This series is so addicting. Just about the only thing I immediately click as soon as I see it in my feed. Can’t get enough of the updates!! I like the name Ali and Bam Bam.. I’m in Huntsville, AL so maybe I’m partial.
I am officially hooked to this pond project. My 6 year old daughter loves checking in on Moby, the ducks, and we feel like we live vicariously through these videos. Thank you!
Dig a hole and buy a small pond liner and make your own! You can make one in just a couple months if you put in a couple hours on Saturdays. For relatively cheap too.
@@VinylUnboxings I agree. Many years ago, I used to rescue and rehab snakes and to feed them I made a small 10'x10' pond in my backyard to attract frogs and bugs that I'd use to feed the snakes. Pond cost maybe $50 because I bought a pick ax and liner, but it saved way more than that since I never had to pay for mice again.
Best way to keep rodents away from wires, attach scented dryer sheets to the problem area. They hate the smell. I’m a mechanic near a large city and we’ve found that dryer sheets do the trick for customers that have rodent issues. Small mesh bags filled with moth balls also work well
You should extend the water pipe on to the oak of thrones. It will wash out the extra dirt in it and make more space in it for the fish and it will make a water break so it wouldn’t erode the pond
@@doxop6109 why do angry? Are you saying hes inbred just cuz he's from the south and has an accent? Pretty good stereotyping, bro. I'm resisting the urge to make some jokes abt liberals, but it's really getting to me
@@doxop6109 also, I'd like to see you do better if he's done so bad. Don't have that money? Or knowledge of how to do it or who to go to? Then shut your mouth
It would be great to see big patches of rock like that throughout the pond and also larger rocks, it gives a place for other natural bait like water Beatles and what not. Without stuff like that most bait in the pond will be soon eaten. The best pond is one that is self sufficient. Love the work you have put in so far and I'm looking forward to seeing the future of the pond.
Totally agree, some big rocks in the pond would be great, as would bull-rushes around the edges in a few places. It would provide excellent cover for the waterfowl etc.
May have to move the duck house out out to the island that way they have the water as an extra protection. You could add a floating ramp with a gate so no predator can walk out to them.
@@robertfarmer6316 Nah, not really. The only thing that is going to keep a few ducks around is having many dicks and adding more from time to time as they get eaten. That or getting rid of the predators. Either way will be an ongoing issue forever. This is the real world, not a zoo.
Riff Raff rocks for erosion areas, those river round rocks are gonna roll with heavy water movin thru. Thanks for bringing us along with the Building of the Pond. Lovin it.
For the predators we would set a motion sensor 10 feet away from the coop that turned a radio on. We stopped all the badgers so I imagine it would detour the bobcat
What you are doing is amazing! Many years ago my father was mayor of a small town, palos heights Illinois. He converted an old gun club into a 20 ( I think) acre lake named lake Katherine (named after my grandmother). It was stocked with bluegill, crappie and bass, and even Muskie. Unfortunately we think the Muskie may have been poached with illegal fishing. But they do still have family fishing days. It also has and it also has an island with swans. Best of luck with the project and I’ll be subscribed to follow your progress.
I am really surprised you haven't talked about putting shinners or bull minnows so they start getting established.. plenty of water and start ecosystem too. Can put some of your frogs from current pond in too
You might consider terminating the water pipe with a "T" fitting (or even multiple "T" fittings). That will help dissipate the energy of the water stream coming down that long pipe, preventing unnecessary erosion...
And possibly tacking a ground cloth like a blanket to dissipate the force in the dirt/clay bottom, if need to remove ….hold down with some rocks, and tie a floating rope/floaty if needed to pull out after…. Just a thought as well
You may want to add some valium to the Duck Food...Holy Cow! can you imagine how traumatized they are having to deal with a BobCat bouncing off the screen just a few feet away!!! Like being in a shark cage with Great Whites swimming around you...
@@YSLRD - it's almost like...wait for it...nature!! Pretty sure Ali and Bambam appreciate the protection. And, they can waddle up to the protection of the enclosed house. Joan, you should see how bobcats rip ducklings apart when they have no protection. Isn't there some other more city- type woke video you can watch?
@@markh9675 The problem though is ducks absolutely hate steep ramps - I'm guessing the ducks either haven't gone into the coop at all or have only done it accidentally. Duck houses are usually ground level, where this is setup more like a chicken coop.
I love how you like to let the wildlife be themselves in the area. I'm excited to see the pond swim-ready, fish-ready, and duck-ready! If you could train the ducks to seep INSIDE their house it might help their sleeping and anxiety. If you look at other RU-vidrs who raise ducks like goldshawfarms or whitehouseonthehill they have rituals for their birds on how they use their houses.
I have watched your channel from the very beginning. I am so excited to see the final change in this pond build. Cannot wait to see how Moby and the rest of the fishes and turtles and everything else likes their new home. Just love love watching your videos. Great job!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Looking good. Its getting closer and closer. Those hurricanes sure are a pain in the tookus. That bobcat sure was happy teasing those ducks. Thanks for the update, God Bless and safe adventures
Some day you’ll be looking for every viable way to funnel water INTO your pond during dry / drought conditions. Use every means to facilitate this nature flow of water. Don’t fight it our try to stop it. On our ponds, after we built them we came back and converted all wash-outs to natural water sources by installing water catch basins connected to underground piping feeding into the pond. We’ve used everything from 6” pipe to 24” pipe.
Really depends on where you live. In places like Louisiana, mississippi, and Alabama drought is not big issue . These are some of the wettest places in the USA. Too much water is a much bigger problem in these places
@@commissaryarrick9670 Agree, but I have lived in southeast Georgia for over 40 years now the last 20 years owning and operating a 500 acre pine plantation with 6 ponds and in this time we have had numerous challenges keeping our ponds from going (totally) dry. Its common for the levels to fluctuate as much as 6 feet during the yearly seasons and I have had to put shallow wells in at a couple of the ponds to help ensure they always have at least 2 feet of water in them. We also grow cotton and peanuts and again, many years not enough rain here to ensure maximum crop yield. Agree "too much" water is a problem but only when you aren't properly prepared for it. We funnel all water into our ponds with canals from natural low, bottom areas and we avoid wash-out by enforcing water travel paths with piping. All of my ponds have either fully natural clay bottoms and/or hard-rock limestone bottoms so I am blessed with natural soils to facilitate holding water. Problem is in the heat of the summer you can evaporate as much as a foot of water in one week when its consistently over 90F ambient temperature. When it comes to Mother Nature and water-shed, don't fight it, put it to work for you. Cheers!
Hi, Steve and Liz, I'm a neighbor living in Fairhope. I've been watching your channel for a few years now... It all started when I stumbled across a two minute video of yours that almost made me jump out of my skin. Remember the one where you were speed-reeling a frog bait, and that ten pound bass blew up on it right at the edge of your boat? You didn't say a word! You got that monster in the net in like ten seconds. That was some pretty deft fisher-craft! That's got to be on your greatest hits reel! You sure have come a long way since then. Best of good fortune to your family, in all your endeavors!
Try dryer sheets to keep mice away. Just place a couple by the wires. It’s a trick I use to keep mice away from the wiring in my snowmobile. Also worked for my pop-up ice fishing shelter and to keep them out of my hunting shack in the Wisconsin woods.
You could drill a small hole (like 1/32 or so) on the top of the pipes every foot or so to make a giant sprinkler all the way out to the end to prevent erosion.
Have you thought about putting a glass or acrylic box from your dock down into the water so that you can see into the water clearly and watch the fish swimming around the dock? Could put a live feed camera in there even. Just near your automatic feeder so you know the fish will come to that place all the time.
For the erosion problem areas, you could set up the black barriers with a hole (or several) through the middle for the water to go through. Install a large pipe inside the hole to divert the water directly onto the mats and rocks yall just installed and it should at least help to slow the erosion and keep the water from eating away underneath them again
I've been on a trail crew for two years now. The best way to keep rats out of our excavator is to get rat traps and put peanut butter on the bait part.
Here’s an idea re fill water discharge. Instead of discharging into existing water, diffuse it through the root bowl. That way the erosion would be minimised because with the flow diffused to pretty much droplets and then falling onto still water it won’t be a concentrated flow. 👏👏👏 👋👋👋 🇦🇺
Great names for the ducks! For Moby, or Bonnie and Clyde, could you ever record a slow-mo of them feeding? I've always been curious what makes a fish propel as powerfully as it does.
@@msquared9605 yes, I get that. I'm more curious if it's just a movement, or if it's a fast coil and strike? Is it just the tail, or is the entire body in play? When does mouth widen and open? How quickly does it return to normal?
@@conohanfamily true. A slow motion of a bass feeding is unreal, how wide their mouths actually get and you can see the vacuum effect the prey goes through
@@msquared9605 That's interesting. I never thought that a fish eating would devolve in a study of force vector analysis and fluid dynamics. This channel just gets more interesting every day.
@@MelbaOzzie I have no idea what you said but yeah sounds cool! But yeah pretty much all bass and grouper species (and others I’m sure, any wide mouth fish) literally sucks their prey into their mouths
Great video! Question, have you considered covering the bottom part so the ducks minimize the shock they experience from predators trying to get to them?
What we’ve always done for my families tractors is put bounce dryer sheets in the cabs and wherever else you might think that mice might get into. It’s always worked for mice but I’m not sure on rats since we don’t have too much of those out in rural Iowa
In case you keep having erosion issues, have you looked into those rolls of wire mesh with concrete pads on them? Grass will grow through and you're not supposed to notice the stuff.
It does work good, I work for an erosion company and we are seeing it required on construction sites more and more, we have been using a product called Flex a Mat. Good suggestion!
so much hard work is going into this that i cant even imagine the feelings theres going to be when its finally done and how u want it. been followin ya for awhile and have always loved the content. have a good one.
I'm a mechanic who deals with packrats eating wires on customer cars quite frequently. Try mixing vinegar and cyanne pepper powder. Mix 3 tablespoons per gallon. Spray everything the rats can get to. You won't have any more problems.
Wonder how the duck hutch would be on the island? The island could be theirs and provide additional protection. Any future door could be solar powered.
For the duck house I have chickens so I’m going to guess there pretty much the same but you can probably put one wire of electric fencing about 2 inches off the ground with a solar powered battery and that should keep the predators away you can find it on Amazon. Just an idea. Also love the pond updates
Some Studies show fish stay near wear they are released. You should release Bonnie and Clyde next to there own signs. I also think it would make a good content.
You can build a little garage for your tractor and put wooden cat house in there whit all his food etc. If the cat gets used to the garage and sees at his house, no rat will be near the tractor. I have 2 feral cats that only uses the shed when it rains or cold, but they see it as their house, they keep it clean from rodents and little insects too. Just keep in mind If the garage its well closed, to have nice ventilation for the shed, so fuel fumes and machinery smells dont interfere with them hunting etc.
