Designing The Perfect Pond

You can put rabbits on the island and they’ll eat the grass for you and you can eat them if they start overpopulating. The reason the pond is so clean is that it isn’t creek fed so there’s less sediment in the runoff and it’s full of aquatic vegetation which filters the water.

If you have a pond with an island and you’re worried about the grass, just have some ducks, they will actually cut the grass for you. a nice feature to have swimming around your pond.

Doug's brother seems like he's got it all figured out!! Beautiful ponds - so peaceful!! Great information!! Have a blessed day!

I saw a video once of a swimming pond. It had a pump that moved water up hill. There was then a rock "creek" that fed back to the pond. This helped filter the water naturally.

Such a beautiful property. Can't wait to see what you come up with. Good luck and keep up the good work!

Thanks Adam that was great to see how they did the ponds beautiful places take care

Enjoy your channel. I built a1/2 acre pond. I lined the edge with 12’ of road fabric as a weed barrier. I placed river rock of various sizes around the rim as erosion control and I like the way it looks. My pond is 12’ deep. We removed 400 tandem loads of dirt when digging the pond. I also put a beach at one end. I used very tiny gravel in stead of sand. Easy to walk on with bare feet. I can show pictures if you would like to see.

Just a couple pennies thrown here, consider incorporating a 6" metal standpipe for fire dept. connection, I'm pretty sure if you build it to spec (nfpa) you will get a reduced rate with property insurance since you'll have an emergency water source for the fire dept, also same pipe can be used for a pump connection to water the field in the future if you decide on growing things. Either way, what ever you going to do, is more then likely going to come out great and become an asset to your property, either for aesthetics, entertainment or practicable use.

The third (swimming) pond looks like it could be a variation of what you will have. Good to gather others experience. Enjoying the channel!

So great. I'm building 5 small ponds on my land, this definitely helped me clarify some design ideas. 👍 🇺🇸

This is a great video! Very informative with excellent visual support and great descriptions. Thank you for posting!

Love this place. Look at all the grass.. lawn for miles 😊😊😊. I would keep Newts though lots of them 😊

The perfect pond would be constantly aquafer filled with a small creek at the low point to a nearby river. This will allow fish to swim up stream via the creek, but will also keep it crystal clear.

my goodness, how amazingly beautiful.

This is so beautiful and worth the investment put in there. Once such a pond is created, the ecosystem with work on its on, giving you a peace of mind. I feel so refreshed just watching this video!

I've definitely stored some info in my brain after this video. Not that I plan on doing a pond any time soon. Thanks Adam. We'll done 👍

Fantastic video I’m getting ready to expand our pond and plan to build a second one in the future

Awesome video! Love these! This will be fun to watch your pond. Def on my dream list.

Wow, great ponds. Nice to have the resources to do this, I can only wish. Enjoy, looks great

The most beautiful pond I've ever seen🤩