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We Built a Lake - From Start to Finish in 14 minutes

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How to build a lake episode eight - "We Built a Lake - From Start to Finish in 14 minutes," this episode takes you on a fast-paced adventure through the complete construction of our stunning lake.
In just 14 minutes, we'll take you from the very beginning of our lake-building project to its awe-inspiring completion. You'll witness every step of the process, from the initial works to the finishing touches and the first moments when the lake starts to fill up.
Episode Breakdown:
00:00 - Introduction
00:54 - Testing the Soil
01:12 - Preparing the Site
02:20 - Removing the Topsoil
03:55 - Key Trench
05:01 - Excavation for Pond Depth
06:19 - Building the Dam Wall
07:27 - Installing the Monk Drain
08:36 - Sculpting the Lake
09:21 - Adding the Features
11:36 - Adding Topsoil & Wildflower Seeds
12:04 - Installing the Silt Trap
12:10 - Fitting the Inflow Pipe
12:26 - Fertilising the Lake
13:10 - Before Shot
13:20 - After Shot
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13 авг 2024

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Комментарии : 17

@pengting19 8 месяцев назад

Wow I’ve been searching ages for a video like this too watch and is based in the UK, incredible build it’s like my dream too have one off these built on my land will definitely give you a call. I’m just curious off how much this would cost??❤😅. Keep these updates on this lake coming I love watching the progress.

@tomorrowsforests 8 месяцев назад

Thanks very much.. we can probably do a costs video at some point, it is a money pit lol.. but there is the clear costings for planning, digging, planting and stocking. There are still alot of jobs to complete including fencing, more planting, additional stockings, trail building and then running costs. Once we get it to a point that im more happy with, ill get the calculator out and do an update video..

@pengting19 8 месяцев назад

@@tomorrowsforests ok sounds amazing is it more then 100k? I’m just so curious lol. I’ll take any rough guess

@tomorrowsforests 8 месяцев назад

It will be around there😢 ill do a proper add up for it and update everyone.

@simonwhite5535 8 месяцев назад

Just wonderful, I cannae add to that!! ❤️

@craigm601 9 месяцев назад

Fantastic looking forward future episodes.

@tomorrowsforests 9 месяцев назад

Cheers Craig.. should have one next week..

@borthwick 9 месяцев назад

This is really lovely! Looks great! I study restoration ecology at a major university in the US. Maybe your local ecology is different, but the only thing I might suggest is gentler graduation on your edges. You have shallow areas, which are great and will serve some of the same purpose, but having water gently slope from a few cm with little dropoff helps vegetation establish and promote invertebrate growth. Y'all may have issue with bank degradation down the line if aquatic plants have a hard time growing. Depending on water height it may not be very easy for wildlife to reach, either.

@tomorrowsforests 9 месяцев назад

Hi @borthwick Thanks... Yeah i agree, this project we learnt alot and if we do anouther one we would definately do things different. The dam wall is far to steep, although hopefully we have mitigated that with planting phragmities which should migrate down to a depth of 4/5ft creating a good stable reed bed. The island we did manage to get a good 5ft wide shelf around 3/4 of it, which should act as a good planting zone for the aquatic marginals. The main section of the lake wrapping around to the shallows I wish we had a better shelf and definately next time we would do a better job of creating one. Its already naturally starting to create its own shelf in this part, with the errosion.. but lessons learnt. In the areas which have a gentle slope going into the lake we are planting it with mixed aqautic marginals and the steeper sections we are experimenting with more aggresive species that will migrate out to deeper water... that may end up leading to alot more managment of those species if they migrate to other sections of the lake but is the best we can do with what we've got.. hopefully it ends up full of plants and a thriving ecosystem... already kind of excited to do anouther lake project!