Setting Up Spring Water Pond Irrigation & An Important Homestead Delivery!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 พ.ย. 2024
- Hi lovely people! After A LOT of work we finally get our natural pond filled up! We then try to set up a watering system for our vegetable garden using the water from the Spring fed pond. This does not go to plan initially but we battle on to find a solution. Towards the end of the week a much awaited delivery finally arrives to our mountain farm. Exciting times ahead!
See you on the next one,
Dani, Will & Bailey xx
Always nice to see you both working on your homestead getting things done, solving puzzles with getting the water flowing. Hope the veggie garden will enjoy the water and that the harvest may be abundant!
Thanks so much 😊💚
Never realised it rained so much in Northern Portugal in winter/spring.. you are both doing a great job renovating your home and land.. you both have a chilled “let’s get this done” attitude.. a lot of land to manage.. a lot of work.. ❤
Us too 😂 hoping it will benefit the land though. Thank you 💚
Wonderful progress your place is beautiful, the views are amazing. See you Sunday 😊
Thanks Maria 💚 see you on Sunday
I love the videos and they're very helpful. For the leaks, maybe identify all leaks and use concreate to seal them off and fill up the pond again.
You did a great job on your pond. It is beautiful!
Wow, your pond is full! Hope it stays full!
We hope so too 😊
The water looks clear.
The pond is wonderfull with the wild life enjoying the fresh water.
How exciting you can now make a start on your kitchen…..
Love your enthusiasm and you’re get up and give things a go attitude….looking forward to the next vlog
Aw thanks so much 💚💚 see you next week for a start on the kitchen 😊
So glad your water is running again to water the gardens, way to go. All the best in the building of the kitchen, look forward to seeing any updates you share. Have a good week, bye for now from Ontario, Canada ♥
Thanks so much 💚 hope all is well over there in Ontario 🇨🇦
Starting to warm up here, with a bunch of spring rain as well. 😊
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I think you made great progress on your pond damn. These types of repairs are never fully fixed on the first try. Do you best to isolate the source of the leaks and try again. The leak at the bottom of the damn seems like it may be coming underneath the damn. If so, that will take some digging and pouring a foundation under the stone with cement - something 'm sure you can do. But for now - enjoy it the way that it is.
The big frog is VERY happy to have a pond back :)
Really excited about the kitchen build!
Thanks Steve 😊 🐸
Your pond looks beautiful, and I love the frog. Also, I think the painted garden beds look wonderful. Love from Australia ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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The pond looks really good and is a nice asset to the garden. Looking forward to seeing the kitchen next week 😊😊😊
Thanks Donald, looking forward to it too 💚
I'm in love with your spring-fed pond, and it's such an asset to have in an area that can go dry in summer.
I'm guessing you'll learn to live with its foibles, over the years. The wooden plug adds comedy value.
My next comments are perhaps unasked-for advice, but I hope they might help:
There are probably three ways to repair the leaks, and the 'green' one is to use clay to block the gaps, because clay as a soil type shouldn't let much water through if the layer is thick enough.
The other two options are to use a plastic pond liner, or to concrete the surface with a mesh contained within the render mix. In the latter case, you'd certainly need to dig out the pond first.
The pipe outlet in the pond probably needs a cage box over it, to prevent it getting clogged up with weed.
The water pressure will be a function of how full the pond is, and how big your upper pipe is, where it emerges from the pond. The physical height difference between the pond and the raised beds should give you plenty of header tank pressure.
Adding the small tank below the pond only works as a secondary reserve, and won't actually improve the water feed or pressure. But you might think in the longer term of building a cisterna tank of a much bigger scale, and that would be a separate feature giving you a bigger reserve of water, and that tank could double up as a clean summer plunge pool, to work alongside your existing 'nature' pond.
My friends in the Algarve have solved their own garden irrigation problem by building a massive cisterna, but it's also disguised as a wildwater swimming pool, complete with water plants and reeds used as the filtration system.
Best wishes from a very cold south coast of England.
Thank you for the tips and info! We reckon pond maintenance will be an ongoing job for sure so may try something else in the future 😊 love the idea of a natural pool of some sort!
I love the pound and the life inside
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Your pond looks awesome. The fruit trees are a bonus to have on your land. I know you are excited to get started on your kitchen, looking forward to your progress on that. Have a blessed week, see you next week.
Thanks Patricia 💚 have a lovely week!
Beautiful sunset!!
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A fantastic video. The pond looks fabulous and lovely to see, and certainly hear,the wildlife has returned and loving it too. Great solutions to your watering system, well thought out, well done. Looking forward to seeing the kitchen build. Pauline
Thanks Pauline, have a lovely week 💚
Good morning lovely people. Great effort that you finally where able to set up the pond again. Time for some ducks😊 enjoy your weekend.
Hi Peter 😊 can't wait for ducks 🦆🦆 have a great week! 💚
You may need to 'prime' the pipe leading to the tap; fill it with water so that when you open the tap the water leaving the pipe draws more from the source as it creates vacuum in the pipe. x.
Great tip thanks! 😊
The pond will be so necessary during the summer. Good job.
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All that water is gold for all your vegetables garden guys for me is enjoyable video thanks very much cheers 👋👋🍻🍻👍👍
Thanks Guiseppe 😊💚💚
Brilliant to see the pond and all the natural wild l life
I am excited for you getting there with the kitchen. I can't wait 🙌 your homestead is looking awesome very happy for you
Thanks so much 💚😊
Great work guys! Your videos are a great source of inspiration and loving your enthusiasm and energy! Can't wait to see the new kitchen taking shape, how handy to be married to a joiner! Looking forward to seeing you cook all that lovely home grown produce. So cool you have a new resident in your pond as soon as you filled it. Frogs are very special... considered to be good luck in some cultures! Can't wait to see next weeks video!
Thanks so much! 💚
He has his uses 😉 so excited for the next few months! 😊
Enjoy watching you two I always get motivated to do more outside when I watch you two see you next week
Thanks, glad we can provide motivation 😊💚
The frog in the pool is cool! Also can’t wait to see what you do with your kitchen 😊
It's a noisy wee one but providing us with some entertainment 😊💚
Great work u two.....luv wotchin your progress.x
Thanks so much Julie 😊 xx
Boa tarde meus caros Balleys mais um excelente vidio gosto muito de os ver nessa floresta mágica. Ainda bem que resolveram o problema da água para regar o jardim este ano tem chovido muito nao vai haver falta de água.
Desejo uma boa semana e espero que haja mais vidios.
Bem hajam e voltem sempre 🫶🫶🫶🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🐕🐕
Muito obrigado 💚💚 Até à próxima semana
The second peach tree that doesn't have hair/fluff on the fruit, could be a Nectarine. The trees look similar.
That’s so wonderful that you have peach and cherry trees too! You will be able to make some really nice pies and cobblers. The pond is looking amazing and you did a great job problem solving the irrigation issues. It’s so nice to see all the aquatic life in the pond. It looks like the weather is improving there. Have a wonderful spring growing your garden. I can’t wait to see your fruits and vegetables. It was fun seeing your bird nest too. Did the baby birds hatch yet? ❤️
Agree with those trees being the source of some gorgeous pies! Wondering about the fledgings too - did they hatch yet! Love the fact that that the fledgings are living and working alongside the new fledging farmers at the same time.
Ah we cannot wait to enjoy all the fruit the trees have to offer ☺️ will hopefully find a few great pie recipes!
No baby birds just yet, mama Bird is still sitting on her eggs, we are waiting patiently, such a delight to see 😊💚🐦
All your hard work has paid off your pond is lovely what a great job you have done looking forward to your kitchen build
Thank you kindly 💚
Pond looks great!❤
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Like your vids and spirit! Note: Ik you can fill the vessel from the pond..then you also should be able connect it direct to the pond to the garden. Maybe there was a blockage. So i advice to try the first setup again. Anyway.. it looks great!
Thanks 😊
Really looking forward to seeing Will working on the kitchen
Coming soon! 😊💚
I would suggest trying to move the damaged fruit tree to give it space and trim to get straightened much better for future growth.
Great videos guys i see your confident growing as a channel
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Portuguese 🐸 🐸 so cute.🎉
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New sub Like your video did a good job on the water Beautiful lady you have out there So we'll see again you people have a good day stay safe my friends
Thanks and welcome 😊 see you next week! 💚
Thinking if you waited for the pond to fill more your original solution would have worked you just lacked pressure.
Every meter drop (water depth) equals about 0.1 bar pressure, and if i saw right the little tank is situated below the pool so you are actually losing some pressure at the tap (well in theory anyway as that original pipe may also be more prone to blockages).
Great video water sorted for garden beds looking forward to kitchen being continued 😊did you manage to sort the leaks out on the pond ?😊
Glad you enjoyed it 😊 leaks not fixed completely but it definitely holds enough water for now
The leaks in the pound use to be fixed with mud inside.
Love the videos ❤
Do you think the pond could be an issue with mosquitos??
We are hoping the little critters in there will take care of that 😊💚
Rather than use the plug, I think a shut off valve of sort with a long handle to screw the valve open and shut, to be able to allow water to regulate the flow completely due to amount for overflow.
Good morning!
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All your vids are brilliant but if u can u need personal mics all the best
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Gölet bir harika, tabi ki doğayla iç içe olması daha güzel. Ben Türkiye nin baş kenti Ankaradan izliyorum. Sizin bulunduğunuz yer neresi?
Hello to you in Ankara. We are nearby a town called Amarante in northern portugal 🇵🇹 💚
When filming from further away it is harder to hear what you are talking about especially with wind so maybe get some simple clip on microphones.
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