Hi! Adding those big rocks you have around your property to the area where the mud has accumulated would help with the dirt/leave run off as well as giving the frogs a habitat. Your property is such a a wonderful, calming space!
Your “intentional” working around the house inspires me to continue tackling my own to do list! Your pond area looks so peaceful and inviting; enjoy those memories yet to be made! Thank you, Mary and family for sharing your labor of love.❤
You have modeled working hard for your kids and it shows! They are clearly following in your footsteps to make the world around them a more beautiful place, just like you. What a blessing.
Oh Mary, this was so enjoyable!!! Reminded me of times when my husband and I did projects like this. He passed 5 1/2 yrs ago and I really miss all those times working together!!!!❤
You actually answered your own question by what you named your boat 🥰 water lilies can be a good refuge for frogs in ponds because they provide shade, shelter, and hiding places. Frogs can bask on the leaves, lay eggs on the underside, and hunt for insects that are attracted to the flowers.
@@ellenbryant7679 you are correct, they do spread quickly, however they can be maintained. By either cutting back like you would any other plant in a garden or using aquatic mesh baskets. So you kinda have to treat them like mint in a garden lol make a barrier for them to live in so they don't take over.
You and your husband have raised your boys to be hardworking men. Not everyone does that. You have a beautiful piece of property thanks to your many hours of labour.
What a beautiful, peaceful place. It’s amazing what a difference a few projects can make. Love waterlily and the dock post! Such a cute addition. As always, you are such an inspiration!
Mary you and your family are genuine people…blessed to live on land and home you all cherish and spend time taking care of! All love…This is why I like your videos ❤❤❤😊😊
0:32 So funny what you said about speeding up when John was walking with the boat!!!😂 I just love watching your videos. The work you guys did cleaning up around the pond and redoing the boat and boat dock made such a big difference! Can't wait for the next video!💖
The work you and your family did on the pond area made a huge difference. And I'm sure that your boys will have good memories of helping to repair and clear. A very peaceful place!
Love the make over ❤ you all worked fabulous in re creating a beautiful tranquil spot to relax. I adore frogs 🐸 Mary and I protect mine by just having lots of coverage above, plants and lillys pads but if I had a larger space like yours I think I may be tempted to make some kind of oblong frame with a mesh frontage and pop it in the water infront of where the frogs mostly spawn to prevent fish from feasting on the eggs. The logistics on the frame I think would have to incorporate a A frame structure so that it would stand up in the pond,like a picture frame with the stand out only on a massive scale. It probably wouldn't be doable but thinking aloud that would be what I would try. Great upload 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸
Tolles Video, Mary, danke fürs Teilen. Ihr seid eine so unglaublich fleißige und sympathische Familie, es ist ein Vergnügen zuzuschauen. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland! ❤
Wow Kenny did a really good job cleaning up the pond. I really liked his problem solving skills and thinking outside of the square when he met a challenge. Good on him
Mary you are so amazing, everything you do is amazing! Your channel is my absolute favorite! You are so blessed! Its so cute the way you treat your fur babies, I love my Kitty cat too! You've been blessed with a wonderful family! I look forward to watching you create, and omgoodness you can use any machine you touch, your truly an inspiration to me! Thank you for sharing all that you do, May God continue to shine his light on you, Your truly a Crafting Angel!!
God has blessed you with such a great talent of creativity. I always love watching your videos. Glad you had a good trip and thankful to God for keeping you safe.Keep those great videos coming.
Yes Mary I agree that the pond looks like a very peaceful place to be, listening to nature all around. Great job in giving it a makeover with the whole family contributing to the effort!
Hi Mary & family, I really enjoy your channel. Your home and property are beautiful. Such a special peaceful sanctuary. Your the hard working,God loving family everyone should try to be. My friend had a pond very similar to yours. He stocked it with fish too. He found, as someone else mentioned, in one area he put water lillies. They really helped and looked so pretty. He also got very large Terra cotta clay pots. Turned them upside down, made a n opening. He placed about 3-4 of them along the waters edge. It served as a home for the frogs. It stayed cool and gave them protection. Maybe that will help. Also it would look so nice if you put a fountain in the middle. Not only will it look and sound nice but it will help aerate the water too. Something to think about.😊❤🙏🙏 blessings Pamela from NJ.
You folks put a lot of work into replacing, removing, painting, it all looks so good. I love the boat painted and named. Your son did such a fine job cutting down trees and brush.
Even though I hate to see trees come down, this was a good thing! ❤ More natural beauty to add to the Utopia you’re blessed with! ❤ Thoroughly enjoyed this video as I do all of yours! ❤
Mary I have to say I am really enjoying the latest few videos you have been posting...I like how you mix things up and not always post the same thing..I LOVE all the videos but my favorite are the cooking...yard/landscaping and furniture makeovers!! The pond will be a great place for summer picnics and fishing!! 🙂
I love your home and property but my faves are your she shed and the pond! I could spend hours there reading. I usually do my Bible studies and readings at night, before bed, or first thing in the morning. They are quiet times here so that I can have my private time with my faith. THAT POND would be my refuge for just that!
Looks gorgeous! Lots of hard work certainly pays off!! Thanks for sharing. I was kinda wondering what has been happening at the pond! I do appreciate your "bite size" videos!
The result is really inviting. Maybe an experienced gardener could help you to plan a healthy eco system for the pond to thrive. Guess just some 'magic powder' or something like that will not be enough. A well-coordinated ecosystem with the right plants to keep everything running smoothly is likely to bring long-term success. Whish you a peaceful time to enjoy your hard work and your family!
Love the pond and love the sound of frogs, especially the big bullfrogs. If I had that boat and pond I would pack myself a little lunch and float out into the pond with my picnic😀
Hi Mary, it’s Sara from Hartville. We have a 1 acre pond and we had went down to your area and bought five Amer fish. They have done a wonderful job. This is our fourth summer with them. My husband also installed a fountain in the pond and that has helped so much. We also added some blue pond dye that we got on Amazon enough for a 1 acre pond and that keeps the vegetation from growing up in the bottom of the pond. We have been so pleased. Our pond is beautiful and I agree with you. We love to just go sit by it and always there’s a nice breeze coming off of it. Thanks for this video I truly enjoyed it. And I love your redo on the boat and it’s sweet name.
The pond looks great. I love the new walkway and boat docking at the pole. You have a great imagination and inspire us always God Bless your beautiful family.
Your ponds looks great. Great job cleaning up around the pond too. I love the dock post and the name "water lily" is fun as well. We had a lot of frogs for years at our cottage, except the last couple years. We found out pickerel got into our lake and are cleaning it out. Eating frog eggs, and tadpoles they will eat anything. Maybe a species of fish is the culprit.
WOW!! Mary, such a fabulous make over! I love everything about it. Your son did a great job clearing and working hard to better the pond area. All of you are so very talented! I loved this video. A very nice addition to your usual posts which are always wonderful as well. 😃👍🏻
I love to prune - it is so satisfying to clean up all the ‘scraggly’s’! I think it is so cool that the whole family got involved in this project. That can be a real bonding experience. The boat looks so much better painted green than the camouflage it was. The name you gave the boat is so cute and I love the post you painted and added to the dock. Every y’all did, makes the area so inviting! Good job!
Just so beautiful!!! You are so fortunate to have such gorgeous land around your wonderful home!! Well worth all the hard work you and your family put into it!! God bless.
My friend feeds her fish the same time every night and she lays a floating hula hoop some how in the water and puts some sort of dog food kibble in the water for them and they are pretty trained.
Is there a happier man than one who gets to use tractors and chainsaws to cut down trees? Lol, your boys are just like John! Wonderful family cooperation, purpose and fun ❤
WOW. Y'ALL did a Wonderful job. What a transformation for the pond clearing. Water Lily, looks so Pretty. Love the color you chose. She looks very Pond Worthy🎂
The colour of your boat reminds me of a whimsical poem, “The Owl & The Pussycat” If you look it up, it’s a cute rhyme. Love all your hard work & chuckled at your son maneuvering those cut trees. Big boys.. big toys!
What a great project! Really enjoyed this one! Great area for family get togethers, so peaceful! Love the the post & boat! (Attention to the little details, right Mary)?! How about adding a paddle boat, that would be fun! I always had that dream lol! I think they have them at Walmart. Enjoy your day! 🐟 🌲 🐸
I love to hear the frogs singing! So pretty and peaceful!
Hi! Adding those big rocks you have around your property to the area where the mud has accumulated would help with the dirt/leave run off as well as giving the frogs a habitat.
Your property is such a a wonderful, calming space!
Great idea!! Plus, planting in between the rocks like she did near the driveway would help anchor the dirt with plant roots.❤
You have raised such nice hardworking boys!
You and your family are the hardest working family I know. Your channel is a wealth of knowledge and ideas. Thank you so much for posting
Your “intentional” working around the house inspires me to continue tackling my own to do list! Your pond area looks so peaceful and inviting; enjoy those memories yet to be made! Thank you, Mary and family for sharing your labor of love.❤
So nice to have a pond like this!
You have modeled working hard for your kids and it shows! They are clearly following in your footsteps to make the world around them a more beautiful place, just like you. What a blessing.
Your beautiful yard should be featured in a magazine. My goodness, you are amazing!
Oh Mary, this was so enjoyable!!! Reminded me of times when my husband and I did projects like this. He passed 5 1/2 yrs ago and I really miss all those times working together!!!!❤
May he rest in God's eternal peace. I am sorry for your loss❤
You actually answered your own question by what you named your boat 🥰 water lilies can be a good refuge for frogs in ponds because they provide shade, shelter, and hiding places. Frogs can bask on the leaves, lay eggs on the underside, and hunt for insects that are attracted to the flowers.
I agree. Water lilies would look awesome.
Great idea!
Good Idea or a bad one? Can't water lilies take over a pond? I've seen them swallow up a small lake?
@@ellenbryant7679 you are correct, they do spread quickly, however they can be maintained. By either cutting back like you would any other plant in a garden or using aquatic mesh baskets. So you kinda have to treat them like mint in a garden lol make a barrier for them to live in so they don't take over.
You and your husband have raised your boys to be hardworking men. Not everyone does that. You have a beautiful piece of property thanks to your many hours of labour.
What a beautiful, peaceful place. It’s amazing what a difference a few projects can make. Love waterlily and the dock post! Such a cute addition. As always, you are such an inspiration!
Mary you and your family are genuine people…blessed to live on land and home you all cherish and spend time taking care of! All love…This is why I like your videos ❤❤❤😊😊
What a beautiful transformation. Bravo everybody. Great work. ❤❤❤
0:32 So funny what you said about speeding up when John was walking with the boat!!!😂
I just love watching your videos.
The work you guys did cleaning up around the pond and redoing the boat and boat dock made such a big difference!
Can't wait for the next video!💖
Everything turned out wonderful!
The pond looks so peaceful!
Congratulations.. you have created a paradise for yourselves ❤❤
Ohhh this pond area is so beautiful 💚 and I love the boat and docking post ☺️
Your pond looks so pretty and peaceful. I, too, love hearing the frogs croaking of an evening. A special treat to those of us who live in the country.
Mary you are truly blessed love watching your videos! You inspire me ! You two are awesome
The work you and your family did on the pond area made a huge difference. And I'm sure that your boys will have good memories of helping to repair and clear. A very peaceful place!
What a peaceful beautiful place. Very pretty Mary!
Love the make over ❤ you all worked fabulous in re creating a beautiful tranquil spot to relax.
I adore frogs 🐸 Mary and I protect mine by just having lots of coverage above, plants and lillys pads but if I had a larger space like yours I think I may be tempted to make some kind of oblong frame with a mesh frontage and pop it in the water infront of where the frogs mostly spawn to prevent fish from feasting on the eggs.
The logistics on the frame I think would have to incorporate a A frame structure so that it would stand up in the pond,like a picture frame with the stand out only on a massive scale.
It probably wouldn't be doable but thinking aloud that would be what I would try.
Great upload 🐸 🐸 🐸 🐸
Beautiful! Nothing like staying home and working on you house and yard! So peaceful!😊
The boys are just like mom and dad...hard workers!!! Trust in the LORD🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🥰🥰🥰
Your pond area looks so inviting! Great job, everyone!
Wow, everything you come up with is totally awesome ❤❤❤
Mary you are so sweet, I laughed when you were thinking of stopping when John was carrying the boat, even sweet Mary can be naughty! Love the pond!
Mary ~ your pond area looks wonderful .. I can see how beautiful it will be in the Fall & Winter what a blessing! Paula
Tolles Video, Mary, danke fürs Teilen. Ihr seid eine so unglaublich fleißige und sympathische Familie, es ist ein Vergnügen zuzuschauen. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland! ❤
You and your family make such beautiful projects. I so look forward to your videos 😊
It’s a brand new day on the pond to make memories & cherish new life surrounding a peaceful spot tied to tradition ✝️🥳💜🙏🏻
Such a beautiful place! ❤ I love the color on the boat! Great job on the clean up
Your videos are the best out of all the people I follow! 😊
Wow Kenny did a really good job cleaning up the pond. I really liked his problem solving skills and thinking outside of the square when he met a challenge. Good on him
Love the Water Lily makeover!
Your pond looks so relaxing and pretty. Your son did a great job cleaning out and helping with the deck.
Looks so nice with the new walk and the boat! Thank you for sharing!!
Mary you are so amazing, everything you do is amazing! Your channel is my absolute favorite! You are so blessed! Its so cute the way you treat your fur babies, I love my Kitty cat too! You've been blessed with a wonderful family! I look forward to watching you create, and omgoodness you can use any machine you touch, your truly an inspiration to me! Thank you for sharing all that you do, May God continue to shine his light on you, Your truly a Crafting Angel!!
Very interesting, love the out doors, all the sounds.. takes me back to my child hood. The boat looked good. Kenny done a great job clearing.
Great video Mary, lots of hard work. Looks wonderful.
It's such a pleasure watching your beautiful family at work and at play, Mary!
I just love for you to bring us along. Just love your peaceful place.
You have shown your boys hard work pays off. I commend you for that. All looks good.
You have a beautiful relaxing place.
God has blessed you with such a great talent of creativity. I always love watching your videos. Glad you had a good trip and thankful to God for keeping you safe.Keep those great videos coming.
Yes Mary I agree that the pond looks like a very peaceful place to be, listening to nature all around. Great job in giving it a makeover with the whole family contributing to the effort!
Mary - this was wonderful seeing the whole family involved in this - everything looks great!
Hi Mary & family, I really enjoy your channel. Your home and property are beautiful. Such a special peaceful sanctuary. Your the hard working,God loving family everyone should try to be. My friend had a pond very similar to yours. He stocked it with fish too. He found, as someone else mentioned, in one area he put water lillies. They really helped and looked so pretty. He also got very large Terra cotta clay pots. Turned them upside down, made a n opening. He placed about 3-4 of them along the waters edge. It served as a home for the frogs. It stayed cool and gave them protection. Maybe that will help. Also it would look so nice if you put a fountain in the middle. Not only will it look and sound nice but it will help aerate the water too. Something to think about.😊❤🙏🙏 blessings Pamela from NJ.
Oh it looks so inviting,terrific clean up thanks for sharing
You folks put a lot of work into replacing, removing, painting, it all looks so good. I love the boat painted and named. Your son did such a fine job cutting down trees and brush.
wow. Mary what a lovely refresh!
What a peaceful area for making family memories!
Even though I hate to see trees come down, this was a good thing! ❤ More natural beauty to add to the Utopia you’re blessed with! ❤ Thoroughly enjoyed this video as I do all of yours! ❤
Sending love and hugs. You’re always going to be my favorite TH-cam Channel. Thanks for keeping it all real 🥰
Such a beautiful job. Family togetherness. Work hard now relax and listen to nature.
I loved how your family is always improving your property. It looks so nice with many places to enjoy the outdoors.
Mary I have to say I am really enjoying the latest few videos you have been posting...I like how you mix things up and not always post the same thing..I LOVE all the videos but my favorite are the cooking...yard/landscaping and furniture makeovers!! The pond will be a great place for summer picnics and fishing!! 🙂
So peaceful and pretty! You guys are the king and queen of makeovers. Nice job! ❤
Hi Mary, you all went all out in this video. The boat and lake redo are beautiful. ❤
I love your home and property but my faves are your she shed and the pond!
I could spend hours there reading.
I usually do my Bible studies and readings at night, before bed, or first thing in the morning. They are quiet times here so that I can have my private time with my faith.
THAT POND would be my refuge for just that!
You made me giggle when you talked about taking off/suddenly stopping when John was carrying the boat behind the four-wheeler. Lol!!!!
Looks gorgeous! Lots of hard work certainly pays off!! Thanks for sharing. I was kinda wondering what has been happening at the pond! I do appreciate your "bite size" videos!
It was such a lovely video Mary ❤ so peaceful, a truly special place. Thanks for sharing with us.
I loved watching his problem solving skills!!!
The result is really inviting. Maybe an experienced gardener could help you to plan a healthy eco system for the pond to thrive. Guess just some 'magic powder' or something like that will not be enough. A well-coordinated ecosystem with the right plants to keep everything running smoothly is likely to bring long-term success. Whish you a peaceful time to enjoy your hard work and your family!
Love the pond and love the sound of frogs, especially the big bullfrogs. If I had that boat and pond I would pack myself a little lunch and float out into the pond with my picnic😀
Your home & land is a paradise. I would never want to leave it! You are blessed.
Hi Mary, it’s Sara from Hartville. We have a 1 acre pond and we had went down to your area and bought five Amer fish. They have done a wonderful job. This is our fourth summer with them. My husband also installed a fountain in the pond and that has helped so much. We also added some blue pond dye that we got on Amazon enough for a 1 acre pond and that keeps the vegetation from growing up in the bottom of the pond. We have been so pleased. Our pond is beautiful and I agree with you. We love to just go sit by it and always there’s a nice breeze coming off of it. Thanks for this video I truly enjoyed it. And I love your redo on the boat and it’s sweet name.
Thanks for sharing, i really enjoy almost anything u do.
The dock is so nice
Beautiful! It has always been beautiful, but all your work is making it more so.
Thank you, Mary, for your inspiration, Always look forward to your video's, God bless from Mary, South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤
The pond looks great. I love the new walkway and boat docking at the pole. You have a great imagination and inspire us always God Bless your beautiful family.
Your ponds looks great. Great job cleaning up around the pond too. I love the dock post and the name "water lily" is fun as well.
We had a lot of frogs for years at our cottage, except the last couple years. We found out pickerel got into our lake and are cleaning it out. Eating frog eggs, and tadpoles they will eat anything. Maybe a species of fish is the culprit.
Wonderful job ❤❤❤ from the Dolomites in Italy
Great video! Super satisfying makeover! You guys have my dream property! 💚
Beautiful job by all. You are a hardworking family.
So happy for your success, you have earned it, I think this is your best video yet, I thought I was watching a TV show, well done team
WOW!! Mary, such a fabulous make over! I love everything about it. Your son did a great job clearing and working hard to better the pond area. All of you are so very talented! I loved this video. A very nice addition to your usual posts which are always wonderful as well. 😃👍🏻
I love to prune - it is so satisfying to clean up all the ‘scraggly’s’! I think it is so cool that the whole family got involved in this project. That can be a real bonding experience. The boat looks so much better painted green than the camouflage it was. The name you gave the boat is so cute and I love the post you painted and added to the dock. Every y’all did, makes the area so inviting! Good job!
Wonderful video, Mary. Nice to see the teamwork of the family. The new walk way at the pond looks really impressive.
Just so beautiful!!! You are so fortunate to have such gorgeous land around your wonderful home!! Well worth all the hard work you and your family put into it!! God bless.
I love how you and your family work together on projects around home.
My friend feeds her fish the same time every night and she lays a floating hula hoop some how in the water and puts some sort of dog food kibble in the water for them and they are pretty trained.
Love how the boat turned out and the cleaning up around the pond looks great!!
I love the fact that you love frogs(me to) really enjoy all your posts thank you for sharing.
Everything looks great! A fountain would be beautiful.
Is there a happier man than one who gets to use tractors and chainsaws to cut down trees? Lol, your boys are just like John! Wonderful family cooperation, purpose and fun ❤
Have you thought about having small weddings in your yard and charging? What a gorgeous backdrop a pond would be especially in a gazebo
Aquascape and Yhe Pond Guy really know their stuff - I would contact them. Looking good - a lot of effort but so worth it.
WOW. Y'ALL did a Wonderful job. What a transformation for the pond clearing. Water Lily, looks so Pretty. Love the color you chose. She looks very Pond Worthy🎂
The colour of your boat reminds me of a whimsical poem, “The Owl & The Pussycat” If you look it up, it’s a cute rhyme. Love all your hard work & chuckled at your son maneuvering those cut trees. Big boys.. big toys!
It's just beautiful!!!❤❤❤
The pond area looks so enchanting. I love the paint on the boat and the post you put there to hold it. Everything looks beautiful.
Mary, it's really enjoyable watching you and your family updating your property this year...gorgeous changes! ❤🇨🇦
The boat is so cute! All the hard work looks worth it, such a lovely area.
Everything looks great! So peaceful. I love the post & boat tied up to it!
What a great project! Really enjoyed this one! Great area for family get togethers, so peaceful! Love the the post & boat! (Attention to the little details, right Mary)?! How about adding a paddle boat, that would be fun! I always had that dream lol! I think they have them at Walmart. Enjoy your day! 🐟 🌲 🐸
Thank you for sharing another great video.
I enjoyed this “different” video ❤ It was very peaceful and relaxing 😎
Looks absolutely beautiful! Tfs
It looks great! Nice job. Keep the videos coming. We love them. God bless you!