Cleaning out my Pond - What will I find?! 

"A man can never have too many buckets" - Truer words have never been spoken!!

Random tip- EDPM self adhesive rubber roof flashing patches work really well for repairs on pond liners. Just make sure the pond liner is clean and dry and use the EDPM primer to help stick them together. I patched up a few holes in a customers pond a few years ago. Didn't think it would last but went back to repair the chimney this week and the bodge job is still watertight.

such a lovely home

Cracking job Graeme. Nice garden too.

You and Mrs P did a wonderful job. It looks great. The pots looks fantastic with a new paint job.

Looking good, makes such a difference clearing out the excess roots

So Friday night entertainment is watching someone clean out a pond...but it was really fascinating viewing. Biggest pond mistake I ever saw was a massive koi pond that a guy had dug so he could see it from his living room window. Only thing is he piled all the soil from the pond, between it and his living room window and he couldn't see it. Doh!!

Another friday night treat. Thank you 👍

Well done Graeme. It's looking nice now.

Now that's a garden to be proud of I would love to have it well done Graeme 👏

Something different! I really enjoyed that, thanks so much for sharing mate , I was back in the UK last July I remember the heatwave it was unreal...... Thanks again :)

That thumbnail is great.

Mrs Totally Awesome was the star of this one! I do the same to my lily's with a blunt saw. It's incredible how much they grow! They are sometimes so heavy I have to cut them up in the water because there to heavy.

More videos of garden maintenance! Very enjoyable.

As far as algae (blanket/candyfloss weed) goes an excess of nitrates and phosphates are the main issue and these are mainly sourced from the breakdown of organic material during the warmer months but can also come from rain water particularly from big thunderstorms where the huge amounts of energy released by lightning breaks the nitrogen bonds in the atmosphere and allows it to attach to the water within clouds. As I'm sure you're already aware this comes mainly from the influx of dead leaves during the autumn so by putting a fine net or even a tarp across the pond during the autumn you can reduce this factor. Another source can be the runoff from the lawn if you mulch your cuttings, to reduce this you either need a catchment between the lawn and the pond or at the very least some filter plants such rushes or sedge. Another tip is to pull the dying lilies out during the late autumn when they start to submerge. A passive method of controlling algae is to get a small bale of barley straw and have it float around in the margins where it is exposed to both water and air, no one is quite sure why this works but studies show that some byproduct of the barley straw rotting prevents the algae from reproducing, it won't kill an existing bloom but it'll stop it getting worse. It does take a few months to get going though so more of a long term fix than a short term solution

Ive never built ponds in full sun. Half shade is perfect.

Nice upload! Thank you for sharing 💞

beautiful place.

Really enjoyed watching thanks dude

Lovely size garden

"A man can never have too many buckets"....you got that right. And you have a bone yard. We are much alike. Plenty of work in that pond David SC, USA

Nice 1, it's a task to clean a pond good work 👍

Thirty five degrees is better than an icy morning. Cheers from the tropical Australia

If you throw a mesh bag full of barley straw (about a hessian sack size from the size of your pond) it will gradually help control the algae issue you were having. High temperatures, high pH and high sunglight are conditions it loves. Goldfish and certain types of loaches will eat it also. There are a number of chemical treatments for pond algae as well. Apart from emptying the pond and scrubbing it out, they tend to take a while to work.

Great job. It's very satisfying to clean out a pond, but hard work. I bet those lilies weighed a ton.

Bit mean keeping the wife in the pond Graeme 🤣

The staff did a good job with the pressure washer.

Excellent really enjoyed that the finished result and beautiful Lilies well worth you and Mrs TA,s efforts BBC Gardeners World should give you a slot sometime

A pergola over the pond to give it some shade will cut down both the growth of the blanket weed and the rate of water evaporation, another pallet project ?

We are further north in the country but seem to have had the same issue with lack of flowers on our water lily's. Plenty of growth but not one bud. Must have been the odd weather we had, sun in summer time. ☀️ 👍

Netting over the ponds to stop leaves going in will cut down the ritch sludge at the bottom that the blanket weed feeds on.

The best channel on RU-vid still

Snap, I did a bit of a de-sludge myself last year, the duckweed and blanket weed were eating far to well. like you I have a leaf fall problem (netting is not possible) and my pond depth in 3 years went from 3 1/2 feet to barely ten. Water lilly (escarboucle) despite about 20 Kg of beach boulders floating on top. Mind you i do have crucian's which bread like stink and cross with goldfish. Water lill's did get stressed in the heat, but despite all my worry's everything in the garden survived.

Mrs P at long last !!!

7 o clock on the dot!

Interesting watch. Looked like hard work in that heat.

Whack some fertiliser sticks in those lillies, they're heavy feeders. Great vid and lovely pond 😊

Shud have had a can of beeer in thumbnail 😂

Great video as always!!! Them sump pumps will work forever! Anyone interested in buying one follow these steps to make your pump last. When you finish with the pump, flush water with no bits through it to clean any slug out the pump and bagging. Also try not to use them in sandy ground. This blocks the impeller, guard and bagging. I've had mine for 7 years and its used daily on burst water mains. They will drain the excavation of a 4 inch cast iron water main at 5/6 bar pressure all day. Hope this helps anyone looking to buy one

Have to say this type of content is my favourite popps in the garden pottering around way better than the lads content ;) we all here for popps

Inflatable large paddling pool is what you need for storing water. When empty deflate roll up until the next time

Did anyone ever mention you look a bit like Bruce Forsyth😁

Very suprised you didn't get hosed!! I hav done the same and got drowned? Wat that Smith pointing the way early in the vid. Bit of a stick up him if you ask me?

Hold on a bit - I need a toilet break 😂!

Brilliant !! but I bet it was hard work in that heat Think you deserved a beer after that More pleased really enjoyed the covid videos Kept me sane !!

I got some blanketweed killer from my local aquatic shop. It worked great!! Didn't affect the lillies or plants and didn't affect the fish.

Ever thought about having moving water. Recurculating pump. Creating a strong flow brook and eddys. A few brownies could be fun ?

Put some fish in carp and fish in garden 👍🏻,,,, that looks like it needs a new liner 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻love the size of your pond , mine is only small

We use to cut back all the plants and cover at least half the pond in a hot summer, after 10 years the water was crystal clear. No filtration system needed at all.

Wow

Great video👍🏻. Please don’t be offended but you remind me a bit of corporal Jones from dads army.

Where are your newts ? You had loads.

The fly is Helophilus pendulus which is a European hoverfly. Its scientific name means "dangling marsh-lover"

You called it a fish pond but I didn't see enny fish. A few gold fish will make it prefect.

Do you sell a day ticket to fish your pond😂😂😂😂

electric and water...take care. 35 C here in austalia, you should be in winter

Do you do anything to keep the 'swamp' smell down from all the vegetation in your ponds? At my mom's house, she has a small pond about half the size of yours that even with a small circulating pump going, it let's out a decaying plant odor, especially during runs of 85*+ weather in the summer.

next summer get a long drill bit in a cordless drill and put it in the middle of a tangle of weed. winds it right in . you will need to do several passes, but it works. avoid the lily roots and obviously you need to be careful not to touch the liner!!!! like a candy floss maker

Lovely place you've got Graeme, looks like the Ponderosa. Have you seen Colin lately ?

If you are on a water meter why do you not pump water out of one of your wells? Might save you a few bob.

Incredible garden! What did you do for a living if you don't mind me asking?

Some gold fish would be great in them ponds

Poor old Smith just standing at the bottom of the garden. Can't you give the lad a day off? Especially in that heat!

Get a pet pike! 😂

Do you ever work in millimetes and meters?

You sure are a hardy old school bloke you put todays youngsters to shame

How come no fish?

you can come and clean out my ponds if you like they are overdue for a sort out messy job however and wrong time of the year

I would love it if you got Letsdig18 in there for a nice 1 acre pond 14ft to 4ft deep 💡

In fact some artists do use a toothbrush on paintings. The called it 'spattering', like for creating snow falling on a landscape. There now. 😊 Got rid of my pond in 2012. Too much keeping up with the filter and the stink of the silt. 🤢🤮

The frog has been evicted.

Should put the water back better for fish 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻make sure you wash your hands and ever thing the water gone on , will make you Very sick

Is this in uk

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Reform uk

Has fishing paid for this massive house and land?

Why design them in the first place with the pond liners exposed, they both look awful.

Lovely property Graham. Same as me neighbours is a no.

Jealous of your garden man or envious.. i cant decide.

love the content but wish you would invest in some proper mics :)