Ordering Large Pond Liner and Build 

post10 has fought the beavers for so long that he's finally become a beaver himself. DOT is going to install a culvert when his pond gets big enough to flood the road, but don't worry because they'll come back to smash it with an excavator later.

Ratchet straps to winch the rocks out of the way... Genius!!!

Its my understanding that part of what wears the liner out is UV light. Lining the bottom of the pond with stones should help protect it, even from animals like goats, as well as the light. It would also give a place for you to anchor more vegetation.

I had a small pond that I built, waterfall and all, and the liner I used was 65 mil. It lasted about 3 years before moles found it and chewed their way through it. I'm a fisherman so any small fish I caught went into the pond along with frogs and aquatic plants. I even put a light and a color wheel in the bottom to shine on the waterfall. It worked and looked great. I had lots of complements on it. But those dad gummed moles ruined it all. I really do like the way you fixed your pond up. You worked very hard on it but you will benefit from it in the long run. I like how you've got it all planned out. I can't wait to see how it turns out once all the plants get established. 🐸

For the heck of it, out here in Vancouver Canada I don’t put a shelf in. I dig a deep even base right to the edge. If I want plants on the side, I place the plants in a black plastic pots with holes. Then place those pots on inverted pots. Keep the bottom an even 4 feet deep with no shelves. This prevents the blue herons, egrets and etc. from standing on the shelf and picking off your koi, gold fish or whatever fish you have. Love your videos! Cheers, Geoff in Vancouver.

We got pond, we got frogs, we got Ghost10's help, we got replanning, we got box burning, we got gardening and landscaping, we even got a voyeur bear! This is, by far, the most complete Post10's video! About your idea, a duck couple would be a nice addition, giving the pond a bit of life!

I can’t wait to see how the pond evolves over the seasons. Great video, Post!

My friend, it is exhausting watching you work. Keep 'em coming ..... your videos are great!

It’s going to be a lot of fun to see this pond come together. If you’re going to do a bird coop, you also want to bury wire or something several inches under the ground to keep things from digging in.

The beavers are finally starting to rub off on you... Now they have *you* building the ponds.

I had a small pond that I dug out. I used a truck tarp as the liner. Worked good. Kept the pond filled with water by connecting PVC pipe to the down spout of the house. Every time it rained, it filled up the pond. Put in native small fish. Take a net to the lake or pond and then empty them into the pond. One time I was trying to scoop up small fish when some children saw it and asked if they could catch the fish for me. Kicked back and let the young ones do the work. Found that birds, small animals, and even deer would hang out near the small pond.

Be it electrical, plumbing or landscaping, you are one handy guy. 👍🏻

Great looking pond! Once it grows in it will look very natural. Think about adding submerged water plants to help control algae build up some have mentioned. The ones with floating leaves are best (water lily, water plantain, water hyacinth, frogbit, etc). They use nutrients to compete with algae and block sunlight (both help prevent algae overgrowth), and regulate water temp in hot weather. Pond should be 40-60% shaded.

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What a great project! Thanks for filming it. I am one of those planners that changes designs and ideas at all stages, so I appreciate hearing your thoughts. Also, thank you for rescuing that frog. You are definitely one of the good humans.

I'm really obsessed with hybrid natural swimming pools. I keep planted aquariums as a learning tool for having one someday.

🌺 My son lives in Kentucky and he has one of these but his is not as big as yours. During the winter, his freezes up, causing the fish to go to the very bottom. Somehow the fish survive the cold, snowy winters up there, I don't know how they do that or what kind of fish they are but he does feed them in the winter. Come spring/summer all the fish come alive again! 🌺

Ducks are so much fun. We have about 14 here at our little farm, along with 1 goat, 2 turkeys and several chickens. The ducks make everyone smile.

Nice work on the pond. I love ducks, I had one I raised from a tiny baby, he was a great pet. He had the run of the yard while I was at work, and I brought him in at night. To this day, I don't know what got into my yard and killed him in broad daylight. So you'll need the electric fence for sure. I'm looking forward to seeing this project develop!

Woww the pond turned out amazing!! Found another secret episode again lol ya gotta post it one day, it's great, one of the best project's so far! Don't worri if you think it's boring or whatever, we like these kind of episode's .. like your tree drought video, when you didn't wanna post it, but I really liked it too lol

I used a 45 mil EPDM rubber pond liner, 10x10, for the roof of the shed I'm building. Just stretched it over and screwed it in under 2x4s on each side. No issues with water getting in so far. Looks like you did a good job with this, I agree that goats would probably cause damage. Birds should be okay

A man of many skills I did not know that its your job explains why your so good in water based jobs on coveverts.. Your so right about goats, good luck with it all made a wonderful change love from London 🇬🇧

This is really great! No culverts or beavers to worry about!!

Can't wait for the progress! I have always wanted to do this, so will be taking notes! 📝

Such a beautiful project! It looks wonderful. When everything grows in and you have it stocked with animals it will be a great place to hang out and unwind.

This is very nice, I'm sure the critters will love it, hope we get some game cam footage of it down the road 👍

I am smiling - my husband and I did this very same thing a few years back - 25X30 pond for goldfish.

wow what a brilliant video , it has everything . thank you .

After watching the video for 4 minutes I realized I could watch anything Post 10 does and records as long as it's him, his voice, his instructions, and all that education. I am crazy in love with his channel. 😍

Post, your videos are like a box of chocolates. We never know what we will get, but are happy every time. You are a Jack of all trades! Thanks for all you do!😀

The internet is so weird. How did I get here? Yeah, I like it. You taking walks through the wilderness is peaceful, calming. It's great.

I can't wait to see the grass updates! The liner creases at the bottom of the filled pond look kind of like the folds of natural bedrock.

Your enthusiasm always makes me smile. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us as usual!

We had earth, water and fire...and a bear!! Great video

I just love your energy. Personally, I would've made a more shallow edge at one end so smaller animals can easy get out if they fall in, I had a drowned hedgehog in my pond once, I felt so bad. Goats would destroy everything but ducks and chickens sound like a good idea, ducks eat slugs if you get that problem.

Nice build! I've built a couple ponds myself. I'm wondering where the overflow for the pond is, especially for spring wet season- also, wouldn't recommend cattails, unless they are put in a pot, then placed in the pond. They are so invasive, and once they are established, they will overtake the pond. Not sure, but I'm thinking it's possible that the roots may also compromise the integrity of the liner, even a thick one. Can't wait to see how your pond matures! They are alot to create, but rewarding 😊

I just go to sleep when im bored. this guy builds a pond

I would love to see some ducks! I cannot wait to see this project progress. I think you all did an incredible job. It was also nice to see that you were not alone because thats a lot of work to do solo! I like goats but I think they would be a mess for the pond, i would stick with ducks and chickens too. Been loving the content recently man!

Post 10 is a master teleporter lol The pond looks like it's coming along well hope to see it turn into a nice environment for those frogs 🐸 and a duck coop sounds cool and you can get free duck eggs 😋

Job well done! I've been thinking of making somthing simular for my ducks where there's a small swampy area in my yard, so it's useful to see how it's done. You should fence off around the pond so the ducks can swim in it, as that way you don't need a seprate water source for them. I could also see the pond serving as irragation for your garden, which could be done by pumping water out from the pond and through a pvc pipe with small holes drilled in it, (or could be gravity fed if you put it underwater). If you do get only 2 ducks make sure they're both female, as you'll need at least 4 females if you plan on getting a male duck. I've been raising ducks, chickens, goats, and geese, as well as growing vegetables, for 15 years in Central Mass so if you need any tips/advice I'm happy to help out. Ducks make a mess so if you plan on getting chickens too I'd recommend keeping them in a seprate pen then the ducks, (they can still share the outdoor space, just need to have seprate areas for sleeping at night)

I absolutely love your channel dude. So much fun and inspiring.

I always enjoy watching your videos, always learning something new.

Tremendous job 👍💯👋

Love the pond Post, you did a great job. Reconsider the cattails. Too invasive.

Hi Post! Always love your vids! If I had 1/2 your energy I’d consider myself a successful man. You’re blessed with what seems like endless energy! Keep up the great work!

Your pond looks fabulous the ducks would make it even better

Awesome post. I reckon one nature has its way with that is gonna look gorgeous.

awesome build man! I've built a few ponds before too but nothing as huge as this! I was wondering where your overflow was and how that would work? Can i suggest cutting the inflow pipe back a tad so the end isn't affected by ice in the winter. Keen to see the ongoing progress.

Great job with the videotaping and narration.

Please keep us updated with your pond. This is an awesome project and I want to create my own pond one day.

I live in Texas and here on the ranch we use electric fencing around a few things..(.ie garden, food plots not sprouted yet,areas off limits to animals).......it don't kill or hurt the animals, it just gets their attention....

Good morning from Scotland Post First of all can I congratulate you on the pond, great job done. I have made ponds for years, you mentioned about natural evaporation, yes I have had many customers who have called me about they’re pond leaking and loosing water!. Trying to explain to them that water does evaporate naturally can be hard. I quite often use old carpets for lining pond bases and Terram weed control membrane for the sides, old Capet can take a hell of a weight if people or certain animals stand on it. I used to build wild ponds and like you, I always have a beach area for animals to easily exit a pond, people don’t understand that animals just like humans, need an escape area!. I have been to numerous ponds to do a total clean out and found dead cats, rabbits and various other wildlife dead in the bottom of a pond, all because they couldn’t get out of the pond because the sides were straight down, so sad. I have a 5000 gallon pond at my own home, it has golden Orfe and Koi in it, it is 7 feet deep at one point so the fish can get down in the winter, fish all happy, I also built it up 3 feet so I could sit on the edges. Fantastic video Post and always great to see how other people build ponds, I am retired now but I still look after some peoples ponds as I became friends with them. Kind regards Post, keep up the fantastic work you do. Johnny

Great project. I love to do one in my back garden but no excavator access and ground is mostly heavy clay.

This was a very fun build! Is that PVC pipe connected to your downspouts? One thing about ducks, is that they will make the water very nutrient rich from their droppings as they swim, which can make algae blooms. Maybe install a siphon or something similar. Cleanup can be *Really* gross but if clean up isn't a worry, it could be very fun!

Great job Matt looks good .😇

Awesome job! Looks great. Can't wait to see how it looks when the grass fills in. Yes on the ducks/ chickens!

...lookin' good, nice plan, keep safe...

Looking forward to seeing how this pond progresses and grows. Hopefully you keep us updated 😀👍

Beautiful job

I have a retention pond behind my house that is home to anywhere from 60-100 ducks. Personally, I prefer the company of the larger American Pekins and Magpies. They have great individual personalities and are capable of being domesticated. The plain Mallards, they don't have nearly as much personality and they always are skittish. The Pekins and Magpies are very smart. I have eagles around here and they straight up vanish before I even notice the Eagles are around. The Eagles will grab a Mallard or rabbit for a snack while the others are hiding. There are Pekins and Magpies at minimum 5 years old. The Mallards, I watch the population fluctuate with each year.

I really appreciate your attention to detail and understanding in what needs to be done in each project you partake in 💯💯💯💯👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

If more young people worked as hard as you do and we’re as considerate as you are, many of our nation’s problems would disappear.

Very nice and calming video, cheers! :)

Cool project!

Wow , I'm so impressed, that pool looks awesome, I've never known anyone who has as many talents as you. Well done and I can't wait to see it develop. Looking forward to meeting your ducks in the future. 👍🇬🇧

going to really look nice once its all grown in . need some fish in there . but its not really deep enough for fish . one good freeze and you would have fish sickles lol . frozen fish sticks . best wishes to you and ghost ten .

Yes! Love this good luck post be safe.

That looks awesome!

Terrific video! First time seeing a pond built! Thanks!

That is amazing, cant wait to see how it evolves, thanks so much for sharing. Sending thanks from England x

Dude, since you got into my recommended page one month ago, I can't get enough of your videos. Keep up the work :)

That's just incredible Post, you are ingenious, and I'm always amazed at the projects you do.

Your like me Post, I hold myself to a higher standard. I am my own harshest critic but so far it looks good 👍🏻. Also wanted to tell u that you using the ratchet strap to move that Boulder in the previous video was ingenious. Never thought of that before.

This guy is incredible at what he dose he should have his television show on one of the networks called uncloging beaver dams and installing ponds he is very knowledgeable !

Look very good. funny you should mention ducks, there's another youtube channel I watch with a farmer based out of Peacham, VT (Goldshaw Farm) who's video I watched before this that sometimes sells ducks and chickens. I wish you much joy with your new water feature.

This was a very interesting video Post. I can't wait to see more of this build. I watch another channel do a back yard pond and then they moved on to build another bigger pond in Alabama where they added fish. They have awesome wildlife down there all over their property and they set up cameras so you can see the wildlife and the beautiful night sky. It's absolutely stunning. So I can not wait to see your finished pond

Fascinating walk-through of the process. Appreciated, post 10.

Very interesting project!

Discovered your channel from the WRIF radio station in Detroit. Chuck from the Dave and Chuck the freak morning show talked about watching your RU-vid channel. Glad he mentioned it 👍

That was sobneat watching you do that pond. Something new to learn. Good luck with it. Think you will give us regular updates. Coop idea sounds great.

This thing sure is heavy! That’s what Post10 said!

I'm really interested in this. I hope you do frequent updates on the health of this ecosystem.

This is so exciting!

Wow that was so exciting to watch!!! Thank you! What a fun adventure and you are so lucky to have the experience and knowledge you do about these things! I learn so much from your videos! It looks so nice! I can't wait to see it in a few months! 😎 That was super hard work and you are like me DETERMINED when you can't wait for help! You did amazing! Oh and about Amazon, they have gone way downhill in recent years. I read so many reviews about people receiving returned items / preused and the wrong items and I don't have any confidence in them anymore.

Wow! I’m amazed that you could do so much in a day!!!! 💪💪💪💪 Great job and excellent video! Thanks Post! 👍👍👍👊😎

If ever there was a person I would trust with a diy pond build and my life was on the line I would 100/10 times choose this man, Post10 the fluid behavior god... And you know given his boot replacement history the project would come in well under budget.

To be young and have lots of energy........... I remember the days when I had plenty of energy ✌👍

Absolutely awesome post 10! Ducks are awesome. There won't be a snail etc anywhere with them around.

That look like an awesome project ! Nice video

Nice job, should put a beaver in there, that would be nice and they could build that dam on the down hill side, LoL.

Ur making me motion sick lol. With all that walking around the pond posty 🤣 🤣

Looks good!

This guy is soooo ambitious! 💯 Better do something about the frogs getting in the pipe or you'll have a basement full of frogs.

Ed The Pond Professor would be proud.

Can't that bear read? That's clearly a moose xing. Cool pond, glad to see that from beginning to end.

Nice job. Don't know if you considered this, but you need to put in a runoff that is the max height you want the pond to be, but below the inlet level at the sumps you have in, otherwise during periods of heavy rain, you're going to get backup into the house and/or a lot of erosion on the low side of the pond due to overflow.

Cannot wait for an update.

Tip for buying stone/other building supplies and this works worldwide, order in tonne bags or in bulk because the price stops being per item and is sold by weight making the end cost per item more like 20% of the original price.

Post come out to Michigan my dad is apart of a company that specializes in removing ground water for concrete and deep construction, that requires dry ground I think you would find it interesting!

Beautiful