Solar Powered Pond Air Pumps Vlog

[@WisconsinAdventures]

I love these 30 minute vlogs. hour long videos are nice when they are camping videos but when you are chatting and showing us something 30 - 40 minutes is like perfect!

[@lcogan65]

That 1919 barrel is really cool. Please get it up off the ground so it doesn’t rust away.

[@the.mermaid.scientist]

I like the "weird" trees, they give your personal forest some character. I am for sure also enjoying these pond & garden updates 🐸🌳

[@onnalexseeias]

Thank you giving me ideas for my yard 😊🏡

[@karendegeyter2937]

I'm see you have some baby tadpoles you got them eggs just in time. I Enjoy your channel man.

[@mantailuaa]

At my grandmums place lived tons of barn swallows when I was a child. They loved the northern side of her house never made nests on the other sides. She did not want to drive them away because she said they bring joy and blessing to the house. Now that nowone is living there the barn swallows have moved away too.

[@RaoulDuke77]

Some squirrels or chipmunks had a hell of a party with all that beer, lol 🍻

[@clairefunnell8481]

Squirrels and raccoons are a real nuisance here where I live. You have a nice property. Do like the short videos and the long ones. Most interesting. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@joannefazenbaker1448]

Everything has come along nicely

[@marcberm]

26:30 Might be Oscar the Grouch's original trash can! Vintage!! Haha

[@LD__]

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[@Mommy_Molina]

Woohoo another video

[@martyc2328]

You have such a neat property! I really enjoy seeing your trails and ponds and trees. I'm glad you're not relocating the female squirrels, but I'd like to tell you what happened recently in my neck of the woods: We have several different scurries or tribes of squirrels in our neighborhood, and several of us put out peanuts for them. The strongest scurry was in a grove of walnut trees. They kept order amongst all the tribes and there was a peaceful 'flow' of activity between the groups. One day a guy went out to the walnut trees and shot all but two of those main squirrels. It's been chaos amongst the rest of the squirrels since. Vicious fights started as soon as the other squirrels discovered that there were only two squirrels left in the ruling scurry and the other tribes began to vie for power. Other squirrels will try to kill the strangers, so when you relocate a squirrel, you're putting them in real danger, especially if they're alone in the territory of a strange scurry. I know you have to protect your house.

[@TheGor54]

Lol😂 even the slugs won't drink bud.. 😂

[@JCZ2601NL]

👍👍👍👍👍👍🍀

[@LadyHeathersLair]

I love your vlogs when you are showing your property. Makes me wish I could take a lovely nature walk there.

[@DonnaGB333]

That solar pump is genius. You find an awesome use for a lot of things you find - good on you!

[@tuckerdale-g4u]

So interesting once again. Love watching 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@brutushobbies]

Yep trees are very green even helps with floods

[@rlm2112]

That old barrel is awesome 🎉

[@cindystrachan8566]

I have a similar solar pump system. When the intake screen clogs up I have found an old toothbrush cleans it quickly and restores the function well. Love what you’re doing with your yard.

[@stellamaggard3669]

You always make interesting videos ❤❤❤

[@graceangel5146]

Glad you're getting rain. We haven't had any since the end of April and there's none in the forecast for the next ten days. A thing that helps with ticks---if you wrap duct tape around your ankles with the sticky side out before you go walking, it will catch most of them. I used to do this when I lived back East. It really helps. :-)

[@post10Vlogs]

I think I put a pretty big dent in their population when I mowed the lawn, they don't like short grass

[@Uuq114]

One thing I learned stacking wood growing up. Stack it in single rows and leave space between them so air can flow around them and they can cure properly. They cure better. We always used hardwood though. Not sure if it matters for evergreen.

[@johammond9359]

Post, We (the public)---- Love, these videos. Interesting, educational, fascinating, and enjoy seeing the changes and how things are going there. Keep these videos coming. MORE.😁👍

[@LD__]

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[@Kyles_outdoor_workshop]

One time when I was camping, I was eating a brat and, a raccoon came up to me and climbed up my leg so I shared my brat with him and he was very friendly! I will be going to look for him again next weekend! Have fun Post!

[@marksmith-ew7ir]

Pond pumps great idea as solar power.

[@mufasah888]

Post has some drunk turkeys staggering around the forest now. 🤣

[@lightwavz]

Bears and racoons and even dogs/wolves will drink beer. They like the yeast. I would use a pie plate or dish. Slugs like a slippery surface.

[@Ganiscol]

If you can source free or cheap washed concrete slabs, you could solve two issues around your garden: No more plants growing and animals cant dig under the fence and it wont require any maintenance The more labor intensive (but free) alternative would be to dig a shallow trench all around the fence and fill it with decently sized gravel. Will keep most plants from growing and also impede diggers to a degree.

[@DustinPryde1]

1 gallon vinegar, 1 tablespoon dawn dish soap, 1 cup salt. Will take care of all grasses and weeds.

[@prodigyaustralia]

Been watching all your videos for a long time on all your channels, I have a suggestion are you able to put some sort of cage / filter around the outside of the sprinklers to help them not get clogged as much like a beaver dam cover haha. Maybe some like flywire?

[@nikkhamilton3916]

Get it Post love your videos

[@BREEZY109]

Your videos are great!!! Keep doing you!! You have alot of varieties

[@ctwolfgang433]

The vlog videos are great. It comes through the pride you take in your property. Keep up the hard work

[@user-zu5hl7ox6d]

Looks like the aerators might help. Cool. You're welcome! ;)

[@acuraintegrar5]

Show a vid of your seat delete , that would be cool!

[@nancyshiarla7644]

If you had a outside wood stove you can have it also your water heater my son lived north in Mich. In Travers City area. It was cheaper to buy wood cut and split but sometimes we would cut firewood in state lands. Just cut up the downed trees. Only have to fill it in am afternoon and before bed. It was a clean heat and would work with your thermostat.

[@stevenkimsey7039]

It would be great to see your seat removal content. I have a double cab Tacoma and I am interested in a project like that

[@marcberm]

"Way to goal" also works! Just sayin! 😉

[@marktaylor865]

It's different here when it comes to the red and grey squirrels. In the UK, the grey squirrels are considered a danger to the red squirrels. Red squirrels are loads smaller and far less destructive. But that's here and it may be different there

[@katherinechavez3057]

I love your videos! 😊

[@henkdouma8448]

Don't forget that if you put those stones in the big pond deep in the water the compressor needs to pump much harder thereby reducing the volume of air pumped. Putting the stones on less deep water will increase the airflow.

[@wickedninja8599]

And maybe they have some prefilter sponges to attach to those sprinklers so they don't get plugged so easily.

[@post10Vlogs]

Good idea, maybe I could get a filter or a sponge and zip-tied around the impeller and plastic grate

[@LeoA2600]

@@post10Vlogs I saw a good solution for that just the other day. Copy and paste "QUICK TIP for SOLAR POWERED WATER FOUNTAIN HOW TO FILTER WITH NO FILTER" into KZbin's search engine to find that particular video.

[@PilotMcbride]

Just on the wood fire, I’m 68 now and I’ve had a wood fire for 50 years, but today I only split our wood. Up until about 10 years ago id cut, transport and split all our wood, best heat you can get. 100% hardwood. Cheers, keep up the good work.

[@KenSch2020]

With the tubes being split the air is going to flow the path with the least amount of resistance since the tube to the left is shorter the air is going to want to flow over there with the shorter hose because it's the path with least amount of resistance the longer the hose the more resistance it the same with water and electric lines. An example is if you have two bathrooms in a house and you turn the hot water in the bathroom closest to you hot water heater that bathroom will get hot water first followed by the second bathroom.

[@boondocker7964]

Red Squirrels will duke it out with Gray Squirrels and give them a workout.

[@naurekk]

If you have spare landscaping fabric maybe you could lay strips down and cover them in gravel/stones to discourage weeds under the electric fence. I find boiling water kills grass too. My neighbour spilled some and it left a dead patch for a few months.

[@centercity-d3v]

You may want to check out agricultural white vinegar, it should kill all the grass around the garden. It is a stronger concentration than household vinegar. Good luck, enjoy your posts.

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

I aure needed a new @post 10 post. I always learn something and its at a relaxrd pace. Keeps me sane. Ok sane-er ...

[@jester-gq9jq]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@the_vvatch]

I really love the old barrel! (well, except for that tick!! yuck)

[@wickedninja8599]

Also; get some check valves for the air pumps so that water don't back up into the pump.

[@post10Vlogs]

That would be important in an aquarium because it could potentially siphon out but these pumps are completely above the water

[@wickedninja8599]

@@post10Vlogs Ah yeah that is true. I work a lot with aquariums so I didn't think about ponds as much.

[@Roberttheaddled]

Some of the "burping" on the larger solar pump could be because you have the stones so deep - unit has to struggle to overcome the water pressure at that depth. Especially with the pressure distributed across the multiple stones.

[@ForTheBirbs]

Yes please to these great vlog videos posty! Love 'em

[@Pt0wN973b0iI]

Just keep your solar panels clean from dust an debris. A little dirt will make them not run well.

[@FionaC1]

Interesting what you say about the red v grey squirrels - in the UK it’s the grey squirrels who are aggressively displacing the reds 🤔

[@axelnes]

In Germany, the squirrel problem is exactly the opposite. moreover, the gray squirrels are invasive 🙈

[@AnyKeyLady]

Same here in the UK. The grey squirrels have almost decimated the red squirrel population here. Grey squirrels are pretty much treated like vermin here.

[@axelnes]

@@AnyKeyLady 😢

[@user-lw3ii2ec1h]

I believe on the air pump green is more air and blue is less. (Different energy consumptions) Try putting ur air stones at the same water levels and same length hoses should fix ur problem.

[@johammond9359]

I know using talcum powder around the edge of a garden keeps bunnies away. Has to be replaced when it rains. Also, planting marigolds around the edge deters some animals. They don't like the smell of the flowers. I have tried both and they work, to my surprise. Just an idea, if you want to try. 😊😉 Non of this is harmful to animals or environment.

[@db.mc2]

Thanks Post! 👊👍Have you ever had a chipmunk issue? Last year they were everywhere aroung here in NH , burrowing all over😖

[@post10Vlogs]

I only had a chipmunk issue when I lived in Massachusetts because we were feeding them, they were hollowing out under the garage floor causing it to crack and sink

[@db.mc2]

@post 10 Second Channel Ugh, yes quite destructive little critters😖

[@wickedninja8599]

I am pretty sure the air stone doesn't remove ammonia (about 95% sure). Yes it provides oxygen, but don't be complacent and believe it removes ammonia (at least it won't remove it in beneficial quantities...you will still need to do water changes). Also; get some check valves for the air pumps so that water don't back up.

[@post10Vlogs]

aeration systems are designed to allow microbial reactions to convert ammonia to nitrate or nitrite (which can subsequently be converted to dinitrogen gas (N2) and be released harmlessly). Something like that is what my goal was, that above is from Google

[@post10Vlogs]

I don't know how to explain it really so I copied and pasted that from Google

[@wickedninja8599]

@@post10Vlogs I got ya, but I am pretty sure you would still want to do slight water changes either way. I work with aquariums and never worked with ponds, but I assume the same applies that water changes are important with the bio load.

[@post10Vlogs]

@@wickedninja8599 yes I've been doing water changes about twice a week on all my Pond, we don't have City Water meaning no chlorine so I just let it trickle all night slowly acclimating and adjusting while overflowing

[@wickedninja8599]

@@post10Vlogs Yeah that is great that you don't have to dechlorinate. All you need is them prefilter sponges and you got it all set.

[@charlieann456]

Who drank your Budweiser? Dylan is the only Bud drinker I know of...... LOL.

[@rimfire2642]

I agree the temperature is abnormal. But that's also defining "normal" by averages. Averages only mean so much too. The longer you live, if you can remember more than about the past 2 weeks, you will see that "abnormal" is only fitting for a very short term. Is it not just as abnormal your temps are in the 50s, which is just more palatable (for you especially, and probably NOT your average person). It's been hot here the last week, based on averages too. As Ernie said in the 1984 Ghostbusters, "I've seen **** that'll turn you white!", and I think with some more life experience, and again having a memory span greater than the past 2 weeks (which seems to be about most Americans), hopefully by "abnomral" you'll only understand it more as "different than I'm used to" and not necessarily the Earth is about to die.

[@nancymcsweeney1920]

You need to use salt with vinegar

[@eileennovak1656]

First 🥇 Edit: Not first

[@deeannafreshwaters3282]

I have seen dogs drink beer, maybe raccoons?

[@jim76356]

Came across a porcupine on a back road just taking their time crossing the road wondering how often do you come across porcupines in your travels?

[@post10Vlogs]

Very rarely but one of my driving videos I came across too and they refused to get out of the road, I got out of the vehicle and they started walking towards me, they have no fear and they are going to attack, that's why they get hit by cars so often

[@jim76356]

Oh OK yeah we saw this one. I thought about getting out and getting a picture but I wasn’t sure how they behaved around humans just as well. I didn’t get out. Up here in Ontario Canada you see them sometimes in the rural, areas but not often. thanks for the reply and I enjoy all your channels always something to look forward to when you upload. Thanks for the Contant.

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

​@@post10Vlogs that's why the chicken crossed the road. To prove to the opossum it CAN be done 😂😂

[@damnbadger8242]

So does this means you finally got the new Toyota Tacoma Trd? 😃

[@stevenkimsey7039]

Curious that it would still be considered "Green" by the government. First there's the cutting down of the tree. The fuel and energy required for cutting and splitting and transporting. The burning and releasing of the carbon. I'm all for it, but it won't be long before the govt will no longer consider it green

[@post10Vlogs]

Maine New Hampshire and Vermont are considered green energy states because they are fueled by the Upper 90 percentile wood burning power plants but I don't consider it green personally cutting down all that Forest to supply them and the trees that will grow in their place will not take in the same amount of carbon from them being burned

[@Vexthrall]

Do you just use metal bins for the little ponds?

[@post10Vlogs]

Only one of my ponds is a metal bin and it worked out the worst so I will not use one again. Most are made out of plastic inserts for farm animals to drink out of or an actual pond liner

[@Vexthrall]

​@post 10 Second Channel Oh cool, thanks for letting me know!

[@roberttbs]

Would it be worth it to attach a small and short pipe around the bottom of the fountains? It could potentially keep the surface contaminates out of the filter most days

[@RailPreserver2K]

Do you think you could make a playlist for all the videos concerning the Frog project? Im asking because between both channels I'm having a hard time watching everything in chronological order from start to finish.

[@post10Vlogs]

I might do that sometime, I have them spread across three channels but I don't think it matters in a playlist

[@Cordalemark]

be careful as aeration can kill fish and possibly tadpoles

[@post10Vlogs]

You mean when it gets stuck under their scales?

[@Cordalemark]

@@post10Vlogs no no not the scales, Don't overdo it; too much air could cause the pond to be turbid. You want to know how many CFM the compressor is producing at the depth the diffusers are placed, and you also want to know how many GPM (gallons per minute) of water the diffusers are moving.

[@jonathanjudd3168]

Raccoons like beer

[@Pt0wN973b0iI]

Do you get bats in your state? If so, encourage them to come by. They eat soooooo many flying insects!

[@post10Vlogs]

Don't see as many as I used to as a kid but they're still around in small numbers

[@Pt0wN973b0iI]

@@post10Vlogs Bat boxes will do the trick to introduce more bats to your area! Than, you will have less insects overall!

[@post10Vlogs]

@@Pt0wN973b0iI my dad and grandparents have tried building that houses but they've never used them, they prefer the patio umbrella

[@kearnsey64]

Post 10, your air compressor in the large pond needs to be on a board or brick, not sand.

[@post10Vlogs]

It's on a rock not sand

[@damnbadger8242]

I don't really get how you managed to get ripped of of so many dollars though, so you had to build things from woud in the new Truck.

[@post10Vlogs]

Because I ordered the wrong product and their return policy is horrible, the biggest expense was shipping it back to them, it's a big thing

[@diane_alworth]

On cloudy days, my solar fountain goes blurp about every 3 seconds. I’ve asked before… do the fountains keep the water moving enough to avoid mosquitoes?

[@post10Vlogs]

If it runs 24 hours usually yes but if it's a daytime only not really but I have natural things that help eat the mosquitoes

[@diane_alworth]

@@post10Vlogs I don’t have water skimmers.

[@post10Vlogs]

​@@diane_alworth if you have any water sitting around like a birdbath you can use a product called a mosquito dunk which puts an oily film on the surface so they can't live in there but it's safe for animals to still drink from, do not use it in a pond because it cuts oxygen levels for anything living in there, you just need something to keep ripples on the top of a pond whether it be a small battery backup fountain or a plug-in fountain

[@_rlb]

Do you live there by yourself or with family or your partner? You keep saying "we" and "us" and I assume you don't mean your KZbin subscribers 😂

[@post10Vlogs]

Well I am with you the viewer

[@Sally-up8xe]

@post10second - not a fan of the guy who is logging his land then literally taking the land apart and selling it. That's not sustainable! That's not living with the land, that's destroying the land. 😢 Please don't do business with that person.

[@nudesforjesus]

Another great video excited to see what the forest floor looks like in a few more weeks with some rain.