Welcome to Perseverance Pastures! I'm Victoria, and thanks for checking out our small REGENERATIVE farm in the making.
We will have videos ranging from our building projects, soil building, raising livestock, gardening and herbalism. I also hope to show you how we are building our farm BUSINESS!
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I've wanted a farm my whole life. I've spent years learning and pursuing this dream of mine. It is finally taking shape, as my husband and I have purchased our small farm in zone 6B.
We have big dreams and ideas. I'm sure there will be a few hiccups along the road, but we will persevere.
The muck away does work We’ve used it for a few years. Taking weeds out with a cable and harrow - pulling it with the tractor- is allot of work on a 1/2 acre pond. A pond is more work than a swimming pool but if you don’t keep up on it you’ll eventually have a swamp
Yea, the muck away has helped so much with our water clarity! I've noticed walking in it, there is less muck as well! I am working on another video to show the update!. Addressing the excess pond weeds will be our next steps in rejuvenating our pond
As a fellow pond owner who has major muck issues I can tell you one of the best things you can do is aerate. Don't know what your budget may be, but a small solar aeration system would go a long way towards keeping the muck under control. When your pond is in the woods (like mine) you will always be fighting the leaves accumulating every fall. I used an herbicide called Clipper which completely eliminated the water meal (similar to duckweed) that covered my pond with no detrimental effects to the pond life. Best of luck cleaning up your muck mess!
Thanks for the insight!!! I appreciate it! I am looking into a small solar aerator! This winter, I've done some reading, and it seems like the best option!
How large is your pond. Regarding muck, i think you have to dredge it, or mechanically remove it. The chemicals will never remove that much. Regarding the duckweed. You can spray it, but it is extremely hard to get it and it just keeps multiplying. We bought 150 gold fish feeders from the pet store. We put them in in summer and next year when the duckweed started popping up the fish kept it in control. They love to eat it. Not grass carp, gold fish. Koi live it too but dont get any. Your going to need to plant pond plants to take up all the nutrients you have, and koi love to destroy pond plants. If you dont, when the duckweed is gone, your going to have algae like crazy cuz the nutrients wont be going to the duckweed anymore. Good luck, its a great learning experience. If your concerned about goldfish multiplying like crazy, when you add Bass they will knock diwn their numbers. Good luck
Size wise , I still need to get a good measurement, but I'd say it is roughly 50-foot by 40-foot. It isn't very large at all. I am thinking of getting fish next spring, I wanted some time to decide what kind would be best, along with figuring out a good vendor. Since our pond is pretty small, I don't think it can hold to many fish. Thanks for the insight on the gold fish!
Wow, shorts and t-shirt. What state are you in dear??? Great video your channel popped up. I'm cold where I am. VERY north in Washington state out on one of the small Islands. I also have a VERY small homestead. Keep learning, God Bless
Yea it was a warm day! It was in the low 70s in northeast Kansas! Thanks for watching! Also I've always wanted to go to Washington, I've heard it is great hiking!
@@perseverance_pastures When I was in Kansas it was so Beautiful!! Washington has GREAT hiking, also Mountain climbing if your into vertical climbs, I used to enjoy it when I was a younger woman. PS You have a new subscriber.
The line "If I get into trouble I will call my husband to help get me out" is pretty much how he gets pulled into my crazy. I think this keeps them young 😆
