I was going to write something similar, it's just water sources they are looking for and hear it. Create pools along the line and they won't work for it any more
With limestone, clay, and a kiln you can make a natural hydraulic quicklime which when slaked will set underwater. Its been used since Roman times to construct all manner of things that get constantly wet. In my opinion the mortared stonework springs look much nicer and will likely last a lot longer than the plastic ones. Regardless, another great video. Thanks!
Apparently cheap, unscented cat litter made from sodium bentonite clay (specifically sodium bentonite) can create a water impermeable layer. Some people have used it as an environmentally safe pond liner then set stones in it. Need at least 6" depth of the clay for it to work well.
Electric tape heavily wrapped as a base. Thin steel wire to wrap the hose. Vise the hose while wrapping to maintain tension in the wire. Those high pressure hoses can sometimes be wire reinforced - so best to hold any patch you do on using the same methodology. (Not sure if your hose is.) That, or cut and attach connectors. Bring something sharp enough and strong enough for wire!
sealing the bottom of the spring. buy a good quality clay and dry, pulverize and sprinkle into the water it will sink into the flowing cracks then expand and seal the bottom.
We have a spring here on Welsh Mountain in Pennsylvania that is at the top of the mountain. Judging by what you found, i sugest you explore higher up the mountain for geologic rock features that “point straight up”. And look for water there, you may not need the pump.
Maybe turn the holes into little drip resistent drinking ball things where the animals can drink a little bit and avoid the desire to punch more holes, could work out as a cheap test
You have mentioned buying a ram-pump. They are fairly simple to and cheap to build so I was wondering why buy when you can build. Their are a lot of how to videos here to use, plus if you google ram-pump and look under images it's easy to find plans. I would recommend having a big catch tank before the ram-pump for both a steady volume and to catch any debris.
It's probably worth it to buy in order to get more reliability and efficiency. Benefit from their experience and problems they fixed already. I doubt the pump part itself is the main cost, considering all the pipes and pennstock required regardless of the solution.
chipmunks and squirrels are kinda obsessed with the texture of some types of poly. they love the feel on their teeth. a natural deterrent for chipmunks that works really well (tho maybe not outdoors) is Tiger Balm, ideally the red kind with the high camphor content. Pretty much anything that uses pheromone trails, from chipmunks to ants, despise the stuff and won't touch anything rubbed with it. I've gotten chipmunks to voluntarily abandon wall cavities by smearing a little tiger balm inside the drywall.
10:41 *You need a carrying pole, also called a shoulder pole, or a milkmaid's yoke!* (hasn't anyone suggested this to you yet? With as much as you're carrying, why not "work smarter, and not harder...")
Looks amazing. Use the tractor to dig a slight path, just enough to have a leveled pass. From location to location. How the step plot farm land are shaped. As they use in the Japanese hill or mountain step farming.
As someone who runs drip irrigation I run into critters biting holes into it pretty often even though i have a pond for the critters. I don't know if they sell it for your tubing. But for mine they make pressure connectors that you cut the line then cut the small holes out then put both fine sides into to fix it. I'd recommend walking your lines often especially if you're going to leave them above ground.
I had a squirrel chew through the propane hose on my grill several times. Wrapping it in tinfoil worked very well! That may not be too simple with the amount of hose you have but just a thought. I also doubt they knew to chew through the hose to get water, like someone else mentioned they like chewing on certain types of plastic. I've seen them chew many an insulated wire/cable.
You may have already considered - if not - we have not found a better tool to get rid of roots when digging is a battery powered sawzall with a wood blade. My son is an electrician here in FL and has become an expert at root removal. 😂
I'm amazed of the possible potential I see in this video. A possible Paradise in my opinion. I think I'll take the pleasure, and explaining. Just from the videos, i think i see multiple springs within rocks throwing distance from each other. Looks to me by the elevation access you have every thing you need is around all these springs. Building a structure over each spring gives you refrigerators. Looks like if you throw a rock to the lowest point you probably have fifteen maybe twenty feet of elevation. You have enough rocks to erect a huge water tank. Lot of work but if the rocks and dirt was separated feeling in backwards from the water tank back to the springs gives a huge flat spot, for gardens and home. The pressure at the bottom of the water tank would probably be enough for electricity depending on the amount of water flow, I'm sure if the front of the structure over each spring was the starting point of the walk-in structure, 8 or more feet back should open up more water. A8 foot floor with spring under it would make a fine refrigerator. If the ground was close we're all the springs come together you build a house over the top of the springs that you develop. Your windows would probably be open all day long because it would be so cold in the house. I would love to know all the elevations, to hand draft a design do better explained. Think you're picking up a Transit, and make a video of it. I believe this is a perfect spot to be off grid. If you can get a tractor that far you can build a road to it. Looks like the house ward even be addicted by the higher ridges. Thanks for reading. Your videos inspire my words.
Really interesting process. Have you considered how the decrease in water in that valley is going to affect plant growth? Most likely there is plenty of water in your region with a good amount of run-off, but you are diverting quite a bit. Understanding the ecology of the whole area is complex. Any thoughts?
What state are you in? I've got a place on the side of a mountain in N.H. infront of the Presidential Range and will be searching for my own springs this fall & winter. You have some great points of reference for finding springs! Glad I stumbled onto your page!
You could try to fix the leaks by possibly melting plastic into it or get some bi-carb soda powder and superglue but the pipe would have to be dry sprinkle the bi-carb into the hole then put a few drops over the bi-carb and it should fill it and stop the leak?
Have you considered an inverted syphon ? No pumping required to go up hill. As long as the start of your pipes from the springs are higher than the outlet for your homestead, it will flow no matter how deep the U.
try putting your little dams so the spring fills from above the pipe level not from below. The extra pressure from the water in the dame COULD be enough for the spring water to pop out elsewhere on the hill.
Silicone self-fusing tape can seal that low pressure leak. You can find it so,times called ‘rescue tape’ advertised for fixing car radiator hose leaks.
I have seen some videos, I think somewhere in South America, where they drill horizontally into the spring. After drilling, the flow rate increase significantly.
I'm not sure from the camera angles, it looks like your felled trees are facing downslope from the spring, but any felled trees should be at most on contour, but I would slope them towards the spring. You'll be surprised how much water trees that size catch.
The length of the piping needing to be protected is pretty big. I think you may find that trenching is the cheapest way (Except for your time). Any kind of coating or sheathing is going to cost a lot, although sheathing in a larger bore piping of the same material might be the next cheapest thing.
Someone kept biting into my garden drip line so I put a bowl of water in the middle of my garden and it stopped! (There was already a bowl a few feet away on the patio.) You may need to figure out how to route some water to the animals in that area.
curious would sediment eventually block the irrigation holes in the white piping within the catchment damn area beneath all that gravel ballast ? would you have to do fabric maintenance and unblock it every once in a while ? great videos btw keep at it
Adding water from a spring to a tank can increase water flow, Gravity pulls water from the tank, so raising the tank's height can increase pressure. The relationship between water height and pressure is constant. For every extra foot of water, pressure increases by 0.433 psi. Just a thought ..
Ever since I started following your channel I just figured you were somewhere in the Pacific Northwest... but I remember last week you told us something else... and now I can't remember. Which state are you in? I'm loving this spring idea... I'm going to enjoy seeing you bring it to fruition. You know... it got me wondering about how you might make use of a natural gas well. President Truman had one on his property and somehow was able to use that gas to heat his home and cook. But I'd have no idea how to go about doing that. These springs are going to be much better than sinking one of those deep wells - so I love the idea.
you might want to look into getting a 3d printer for fixing pipes. you can make lots of different adaptors and couplings that are strong without having to rely on stores.
Two ideas, metal conduct or wrapping the pipe in hardware cloth or maybe spraying mixture of hot sauce and water would do the trick.... though you would have to repeat frequently Love the new springs, looks like you have the process of developing a spring to a fine art. What a bonus getting your video on Saturday. Can't wait to see when you have the springs producing 15 gallons!
Why not use three 6 GPM ram pumps to achieve your desired flow rate? You could design the system to activate a variable number of pumps based on the available flow. Additionally, a storage system could be installed at the connection point where the three pumps merge, providing on-site water storage. Excess runoff could be managed with an overflow valve and piped downstream.
also he wants to use gravity pump to. get water to house so about 70% will be loss assuming height of 15 m so he is looking to get around 3-5 gallons per minute so not that much at the end
The reduction in flow can be seasonal,, or a perched water table that may empty itself when exposed. Or have characters of all three artesian, perched or seasonal (episodic) Developing multiples,, is amazing to me. Oh BTW The clay at any well supply house Bentonite sold in a dry powder bagged. It is what is used to seal around a well casing.
Is there any point in setting up a spillway so that the dam part is more protected when water flow increases too much to avoid more damage or does the flow just not spike that much to warrant the effort?
Hi. Do you intend to collect ALL the water, that comes out of that slope? May be you have a bigger impact on the soil, the plants an the animals than one anticipate? If that is the case, may be it helps considerating the needs of the nature for water there? Greetings from Germany, Chris
trenching the pipe wont work either to keep the animals out, they will just dig a tunnel to it and then you wont be able to find the holes. a metal pipe would work in that section. but also having a water bowl there might help. as they might prefer to get running water than stationary water.
Squirrels, Chipmunks, or an assortment? They insist on gnawing exposed tubing around my pond. Had finally had enough, and armored the exposed stuff by putting it inside a larger, thicker tubing. Yes, I paused it, no I didn't read the other comments. Lets see how I did... Oh yeah... those gnaw marks look all too familiar! The most annoying "gnawy" thing that's happened, and for which I have no solution ... Put up strings of small LED fairy lights on a ornamental cherry in the middle of the lawn, and also spiraling around a tree coming up through the deck. Squrrels!!!! I think the Red Squirrels, mostly. Chewed them to pieces. Had to finally give up on them. Come to find out, the factory in China manufacturing the light strings use a "green" oil instead of mineral oil to lubricate the extruder nozzles that add the molten plastic for insulation. Peanut oil. They used peanut oil to lubricate the dies/nozzle that shape the insulation around the wiring!!!! RAWR!
Does look like a chipmunk. I would plant Patchuoli or spray Patchuoli essential oil diluted in water. We put it on our back porch to keep wildlife at bay.
Not sure what it was called but there was a product a bit like bluetak that you pushed into a leak that set like metal though frankly it’s gonna keep happening as long as the tubes are exposed if possible le burying them might he.p or actually turning them into streams to a catchment pool you can tap to a metal pipe granted you might need to add a pump to the system
I guessed rats chewed on your plastic water line. About 15 years ago, I had a project in Chaves county in Texas where we had some temporary power cables on the ground in the countryside. We had endless problems with rats chewing on the plastic cables causing earth leakage. We tried a whole host of ideas to stop them short of burying cables. Nothing appeared to be a complete solution. We concluded that they just wanted something to chew on to keep their teeth short or that there was some element in the plastic that attracted them. It cost us a lot of lost time and equipment damage costs. Digging trenches in the countryside to bury the cables was not feasible or allowable under our permits from the BLM.
Mothballs or mothball crystals along the hose. Animals don't like the smell. Oh, and if you have porcupines in your area, they love to eat plastic and rubber.
Generally when chipmunks are displaying undesirable behavior, you can get them to stop by screaming “ALVINNNN!!!!!”
hahahaha amazing comment, you have us in stitches, thank you!!!
Put an irrigation drip line in and built a small catch or pool for forest water hole for critters. They won't chew through it anymore
I was going to write something similar, it's just water sources they are looking for and hear it. Create pools along the line and they won't work for it any more
thank you so much, that makes a lot of sense!!
This!
TH-cam suggested your previous video earlier this week. Not sure why but I am love watching you working on these springs.
Aw so happy to hear that!! Thanks for spending some time with us, Dan :)
With limestone, clay, and a kiln you can make a natural hydraulic quicklime which when slaked will set underwater. Its been used since Roman times to construct all manner of things that get constantly wet. In my opinion the mortared stonework springs look much nicer and will likely last a lot longer than the plastic ones. Regardless, another great video. Thanks!
Apparently cheap, unscented cat litter made from sodium bentonite clay (specifically sodium bentonite) can create a water impermeable layer. Some people have used it as an environmentally safe pond liner then set stones in it. Need at least 6" depth of the clay for it to work well.
That is so interesting! Thank you so much for that tip, that is really clever...
Electric tape heavily wrapped as a base.
Thin steel wire to wrap the hose.
Vise the hose while wrapping to maintain tension in the wire.
Those high pressure hoses can sometimes be wire reinforced - so best to hold any patch you do on using the same methodology. (Not sure if your hose is.)
That, or cut and attach connectors. Bring something sharp enough and strong enough for wire!
sealing the bottom of the spring. buy a good quality clay and dry, pulverize and sprinkle into the water it will sink into the flowing cracks then expand and seal the bottom.
We have a spring here on Welsh Mountain in Pennsylvania that is at the top of the mountain. Judging by what you found, i sugest you explore higher up the mountain for geologic rock features that “point straight up”. And look for water there, you may not need the pump.
Definitely passing this idea on to Lou. Thanks so much for your advice! Will be on the lookout for rock features like that!
How can a spring exist on to of a mountain? The water has to come from somewhere?
watching your videos is like such a good therapy. cheers man!
Nice to see Max helping 😊❤❤❤.
Thank you Daniella :) he really is so eager to get his hands dirty too!
That's such a blessing!
Maybe turn the holes into little drip resistent drinking ball things where the animals can drink a little bit and avoid the desire to punch more holes, could work out as a cheap test
Thats a cute idea!! Will pass on to Lou, thank you, Little Bear!
You have mentioned buying a ram-pump. They are fairly simple to and cheap to build so I was wondering why buy when you can build. Their are a lot of how to videos here to use, plus if you google ram-pump and look under images it's easy to find plans. I would recommend having a big catch tank before the ram-pump for both a steady volume and to catch any debris.
It's probably worth it to buy in order to get more reliability and efficiency. Benefit from their experience and problems they fixed already. I doubt the pump part itself is the main cost, considering all the pipes and pennstock required regardless of the solution.
chipmunks and squirrels are kinda obsessed with the texture of some types of poly. they love the feel on their teeth. a natural deterrent for chipmunks that works really well (tho maybe not outdoors) is Tiger Balm, ideally the red kind with the high camphor content. Pretty much anything that uses pheromone trails, from chipmunks to ants, despise the stuff and won't touch anything rubbed with it. I've gotten chipmunks to voluntarily abandon wall cavities by smearing a little tiger balm inside the drywall.
You can patch that with pvc glue or supper glue and rubber patches from old inner tubes. 8:43
10:41 *You need a carrying pole, also called a shoulder pole, or a milkmaid's yoke!*
(hasn't anyone suggested this to you yet? With as much as you're carrying, why not "work smarter, and not harder...")
Looks amazing.
Use the tractor to dig a slight path, just enough to have a leveled pass.
From location to location.
How the step plot farm land are shaped.
As they use in the Japanese hill or mountain step farming.
can't wait to see the ram pump install and water flowing up the mountain! Just got recommended your channel and look forward to watching your journey!
Loved that spiderweb shot thru to work
Thanks :)
As someone who runs drip irrigation I run into critters biting holes into it pretty often even though i have a pond for the critters. I don't know if they sell it for your tubing. But for mine they make pressure connectors that you cut the line then cut the small holes out then put both fine sides into to fix it. I'd recommend walking your lines often especially if you're going to leave them above ground.
I had a squirrel chew through the propane hose on my grill several times. Wrapping it in tinfoil worked very well! That may not be too simple with the amount of hose you have but just a thought. I also doubt they knew to chew through the hose to get water, like someone else mentioned they like chewing on certain types of plastic. I've seen them chew many an insulated wire/cable.
You may have already considered - if not - we have not found a better tool to get rid of roots when digging is a battery powered sawzall with a wood blade. My son is an electrician here in FL and has become an expert at root removal. 😂
Had never heard of ‘spring development’. Thanks for sharing. Any info on history and archaeology of this technology?
I'm amazed of the possible potential I see in this video.
A possible Paradise in my opinion.
I think I'll take the pleasure, and explaining.
Just from the videos, i think i see multiple springs within rocks throwing distance from each other. Looks to me by the elevation access you have every thing you need is around all these springs. Building a structure over each spring gives you refrigerators. Looks like if you throw a rock to the lowest point you probably have fifteen maybe twenty feet of elevation. You have enough rocks to erect a huge water tank. Lot of work but if the rocks and dirt was separated feeling in backwards from the water tank back to the springs gives a huge flat spot, for gardens and home. The pressure at the bottom of the water tank would probably be enough for electricity depending on the amount of water flow, I'm sure if the front of the structure over each spring was the starting point of the walk-in structure, 8 or more feet back should open up more water. A8 foot floor with spring under it would make a fine refrigerator. If the ground was close we're all the springs come together you build a house over the top of the springs that you develop. Your windows would probably be open all day long because it would be so cold in the house.
I would love to know all the elevations, to hand draft a design do better explained.
Think you're picking up a Transit, and make a video of it. I believe this is a perfect spot to be off grid. If you can get a tractor that far you can build a road to it. Looks like the house ward even be addicted by the higher ridges.
Thanks for reading.
Your videos inspire my words.
Really interesting process. Have you considered how the decrease in water in that valley is going to affect plant growth? Most likely there is plenty of water in your region with a good amount of run-off, but you are diverting quite a bit. Understanding the ecology of the whole area is complex. Any thoughts?
You do know that springs are mostly rainwater that overflows, given that there are many of them, the eco system isn't at danger
no
What state are you in? I've got a place on the side of a mountain in N.H. infront of the Presidential Range and will be searching for my own springs this fall & winter. You have some great points of reference for finding springs! Glad I stumbled onto your page!
It's not like he had diverted a whole river, don't think 20 gallons will make any difference in the area.
@@nks9694they're in upstate New York
You could try to fix the leaks by possibly melting plastic into it or get some bi-carb soda powder and superglue but the pipe would have to be dry sprinkle the bi-carb into the hole then put a few drops over the bi-carb and it should fill it and stop the leak?
Sure enjoying your spring-ploytation.
Make an animal bath in the forest ❤ will be great animal watching with a critter cam
Fascinating how nature works. Love these videos❤❤❤
So glad to hear that :)
Have you considered an inverted syphon ? No pumping required to go up hill.
As long as the start of your pipes from the springs are higher than the outlet for your homestead, it will flow no matter how deep the U.
I love the helmet used for chainsaw work.
Looks like an X-Wing pilot helmet
11:00 Oh man what a shot 🤩
hey man, i really love those spring videos. Also i think your camera angles are really nice! Keep it up.
Thats so nice of you to say, Paul!! will pass on your kind words to Lou :)
Maybe use pond liner instead of the plastic tarp. I think that might hold ob longer and better
Thanks for the idea, Sundeki!
The chipmunks developed a lil spring out of your line
try putting your little dams so the spring fills from above the pipe level not from below. The extra pressure from the water in the dame COULD be enough for the spring water to pop out elsewhere on the hill.
Silicone self-fusing tape can seal that low pressure leak. You can find it so,times called ‘rescue tape’ advertised for fixing car radiator hose leaks.
Thanks so much! Will pass this on to Lou, this sounds like a great idea :)
I have seen some videos, I think somewhere in South America, where they drill horizontally into the spring. After drilling, the flow rate increase significantly.
th-cam.com/video/8h_sOkwAwgU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=YlvfBTCMiIaYsI-n&t=36
The editing😍😍
I'm not sure from the camera angles, it looks like your felled trees are facing downslope from the spring, but any felled trees should be at most on contour, but I would slope them towards the spring. You'll be surprised how much water trees that size catch.
Paused: Sasquatch diverted the flow to his place? 😂
You need a board with a Notch cut in each end - then you can hang the buckets and get that weight on your shoulders -
This is a great idea, thanks so much for watching out for our backs!
The length of the piping needing to be protected is pretty big. I think you may find that trenching is the cheapest way (Except for your time). Any kind of coating or sheathing is going to cost a lot, although sheathing in a larger bore piping of the same material might be the next cheapest thing.
That soft black poly pipe is a critter chewing magnet your probably better off with a larger stiffer piping.
Thank you.... afraid this may indeed be the case...
You can always rework a spring and make it better you don't have to keep just one design have fun
Nice video. You should use a shovel handle across your shoulders to carry the buckets
Someone kept biting into my garden drip line so I put a bowl of water in the middle of my garden and it stopped! (There was already a bowl a few feet away on the patio.) You may need to figure out how to route some water to the animals in that area.
Thank you, will try that!!
curious would sediment eventually block the irrigation holes in the white piping within the catchment damn area beneath all that gravel ballast ? would you have to do fabric maintenance and unblock it every once in a while ? great videos btw keep at it
What if you pipe all the springs into one 500-gallon tank below and one pipe in other to catch more water and build output and pressure.
Adding water from a spring to a tank can increase water flow, Gravity pulls water from the tank, so raising the tank's height can increase pressure. The relationship between water height and pressure is constant. For every extra foot of water, pressure increases by 0.433 psi.
Just a thought ..
Ever since I started following your channel I just figured you were somewhere in the Pacific Northwest... but I remember last week you told us something else... and now I can't remember. Which state are you in? I'm loving this spring idea... I'm going to enjoy seeing you bring it to fruition. You know... it got me wondering about how you might make use of a natural gas well. President Truman had one on his property and somehow was able to use that gas to heat his home and cook. But I'd have no idea how to go about doing that. These springs are going to be much better than sinking one of those deep wells - so I love the idea.
They're in upstate New York, other side of the country :)
They are in Upstate New York if I’m not mistaken
Yes indeed in gorgeous upstate new york :)
you might want to look into getting a 3d printer for fixing pipes. you can make lots of different adaptors and couplings that are strong without having to rely on stores.
Two ideas, metal conduct or wrapping the pipe in hardware cloth or maybe spraying mixture of hot sauce and water would do the trick.... though you would have to repeat frequently Love the new springs, looks like you have the process of developing a spring to a fine art. What a bonus getting your video on Saturday. Can't wait to see when you have the springs producing 15 gallons!
the pex with aluminum in the wall
Why not use three 6 GPM ram pumps to achieve your desired flow rate? You could design the system to activate a variable number of pumps based on the available flow. Additionally, a storage system could be installed at the connection point where the three pumps merge, providing on-site water storage. Excess runoff could be managed with an overflow valve and piped downstream.
That is plenty of flow! Running 24/7 into a tank is more than you will ever need or use
Try that flexseal tape that is for waterproofing things!
Paused: AIR 👍 Edit ...I was wrong, but it will be interesting to see your solution.
Please develope springs regularly
When it rains really heavy the clay will probably blow out.
Definitely a possibility... will keep tabs on that and see how it goes while working on these projects :)
use a wood ash cement if your worried about toxicity, it wont wash out like plain clay.
I'm new here and i really wonder why you'd need so much water
They are planning to build a house. 15 gal/min is actually minimal for a house so they are going on the light side.
also he wants to use gravity pump to. get water to house so about 70% will be loss assuming height of 15 m
so he is looking to get around 3-5 gallons per minute so not that much at the end
To survive comfortably
Thank you all for those replies! That does cover it :)
I dont think thats correct. If you have a reservoir and compression tank it makes up for a lot of flow shortages.
2:50 no its HIS best times
Small ground rodent ate the hose for sure!
The usual organic material like leaves, sticks caught up in the filter?
Do you have a video posted already showing how you find the right location for a spring?
I wonder if long term you could eliminate some of those lengths of pipe by creating cisterns
hey, Although water might be your new gold, yet what about landslides? What about the animals that also use the water as a resource?
That mountain looks like it's full of seeps. Animals will find even the tinyest trickles and dig them out.
7:32 a 🐿️
Coat the hydronic cement with clay if you're worried about contamination.
7:32 An Animal tried to get some water and bit into it
The reduction in flow can be seasonal,, or a perched water table that may empty itself when exposed. Or have characters of all three artesian, perched or seasonal (episodic) Developing multiples,, is amazing to me. Oh BTW The clay at any well supply house Bentonite sold in a dry powder bagged. It is what is used to seal around a well casing.
Would a wheelbarrow help haul the smaller rocks some or most of the way, then use buckets if needed?
If you don't have one. I think you need a cistern. A cement cistern that can hold 2000 gallons
Is there any point in setting up a spillway so that the dam part is more protected when water flow increases too much to avoid more damage or does the flow just not spike that much to warrant the effort?
There is top pipe there for such cases
Hi. Do you intend to collect ALL the water, that comes out of that slope? May be you have a bigger impact on the soil, the plants an the animals than one anticipate? If that is the case, may be it helps considerating the needs of the nature for water there? Greetings from Germany, Chris
Squirrels chewing on the pipe, or possibly a mole.
07:34 A rise in the pipe path caused an air lock?
trenching the pipe wont work either to keep the animals out, they will just dig a tunnel to it and then you wont be able to find the holes. a metal pipe would work in that section. but also having a water bowl there might help. as they might prefer to get running water than stationary water.
Squirrels, Chipmunks, or an assortment? They insist on gnawing exposed tubing around my pond. Had finally had enough, and armored the exposed stuff by putting it inside a larger, thicker tubing. Yes, I paused it, no I didn't read the other comments. Lets see how I did...
Oh yeah... those gnaw marks look all too familiar!
The most annoying "gnawy" thing that's happened, and for which I have no solution ...
Put up strings of small LED fairy lights on a ornamental cherry in the middle of the lawn, and also spiraling around a tree coming up through the deck.
Squrrels!!!! I think the Red Squirrels, mostly. Chewed them to pieces. Had to finally give up on them.
Come to find out, the factory in China manufacturing the light strings use a "green" oil instead of mineral oil to lubricate the extruder nozzles that add the molten plastic for insulation.
Peanut oil. They used peanut oil to lubricate the dies/nozzle that shape the insulation around the wiring!!!! RAWR!
Wash your gravel before you place it. Quick hose rinse saved me headaches.
Great job
Does look like a chipmunk. I would plant Patchuoli or spray Patchuoli essential oil diluted in water. We put it on our back porch to keep wildlife at bay.
Not sure what it was called but there was a product a bit like bluetak that you pushed into a leak that set like metal though frankly it’s gonna keep happening as long as the tubes are exposed if possible le burying them might he.p or actually turning them into streams to a catchment pool you can tap to a metal pipe granted you might need to add a pump to the system
I guessed rats chewed on your plastic water line.
About 15 years ago, I had a project in Chaves county in Texas where we had some temporary power cables on the ground in the countryside. We had endless problems with rats chewing on the plastic cables causing earth leakage. We tried a whole host of ideas to stop them short of burying cables. Nothing appeared to be a complete solution. We concluded that they just wanted something to chew on to keep their teeth short or that there was some element in the plastic that attracted them. It cost us a lot of lost time and equipment damage costs.
Digging trenches in the countryside to bury the cables was not feasible or allowable under our permits from the BLM.
Mothballs or mothball crystals along the hose. Animals don't like the smell. Oh, and if you have porcupines in your area, they love to eat plastic and rubber.
maaaaan, u need an off-road wheelbarrow
Porcupines seem to think plastic hose is actually black liquorice
Hahaha that does seem to be the case
cement is not toxic. its just quicklime. limestone that has bee heated to a very high temperature.
I’m surprised that you haven’t built a “milkmaid yoke” for carrying those gravel buckets. Save your hands!
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any danger of freezing in winter ? or luck not to have any
That’s definitely a vole hole lol they are pesky little buggers
weird, not a single comment about how you didn't make any notch cuts on those trees. easy way to barber chair yourself to an early grave.
My guess for why the flow slowed is the cap at the T shot off again.
How do you research such a project?
Wondering what happened to the mushrooms?
How do you know where to dig?
Seeps of groundwater
Something to do with active Beavers?
Flow rate or head pressure?
How do you figure out where there is a spring??
Rodent chewing on the pipe
New to channel. Where are you located? Northeast?