PERMACULTURE PONDS: Why, Where & How

I am a civil engineer that works primarily with stormwater maintenance, and I've got to say you have done excellently in explaining this concept!

I'm a senior in high school and for some reason, this was so interesting, it interested me so much that I instantly said this could be a career path, I am glad I found your channel!

Built a pond last year, and in one rainstorm it filled to almost capacity! Now I’m working on placing native plants to make a working ecosystem!

This makes me want to buy a huge chunk of land simply to be able to build pounds and entire ecosystems. This is a great video, couldn't ask for a better primer. Thank you Andrew!

Just getting into permaculture. And I used to work in civil engineering until I realized how much overdevelopment was ruining FL. Now as an Industrial Engineer I see that techno fixes are not sustainable and here I am looking to bask in knowledge and work with nature rather than dominating it. "Water is life" - probably some Fremen

I’m impressed at the fact that he can write backwards so that we can see it the right way.

We had several ponds on our property in the dry tropics which were seasonal, and used to charge the aquifer and water livestock and wildlife. We added local Nothobranchius fish (killifish) which lay eggs in the mud, and these hatch when the ponds refill, these controlled mosquitoes, and were a food source for kingfishers herons etc, as well as some human consumption. Once the small fish were established, we added larger lung fish which provided a larger fish and a better food source for humans - only allowed to be fished in the wet summer, and no digging them out during the dry period, so as to maintain the population.

My family did this stuff back in Bengal area of India. They were masters of capturing and irrigating their gardens. Bengal used to be covered in rivers that you could navigate through with a canoe like a water world. Imagine how fun it was for kids to explore.

I'm not even building a pond but this was great. Drawing on glass then filming from this angle illustrates it so well

This is awesome. I’m currently building 5 ponds in my property and this video could not come at a better time. Thank you 🙏🏼 !!

WHen the first question he asked was "how many of you love ponds?" I already know this dude is passionate and going to be good.

At this point, I have watched thousands of YouTube videos and this one has to be one of the best I have seen.

I am totally bored with all the YouTube content that my algorithms suggest. I found this and I'm living this channel and all the positive information

Great video, excellent explanations, BUT I think the real gem of this video is you need to realize this guy is writing all of the letters for each word backwards and is going right to left, what a master!

Excellent presentation. I was talking to my aunt yesterday about rainwater collection techniques I have been learning from you and others. To my surprise, she mentioned that my grandfather(her Dad) had dug 4 big ponds in his farm which collected lots of rainwater. They had really good crop harvests each year due to the ponds. I remembered that we collected water from one of the ponds during the dry season each year, until the mid-80s when the drought lasted more than 4 years. I was really impressed that the old generation knew these techniques, but also sad that their children lost all that knowledge.

This knowledge is what will really be needed in our future! Thank you!

You are a prettily dadblamed clear and logistical thinker and communicator.

What a difference it makes when the presenter loves their job

Bravo Andrew , your vidéos are excellent, from the Paani Foundation to hydrology and permaculture. Thank you for all the great work you are doing.

I don't understand most thing he say, but I still give this a like, because the effort he put in this video to teach other people new things. Thank.