PERMACULTURE PONDS: Why, Where & How

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Published 2021-08-23
Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison presents on ponds and permaculture water management.

Links:
Darren Doherty's Regrarians Handbook - www.regrarians.org/regrarians-handbook/

K.D. Nelson's Design and Construction of Small Earthen Dams -
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All Comments (21)
  • @MattieAMiller
    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!
  • @s.h.vortex5883
    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!
  • @rickemmet1104
    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!
  • @nickbono8
    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!
  • @Rhodietoo
    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.
  • @swatisquantum
    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.
  • @fuxan
    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
  • @Tennababy
    I'm not even building a pond but this was great. Drawing on glass then filming from this angle illustrates it so well
  • At this point, I have watched thousands of YouTube videos and this one has to be one of the best I have seen.
  • This is awesome. I’m currently building 5 ponds in my property and this video could not come at a better time. Thank you 🙏🏼 !!
  • @edibleacres
    Super well done, thank you for the effort and detail! :)
  • @mainemade73
    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
  • @RyzZaveri
    Bravo Andrew , your vidéos are excellent, from the Paani Foundation to hydrology and permaculture. Thank you for all the great work you are doing.
  • @raymondg.3173
    What a difference it makes when the presenter loves their job
  • @coachcal4876
    From one teacher to another your a hell of a teacher! I feel like I got hoodwinked but another online PDC course and still paying for it. Thank you for everything you do for us! 👊🏼
  • @mandandi
    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.
  • @wargamerd3304
    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!
  • @battleship216
    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.
  • @trukeesey8715
    You are a prettily dadblamed clear and logistical thinker and communicator.