Converting Duck Pond Into a Raised Aquatic Food Garden Bed

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  • @Selfsufficientme
    @Selfsufficientme  3 роки тому +202

    G'day Everyone did ya miss me?! You know I love making videos but these last few weeks have been busier than a one-legged man in a bum-kicking competition. Anyway, the Self Sufficient Me homestead is looking pretty good and so is my schedule so hopefully, I can be uploading more content! Thanks for your kind support... Cheers :)

    • @gotagreengardening8387
      @gotagreengardening8387 3 роки тому +4

      Missed ya mate

    • @sumerbc7409
      @sumerbc7409 3 роки тому +2

      Why didn't you level the tub before put everything in? It was clearly showing uneven, you just didn't think about it at the time. I do it all the time.

    • @tannercypret3171
      @tannercypret3171 3 роки тому

      If your chickens are anything like mine they will jump up there and dig lots of holes in that dirt and kill those plants. I always have to use bird netting to keep them out of raised beds.

    • @Shauma_llama
      @Shauma_llama 3 роки тому +3

      Glad to see you back Mark. 😎 How's the new fence doing keeping the predators out?

    • @andrewthomaswilton3092
      @andrewthomaswilton3092 3 роки тому

      Seriously missed you brother !Welcome back! This is great! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻!!!

  • @debbiehenri345
    @debbiehenri345 3 роки тому +21

    That's it! A raised aquatic garden. Now I know exactly what to do with that old bathtub my hubby keeps threatening to throw away.
    I can stand it by the woodshed to get the run-off from the roof, fill the base with all those stones piling u around the garden, and plant it with watercress (more applicable to my cooler, wetter climate).
    Thanks!

  • @sweepingtime
    @sweepingtime 3 роки тому +5

    I'm just impressed these videos are being made at all considering all the work being done on the garden.

  • @GCaF
    @GCaF 3 роки тому

    Leave a BIIIIIG COURAGEOUS thumbs up to Mark!! You tilted that thing while full with dirt, rocks and water... awesome that it did not break and that you could eventually do it... that was hard woooork!!

  • @PaleGhost69
    @PaleGhost69 3 роки тому +84

    Well this will be a first. I've never heard of a raised aquatic garden bed.

    • @teresaroman3348
      @teresaroman3348 3 роки тому +1

      Me, too.

    • @ahmadhasif979
      @ahmadhasif979 3 роки тому

      Permaculture, Geoff Newton

    • @PaleGhost69
      @PaleGhost69 3 роки тому +3

      @@ahmadhasif979 I have already watched everything I can find about permaculture. The closest thing I can think of is the reed water recycling beds but those aren't used to grow food. The next closest thing is flood patties that are linked to swales. Unless you're thinking of wicking beds but that isn't what is happening here. If your wicking beds look like this, you forgot to include a drainage overflow.

    • @ahmadhasif979
      @ahmadhasif979 3 роки тому +2

      @@PaleGhost69 yup i was also thinking about wiking bed.
      But what i meant is I don't know what its called in a video geof lawton in it,, they had fish pond, and the water with fish dropping sieves in rocks that feed the plants, then the Sieved water goes back again to the fish pond, making the pond water clean and oxygenated.
      At least that i remembered and understand

    • @PaleGhost69
      @PaleGhost69 3 роки тому +2

      @@ahmadhasif979 aquaponics?

  • @purplekimi1
    @purplekimi1 3 роки тому +1

    When the taro plants get bigger, the younger or more medium sized leaves are edible. It wilts down like spinach and tastes pretty great. It's a popular dish in Trinidad, an island in the Caribbean where I am from.

    • @thairinkhudr4259
      @thairinkhudr4259 3 роки тому

      Nice! We cook it here too in Malaysia but it's not common. I'd like to add that to cook taro leaves/stem, my mother says you have to blanch/boil them first and throw the water away (back to the plants!) to rid them of some poisonous content in the plant. At least that is what we do here. After the blanching we will put them in our dish, usually some coconut gravy with turmeric and lemongrass. 😊😊😊
      Is it like that in Trinidad?

  • @18Bees
    @18Bees 3 роки тому +26

    Have the vision then IMPLEMENT IT. Love it. Just do it and the rewards come and awesome relationships are established in the process. Great advice mate - Always evolving. Thank you.

  • @Dreamzz101
    @Dreamzz101 3 роки тому +3

    ouch!.. my hand hurt when you showed your blister..OUCH!..hope to see how this garden is going in future videos..

  • @jacobtanaka6398
    @jacobtanaka6398 3 роки тому

    Taro is an awesome staple crop. The leaves and root and good. And when you harvest it you can replant the stalk and get another plant without having to buy ever again. Plus it makes its own starts to expand.

  • @jordandevillanueva1804
    @jordandevillanueva1804 3 роки тому +4

    Taro I love it being a native Hawaiian we believe we come from the taro and regard the plant as our older brother he ola mau a mau ku’e hawai’i me ke alohā

  • @quanahhurtt1833
    @quanahhurtt1833 3 роки тому +1

    Mark, I missed you.
    I am a Russell Crowe fan, so, instantly liked you at the start.
    You are very entertaining and informative.
    Thank you for helping us.

  • @isabellaabruzzi9611
    @isabellaabruzzi9611 3 роки тому +1

    G'day, Mark. You always make me smile!

  • @Shauma_llama
    @Shauma_llama 3 роки тому +5

    When I was a kid I couldn't wait to graduate, and move away from farms & small farm towns and live in the Big City, and I did. Los Angeles, and it was great. I thought I had it made. Now that I'm turning 60 this year, I watch Mark and think "he's got it made, that's how I'm going to live when I retire, a acreage in the country." :)

  • @melindastclair
    @melindastclair 3 роки тому +2

    I appreciate you, your humour, and your free youtube content. Thank you Mark.

  • @courtneystaples5617
    @courtneystaples5617 3 роки тому +1

    I’ve only recently become more interested in and passionate about gardening, and self sufficiency is something that really interests me. I found your channel quite recently and I’ve been loving your content. Just wanted to say that I find your videos really inspiring and informative, and fun of course! 😊

  • @woolybear2369
    @woolybear2369 3 роки тому +7

    Amazing how natural the free range area looks. With the chirping of birds, reminds of bird sanctuary we have in the US. I love your videos, some much knowledge and experience you share with us.

  • @weibie
    @weibie 3 роки тому +2

    I had no idea taro grew like that either, and I studied traditional farming practices of Guangxi province China! lol Boy that bed looks like it'll be fun to experiment with. Welcome back by the way.

  • @shannonrobinson262
    @shannonrobinson262 3 роки тому

    This year we added 3 new garden beds, filling our garden space after 6 ( spread out over 8 years really. Reasons we couldn’t do much more than chard and garlic two of them)years, building bit by bit. We are also deepening all the beds. After back surgery, bending became impossible. We also finally have enough beds to break it into rotational zones as well as a dedicated perennial area. Finally after 6 (8)years we finally have order. No more jumping crops all over the place to insure rotation. This is the change over year, so the overwinter crops are spread into several zones, but by this winter it will be zones together. We even appointed 2 beds for overflow or seed saving activity for biennials.
    So with that done, we are finally branching into quail. We are so excited. The hatching eggs are in the incubator and go into lockdown on Wednesday night. We ordered a silver collection that should have some other colors to dilute the silver gene as it has a lethal aspect. It will be an instant mine mixed flock. 44 viable eggs at 11 days, and 60 more just arrived and resting prior to set. We have a large friend base so only plan to sell meat and eggs to friends to recoup some feed costs. Several people interested, so it’s going well. Pen almost finished. Not as large as yours was, but it should hold 50 or so, as long as we separate the naughty males. Hospital pen ordered, broilers at the ready, heat coil lamps at the ready, and the brinsea ovation 56ex, ( so excited to have this amazing big incubator my son helped us get🤩) chugging along developing those first eggs.
    We did one hugleculture bed, and plan 3 more for a small garden on the shaded side of the house for a mini rotation garden. It’s doing well now it is in year 2. Year one it got too much bottom heat, but it settled down. Adding more fruit trees as we go. Who knows what we will change up next or add on. Maybe a mini vineyard as we are in a grape growing area. Maybe using incubator totes cut in half to start a water garden area. It could be anything. Change is life😍🤩🥳😎

  • @TheEmbrio
    @TheEmbrio 3 роки тому

    You could put a drain/ overflow pipe on a swivel (just don’t glue pvc together) just slightly above grade when ’off’ and slightly below grade when you want. It might help avoid the erosion

  • @Sackmatters
    @Sackmatters 3 роки тому +8

    Mark I am so happy you’ve started uploading because here in Alaska we have another 2 months before we can start growing outside and I have already got some peppers and tomatoes started for that nice organic salsa. Thank you for keeping me motivated and happy we’re getting into spring yet winter is my favorite season I can’t wait to grow.

  • @jacksonedmonds1066
    @jacksonedmonds1066 3 роки тому +1

    I love the new style of your video. Very cool!

  • @joannecraft-lane8660
    @joannecraft-lane8660 3 роки тому +1

    Yeah! You're back making videos!!

  • @GraftingTactick
    @GraftingTactick 3 роки тому +1

    Another great video Mark, loved it 👍👍👍

  • @mikehurd7769
    @mikehurd7769 3 роки тому +1

    nice to have you back! Love your stream.

  • @ewellacres
    @ewellacres 3 роки тому +1

    Its amazing how diverse plants are and the many different environments different plants can live in.

  • @TheTechnicolor935
    @TheTechnicolor935 2 роки тому

    I love your outros, Mark! Thank you for inspiring me to push out as much 'veg' as I can and to stay cheeky! You make gardening fun and educational! Stay self sufficient and cheers to another healthy growing season!!!!

  • @BlueMonkey2008
    @BlueMonkey2008 3 роки тому +1

    i love it when anyone converts something old to a totally new thing.....nice !!

  • @laurafedora5385
    @laurafedora5385 3 роки тому +1

    You’re such a hard worker, it’s looking great!

  • @sweetdweams
    @sweetdweams 3 роки тому +1

    Great video, I love Taro, actually prefer it better than potatoes.
    It is so nice to see healthy and happy chickens and ducks free ranging.

  • @doctorguss
    @doctorguss 3 роки тому +1

    Plant some watercress in there too! I grow a bunch of it in my rain barrels.

  • @yx6889
    @yx6889 3 роки тому +1

    Hey Mark, Love your videos! I live in US zone 7b and I grow taro just in soil, they don't need to be in a boggy soil but they do tolerate lots of water. I usually buy taro at the Asian store and then they end up sprouting on me, so I just plant them outside in the spring.

  • @rosalinagallitasios2612
    @rosalinagallitasios2612 3 роки тому

    You could try growing Chinese water spinach (kangkong) in your raised aquatic garden. I recently got some seeds from a food swap and am growing my first crop. It's really nice stir fried with some oyster saucer - or whatever sauce you might prefer. I really enjoy watching your videos - they inspire me to try new things. Thank you.

  • @simonlombardo6576
    @simonlombardo6576 3 роки тому +2

    Always makes my morning to catch a fresh ssm video 😊👍

  • @snewsan6645
    @snewsan6645 3 роки тому +2

    As I watched you putting the plants in, suddenly I could smell the dirt! 💞

  • @sune897
    @sune897 3 роки тому +1

    Hello from California! Great video

  • @robslayz7953
    @robslayz7953 3 роки тому +1

    Well, I certainly hope all your hard work pays off!

  • @advocate0426
    @advocate0426 3 роки тому +2

    Man... I can't wait to see how this thing turns out!

  • @RoyHolder
    @RoyHolder 3 роки тому +1

    Will be interested in seeing this progress!

  • @caitiekay3306
    @caitiekay3306 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for all your videos! You're awesome and I gain a lot of insight from you. Thank you thank you 😊!

  • @caewalker9276
    @caewalker9276 3 роки тому

    I grow Taro in my Aquariums and ponds. I also grow duckweed to feed my chickens and goldfish. My goldfish feed the Taro, the duckweed feeds the goldfish, and the chickens pick at the duckweed to supplement their diet.Thanks for all the great content.

  • @fuubar21
    @fuubar21 3 роки тому +1

    Curious to see if the chickens leave it alone. I'm rooting for you!

  • @JH-6
    @JH-6 3 роки тому

    fantastic use of what's available. Next you'll dig a taro and rice pond.

  • @bgram7866
    @bgram7866 3 роки тому +7

    Even in my little senior Apt patio, most of my flowers now have Veg growing also. Green onion, chives, lettuces, herbs erc. Bonus is the pesky deer that used to wipe out my flower plants at night, now get a nose full of onion, oregano, mint... and move on. Plus free veg to clip as I need.

  • @HeyYouSA
    @HeyYouSA 3 роки тому +50

    You have inspired me to dream of the things I'll never be able to own

    • @michaelfrazer1807
      @michaelfrazer1807 3 роки тому

      Keep a dream in your pocket, buy the Seekers. This song helped me to keep my dream , and more on it

    • @baconthulu
      @baconthulu 3 роки тому +3

      Bacon.

    • @ScubaSteve-ch3oj
      @ScubaSteve-ch3oj 3 роки тому +6

      Not with that attitude.

  • @Adnancorner
    @Adnancorner 3 роки тому +1

    i love your accent & funny look 'yeh' duck juice :D :D nice work and good for people who are confused. who are looking from where to start with

  • @amaillem6299
    @amaillem6299 3 роки тому +2

    Great idea with the taro, (locally known as Dasheen for me), let's hope they'll sprout up some young ones of their own for you to slip and continue planting more!

  • @OliviaLovesPugs
    @OliviaLovesPugs 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, what an awesome idea and design! This looks like it would also be great for growing watercress (which is super healthy for you!)

  • @mio.giardino
    @mio.giardino 3 роки тому +1

    I’ve always imagined the ‘duck pool’ I would build would be on higher ground and have a bottom drain so it’d be easy to drain/clean and refill.
    Can’t wait to see how this turns out.

  • @VK-qo1gm
    @VK-qo1gm 3 роки тому

    Great to see you back! love your down to earth approach to every task, great tips & advice. Even though I'm in the hot & dry part of NSW, have been able to 'steal' & make work many of your ideas.
    Wish your videos were movie length. Cheers

  • @elizondoalonso
    @elizondoalonso 3 роки тому

    Keep on keeping!!! Thank you for your contribution. Have an excellent week buddy!

  • @abyssal_phoenix
    @abyssal_phoenix 3 роки тому

    Adapting is a good personality trait that I happily possess.
    For example I also adapted to the new kind of spring weather that we are getting the last years. I am now sowing plants 2 months too early, keep them inside a bit longer than usual and plant them out around early April. Instead of sowing in April. Now the plants do germinate and don’t die 2 days later

  • @rebeccaconvenant5179
    @rebeccaconvenant5179 3 роки тому +1

    I'm looking to do a duck pond with growing vegetables the same they do with fish in a aquaponic system. didn't found a lot of exemple for the moment. ;)

  • @lornapenn-chester6867
    @lornapenn-chester6867 3 роки тому

    That’s a LOT of work .. I bloody hope you get a lot of food out of it! Take care of the blisters!! 👏

  • @alysoffoxdale
    @alysoffoxdale 3 роки тому +11

    Glad to see you back again at last! I kept wondering if my notifications were broken, and then I'd see another community post about how much you had going on, sending you too cross-eyed tired to edit... I'm looking forward to seeing everywhere that's been taking you!

  • @michael7423
    @michael7423 3 роки тому +1

    Great video Mark, I loved the extra bits at the end! Stay safe and keep well.

  • @robchurchill5063
    @robchurchill5063 3 роки тому

    Love the target on the gate

  • @SynthToshi
    @SynthToshi 3 роки тому +1

    You've been a inspiration to me I love your content! I'm going to move from the city so I can start a Greenhouse fish farm! I'll post a video in a few months to show you the place! Wish me luck! ✌️

  • @shinsanhughes629
    @shinsanhughes629 3 роки тому +1

    Mark, do you have a tow-ball on your zero-turn mower for hauling the chipper around?
    My Husky ride-on doesn't but I found that removing the hitch from my chipper allows me to use a pin the same as on the ride-on's trailer. Being able to tow the chipper makes it so much more convenient!

  • @prepnow4431
    @prepnow4431 3 роки тому +3

    I've been watching you for years? Now. I found your channel when I was looking for a way to worm my chickens or something. Lol time flies! Just thought I'd pop in and say Hello from Ohio.

  • @thegreenvibe9958
    @thegreenvibe9958 3 роки тому

    Not just the bulbs but taro leaves are edible as well. We make a dish from taro leaves in western India during monsoons. The one with black stem is the best in terms of taste. And we also make a wadi (fritter) called 'alu wadi' (seasoned leaves that have been steamed and fried) from a variety that produces very large leaves (each leaf is more than 2ft in length). It also looks great if you are going for a tropical themed garden.

  • @keeksputels1851
    @keeksputels1851 3 роки тому

    Like the new graphics at the start, great video as always 👍

  • @kweaby
    @kweaby 3 роки тому +2

    Amzing job mark:)

  • @Aeon08897
    @Aeon08897 3 роки тому +2

    Chuck some water chestnuts in asap, been dying to see someone try those out :)

  • @shpuply
    @shpuply 3 роки тому

    I'm already anxiously waiting for the next update on this one! Thanks as always Mark!

  • @coltonlane8043
    @coltonlane8043 3 роки тому +11

    Haven’t watched the video, but I know it’ll be great. You inspired me to get a 4 season greenhouse to grow some sub/tropicals here in zone 5a. Along side other raised bed ideas! What would your top 5 plants/fruits be on the property as of 2021?

  • @shatnerbassoon8602
    @shatnerbassoon8602 3 роки тому

    You should think about growing Chinese Water Spinach too. Always wanted to grow that stuff, it's delicious.

  • @flowersinherhair
    @flowersinherhair 3 роки тому +1

    I love your energy and your amazing gardens

  • @surfingalien8846
    @surfingalien8846 3 роки тому

    Your grass is looking lovely Mark and love the property it's looking beautiful 😊

  • @Bob1Mack
    @Bob1Mack 3 роки тому +1

    Mark, it looks good! I'm really curious to see how it goes.

  • @anthonyb8208
    @anthonyb8208 3 роки тому +2

    Now that was different Mark. It'll be great to see how this works out.

  • @lindayoungartist
    @lindayoungartist 3 роки тому

    I’ve learned a lot from watching your gardening techniques. Not all would work in my Pennsylvania garden and I’m currently waiting for the delivery of my first raised bed garden so my husband and I can put it together, add the decaying logs into the bottom and then the leaves. I’m not sure what kind of soil to use but I guess I’ll figure it out eventually. Thanks for the tips!

  • @anndibella4869
    @anndibella4869 3 роки тому

    I have grown taro in ingham in north qld on a small bed and water every two day or every day when it is 40C

  • @ceruleanfirefly67
    @ceruleanfirefly67 3 роки тому +1

    Very cool. I want to raise laying hens soon. Not so much the ducks,I don't think, despite having a creek behind the house. I like your water garden idea! We don't have the climate here for a bog like that, but it does look nice. Have you considered using lumber to frame that up to try and reduce the bowing?

  • @volvo09
    @volvo09 3 роки тому

    That's a great base for aquatic plants like that. I grabbed a few aquatic plants from a swamp for my fish pond but the water is too clean for it. Needs that lush muck .

  • @cozycasasmr4510
    @cozycasasmr4510 3 роки тому +2

    I've recently started getting into aquatic plants (not for ducks, just coz I like them 😅) so this is perfect timing

  • @trishthehomesteader9873
    @trishthehomesteader9873 3 роки тому

    I love the way you innovate! Great job!👍
    Take care of those blisters.
    Now that I have chicks, I find that I'm enthralled with other people's chickens.😁

  • @gotagreengardening8387
    @gotagreengardening8387 3 роки тому +1

    Ohhhhhhhhhh this is exciting!!!!! Next thing on my bucket list to do mate x

  • @elizabethsansom6447
    @elizabethsansom6447 3 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing God bless you from the USA

  • @StubbsMillingCo.
    @StubbsMillingCo. 3 роки тому +2

    Hello!! Been waiting on a new video,Ready to see what new stuff you got for us coming up!!

  • @amac9245
    @amac9245 3 роки тому

    Mark........you are the Bob Ross of Gardening!

  • @garyz2043
    @garyz2043 3 роки тому

    Like the shirt. Look and see the world through her eyes. Says it all really. : )

  • @shervegas
    @shervegas 3 роки тому

    Mark I like your guard on the gate he looks mean lol

  • @danny_strange2105
    @danny_strange2105 3 роки тому +2

    So inspirational!

  • @Layby2k
    @Layby2k 3 роки тому

    Interesting idea, thanks for the video Mark. He's a big aquatic thumbs up for ya mate.

  • @jomcd2073
    @jomcd2073 3 роки тому

    I hope your experiment works. I love repurposes things in the garden. Love your channel:)

  • @benjaminbroudy2982
    @benjaminbroudy2982 3 роки тому +2

    Hello! Is there a way to make like a 4 foot raised bed for like 50 dollars (not including dirt)? Thank you! Your videos are amazing! So professional and educational but super engaging!

    • @dillpickle2916
      @dillpickle2916 3 роки тому +1

      I found someone giving an old boat away for free because it had holes in it and I made a raised bed garden out of it. It's been working great for me!

  • @goatslayerwp
    @goatslayerwp 3 роки тому

    I live in a city and the only restriction I have is that I can't let my chickens free range. So I'm getting me a nice big coop soon with a large run that I can walk into and more chickens! I have 3 Blue Ameraucana hens now. Probably going to end up having around a dozen by the end of it. I love this channel and the Australian accent makes for good listening.

  • @anne-mariestevenson3296
    @anne-mariestevenson3296 3 роки тому

    Water chestnuts - wow. I look forward to those!

  • @Margatatials
    @Margatatials 3 роки тому +1

    Since our pool filter broke last year, its been getting pretty full of duck juice.

  • @lacplesis484
    @lacplesis484 3 роки тому +1

    Will you make a video about garden journals? I've heard that alot of gardeners like to write things down, for example, weather, temperature, seed info, garden layout, etc.
    P.S Nice video, I liked it! :)

  • @surprisinguprising1241
    @surprisinguprising1241 3 роки тому

    Encouraging words at the end. Thanks man.

  • @TheEmbrio
    @TheEmbrio 3 роки тому

    Yoou’ll have earned that starchy meal for sure. Great reuse and growing experiment. Thanks

  • @patriciacox8169
    @patriciacox8169 3 роки тому

    Great Video..... I wanted to grow my own wild rice.... now I don't have to move to a marsh!!!!! lol Would a cargo strap around the garden bed help hold it together longer???

  • @lesliedevlin8501
    @lesliedevlin8501 3 роки тому +1

    Great show 1powerball I be of 2 the country and do wat you are doing Les from Perth 👀👀👌👌

  • @thorzyan
    @thorzyan 3 роки тому +1

    2 months later (may 30, 2021)- would love to see a part 2 on this mate! Thank you!

  • @GoryionB
    @GoryionB 3 роки тому +1

    You always make me wish I lived somewhere where I could grow things without spending thousands of dollars. :)

  • @misstantan89
    @misstantan89 3 роки тому

    Love your channel, you’re set up reminds me a lot of my parents property also in Moreton bay shire as well! You should try growing some kang kong in there as well, it’s an Asian water spinach and one of my favourite greens. My parents grow it in an old bathtub. It could fit in amongst the taro and arrowhead easily and it grows like a weed!

  • @Bearsplosion
    @Bearsplosion 3 роки тому

    Might alleviate the eroding run-off issue with a mostly solid fence. Something like wood planks jammed into the dirt against the wall with gaps between to let water out in different spots.

  • @jakep8678
    @jakep8678 3 роки тому +2

    Would love to do this with rice and blue lotus

  • @jamesp8459
    @jamesp8459 3 роки тому

    That's a cool little idea you have there. I didn't know that taro grew in those conditions. I know they make tasty chips (I guess you call them crisps?) though.