance pays off. I must give you credit for sticking with it all these years. You're multiple repair attempts and expanding to the new ponds is really a testimonial to your character. I'm thinking how you can share this series with your children in the future, so they see how hard work pays off and the benefits to not giving up. Great job as I have followed your channel since the beginning when you bought the property and blamed Mike Morgan for costing you $350k lol! Best thing that could have happened - now look at your place and how it has grown. Keep up the great work!
3.5 years...what a ride! Congratulations Adam!!!
🎉congratulations, I feel so invested in this, I’ve been watching you repeatedly repair. Fingers crossed for a freeze and finally a game 🎉
Seeing your dream turn in to reality. Outstanding effort Adam. You’ve poured your heart and soul into this project and you have to be thrilled. Thanks for taking us on your journey!
Would you be willing to do an experiment? Don't add any more pond dye for a while, let it clear up to a natural water color. Just to see what it looks like?
There are several companies that sell fish friendly pond flocculant or clarifier, which coagulates the turbidity (sediment and other suspended particles in the water) and causes it to settle to bottom this clarifying the water. That might be an option. I believe he likes the way the dye looks, so probably will not be interested.
Congratulations on the pond!! You've worked tirelessly to give your family a great place for recreation on your property!! Stay Hydrated and Have a Safe Day
You got me watching water rise . . . What next? Grass grow? Paint dry?😂😂😂 Okay, I'll watch that too!Great job. I'm super happy for you all!
Congrats! All of the planning and hard work paid off.
Adam, congratulations!!! Such an impressive, fulfilling and wholesome project finally come to completion. Congrats just isn't enough. I hope you an the family get some great joy out of it this summer and for years to come!
I know you are excited on this milestone. Congratulations.
Been on this channel since the beginning.
Thank you
Super happy for you. The downside is this = less pond updates.
I would triple like this video if I could. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Congratulations, you are living proof being stubborn can be a good trait. Well, done.
Congratulations Hometown Acres! Finally, the pond is full. ✌
I have also waited 3 years!😂 Inspiring to say the least.
Dug my own pond about the same time as you.
Finaly, Congrats!😊
Never thought I could get emotional over a pond, lol. Congratulations Adam!!! Hope it freezes 12" thick so you can skate 🤠👍
As painful as the pond has been. It’s drawn a lot of people into a great TH-cam channel. Congrats on it finally being full. Excited for the next pond upgrade projects. What’s in the pipeline? Fix up the sand beach area? Dock?
Yes and yes!!!
🎉🎉🎉 Awesome to see everything you've put into this come together!!
You did it! You outlasted the number of obstacles that were a plague to your dream goal. As you already noted, you might still have leakage but if so, that water movement through the soil has a remedy in getting cycled back up to pond #1. The exciting part(s) now will be watching maintenance and new additions. Enjoy your ice rink.
Yes Adam 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 so good to see it full. Please keep the update coming defo interesting to see. Hope it's not leaking but now it's got good volume it will put pressure on the bottom and clay liner so will seal it's self easier 🤞🤞
Congratulations on sticking with it for this long. I know it has come at a cost both financially and emotionally. What is nice is that it has really turned out better than originally planned with now having 3 ponds. What a change in the weather. I am probably an hour south of you and we are lucky to have 4 inches of snow right now. You are just far enough north you get hit harder.
Put a float switch in the big pond to run the pump to maintain the water level.
Adam thank you for giving us the viewer(and yourself) some closure on this pond. i was hoping to see it done eventually and im so happy you are at full pool with the beautiful ponds. we are havin a little bourbon sipper in honor of the filling of the pond!!
What an incredible milestone after a true saga as you put it! So happy for you and your family. Lots of great memories ahead!
Congratulations!! What a relief!! take care my friend!!
I felt like celebrating more than you did! I was ready to pop some champagne!
So awesome Adam. Finally. I am very happy for you. All your hard work has finally paid off. Please keep the great content coming.
Gorgeous water color with the snow. Just wow!
After digging pond #2 it sure looks like you should have started there. It’s a better setting for your pond especially compared to how out of place pond #1 looks. You should stop coloring the water too. Congrats on getting pond #1 full and leak free. 👍👍👍
Pond looks good! Been following for a few years now, and it's been exciting to see the changes. I also noticed a new SUV in the garage! It looks more roomy than the old one!
What a beautiful property you have! It looks like something out of a painting!
Looks great! All that hard work paid off!
Well done, it all looks awesome especially with the snow ❤
Congratulations Adam! I know how big a deal this is for you. I expect to see some hockey being played when it ices over. My pond has been iced over pretty much since the first of December. Not enough to get out on for the most part. I haven't been out to it since before Christmas so it should be a good sheet of ice now. Take care, have a great week and God Bless you all!!!🙏❤😊
Very happy for you. Lots of hard work. Congratulations! Thanks for taking us along!
Great to see the pond full Adam. I've enjoyed watching from the beginning. During my summers in college I worked on Interstate road construction and learned a lot about moving dirt and compacting it. Your first dam build made me shudder because of the lack of good compaction between lifts. After two more attempts I think you have it right now! Can't wait to see the hockey rink.
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Thank you!
Nothing makes me happier than a full pond!!! Fantastic work!
@Hometowneacres you should build a hoist system in the garage that can lift/ lower, then shelf/ store that battery system! Then you wouldn't have to move them so much for alternate uses around the property. Then you could put them on a skid to lift into your truck with the tractor
So happy for you guys. Hopefully it will get a good thick layer of ice for you guys to skate on. Congrats.
It;s been a great project to follow been watching since before the pond build began great content!
Looks amazing with the snow on the ground
Beautiful Winter Wonder Pond
@13:00 you are talking about "Virgin" ground vs compacted ground, and while technically correct (partially) you still need a mat of rip-rap through the channel until it gets behind and below the dam. Water may not do *as much* damage to "virgin" ground, but it will still wear it away quickly if there is runoff rolling through that spillway.
Well done Adam, a dream come true coming to life. Awesome.
Congratulations Adam. Great to see that your perseverance paid off!
Won't lie man, I cheered for you. Been a heck of a journey, congratulations!
Thanks!
So glad it’s full. Now to grow trophy bass in there
One think to remember is that a large pond can get by with a smaller outlet pipe because it takes so much more water to raise the level. A small pond would fill much quicker and would require a larger pipe.
Adam, Congratulations on your pond!! Your hard work payed off.
ADAM, now, all you gotta do is, put a microphone and sound system at the overflow pipe, start a fire at the porch pit, grill some steaks, have an enjoyable dinner outside listening to the water fall and crackling fire! Enjoying the fruits of your labor !
( With a winter coat on😊!) Good stuff!
Congratulations on the pond, it has been a long struggle but the final results will be well worth the effort. I’m you and your family will have many years of enjoyment from it. Good job well done 👍
You could probably wire in a sensor in the big pond at the overflow, where if the water level is below the top of ths stand pipe, it allows the solar to pump water from the bottom pond. When it gets full, it turns off the pump. That way it would just top off the big pond whenever there is solar power available and not waste water either. That should be fairly simple from a controls perspective with a couple relays.
So happy for you Adam!
Seriously I can’t imagine how frustrating this journey has been and I’m just thrilled for you.
So happy for you. It has been a long journey. I had happy tears for you.
Congratulations, great to see. Thanks for all the honest videos you have made along the way to get to this point.
I would consider the pond full when it is about two inches from full. I would want a small buffer in case I got a large rain or snow melt. In my opinion an overflow should not be used, but I understand the desire to see it completely full after all that time.
Congrats Adam! You have taken a nice property and made it Extraordinary! Well done!
What a great day to see it finally full after all the trials and tribulations! Well done Adam enjoy your moment 🍻🍻
As they say - third times the charm. Glad to see the pond filling like you had hoped in the beginning. Stay safe.
Wow an unbelievable. That drone shot of the large pond had me excited to see it full. Congratulations and way to persevere!
Now I can see lining the shore with stone. But yea it’s holding water! Congratulations!!
Congratulations Adam, I know you have waited a long time for this pond fill up...
I am so thrilled to see this pond full after all the time and effort you invested!! Soon, you and your people will be ice skating, playing hockey and curling. 🧊🏒⛸🍙
Congratulations Adam! I have been following your pond project since the beginning!
Congratulations on the pond. The aerial view of the pond and your snow-covered property is very picturesque.
What a cool milestone! Been here since the beginning.
YES! YES! YES!
All of the ponds are looking great! Can't wait to see how full she stays this summer so you and the fam can actually get to swimming.
Congratulations! Persistence and hard work pays off.
I definitely want to see it frozen over and your family skating on it as you said when you started all this! That just sounds so cool!
Congratulations! All your hard work paid off. Great watching all the progress.
Simply - Congratulations!
Amazing to see everything full and all that snow! Great work.
Congratulations Adam, your determination and dedication has paid off. Hopefully now the ponds will freeze over for some winter fun, skating and hockey. I was thinking if you picked up a small Harbour Freight trailer you could mount the batteries in the trailer and pull the trailer up to the solar and leave it there freeing up the truck for other use. Truly Postcard Picture Perfect. 😀👍👍👍
Congratulations, Adam. You deserve a win! Great-looking pond and a great professional video/music time-lapse. Well put together; you're doing excellent. Thank you for sharing and keep up the good work!
CONGRATULATIONS !! I know you must be very excited and have a great sense of accomplishment. Enjoyed the journey with you.
Best title ever! LOL Congrats on the full pond! Best, -- J. Andre. / Old Iron Acres
GOOOOOOD
MORNING EVERYONE!!!!….WHOO HOO ADAM!!!! You’ve finally did it!! Hoping it holds & doesn’t leach out.
Great content & editing
Nice job!!
Have a day 😊
Congratulations!! 🎉 i know it HAS to feel good to see that thing full! I bet it looks amazing looking from inside your house and looking down towards the pond. What a great new years present to you and your family
So happy about the pond!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Almost wanted to shed a tear or two in celebration! 😊
Super happy for you and your fam!
Very impressive, Adam! This has been a great saga to keep up with and I admire your perseverance and ingenuity! I'm glad you had a successful outcome!
Beautiful!!..you've really done a great job...very impressive. You really have developed a beautiful homestead. Congratulations and keep up the good work!
Next project is a skate/swim hut next to the pond with a fire pit.
Now that the pond is full would be interesting to measure the amount of water going into and out of the pond to see how much water is leaking. Being that's it's cold out there will be very little lost to evaporation. Might be interesting.
That's exciting that you have been able to hit that goal. I think the curling video may have been the first one that i watched. Its been fun to follow your difficult journey.
Congratulations Adam!
Been watching for years and I’m so glad for you guys that you got a full pond
Thank you!
I've been waiting in my chair every morning for this pond to fill up. well done. now hockey time.
Great update!! Been watching for a long time! Waiting to see it come to past!
great news, the place looks fantastic.
Thank you pond number two!! Congratulations on the hard work to get pond one full!
You should consider another generator when the grid goes down. Solar batteries and panels are only part time power.