Thread: Converting a swamp like area into natural permaculture like pond

Who would have thought it would have finished up like this when you first started ?and the ground you planted will be twice as fertile when the peanuts are harvested ,a definite 10 out of 10 to you and your willing workmen

BTW I forgot to add I would feed them with pellets too as they will soon hammer everything in sight if you stock it with a good number of fish.

Just one last suggestion. You need a swing for guests.

Hey Aircut ,on Tues night in my local bar which was packed with local farangs ,I showed them on the Bars PC your beautiful creation from start to finish ,all to a man applauded your "vision", however all to a man thought that Chasamui's negative post #3 and Neo's negative post #8 just signify's what is wrong with the "knockers" society today

Just discoverd the Thread about your beautiful Pond project. Looks very nice!

I saw that you planted lots of Pinto Beans around that pond.
Some years ago I ordered lots of pinto seeds from Austrailia but they did'nt grow.

Culd you tell me where you got your plants from?

Certainly looks beautiful, nice spot for an arvo beer or 3

Originally Posted by Vansana

Just discoverd the Thread about your beautiful Pond project. Looks very nice!

I saw that you planted lots of Pinto Beans around that pond.
Some years ago I ordered lots of pinto seeds from Austrailia but they did'nt grow.

Culd you tell me where you got your plants from?

There are many of farms growing pinto beans in tambon mea-one on route 118 Chiag Mai - Chiang rai highway

Current price anywhere between 0.5 - 1 baht per plant. Depands on qty and your bargening skills

Originally Posted by aircut

thank you all for following this thread.

Many thanks for the thread. It was great to follow it.

hello everyone
i thought of sharing how so beautifully nature healed since we completed the pond last January. I hope you will enjoy the view as much as i do.

Good effort.

But all the 'before' photos are gone.

Post one up from the same vantage so we can compare.

I also have a leaky dam so I am thinking about some kind of earthworks engineering with clay.

Originally Posted by Looper

Good effort.

But all the 'before' photos are gone.

Post one up from the same vantage so we can compare.

I also have a leaky dam so I am thinking about some kind of earthworks engineering with clay.

How pity.... if there was only a way to go back and edit the old posts i would restore the pictures....

anyway here are a bunch of images of the place before and during the excavations... in no particular order

Originally Posted by thailazer

Aircut... That looks very good. I see so many ponds that have high berms so it is nice to see a more naturally sculpted look. Do you have any fish in it yet? Our sex reverse Tilapia are around 24 inches long after we stopped harvesting them. Never realized they got that big and all the fish add life to the pond and house.

thailazer, we introduced edible river snails (Hoi Kom) (หอยขม), ghost shrimp and barbs. as the pond life and vegetation is getting healthy we will introduce more species....

Looks beautiful and peaceful aircut, congrats on a job well done

A beautiful picture of a sommer day, is it a reality? Pity, that I cannot see a number of pictures in the previous pages. Is it only with me?

Originally Posted by Klondyke

A beautiful picture of a sommer day, is it a reality? Pity, that I cannot see a number of pictures in the previous pages. Is it only with me?

์No i cant see the pictures

Originally Posted by Klondyke

A beautiful picture of a sommer day, is it a reality? Pity, that I cannot see a number of pictures in the previous pages. Is it only with me?

Note to admin. Is there a way to edit the old posts, i can restore all the images

A very interesting thread. Thanks for sharing, aircut. A job well done.

Nice result, the before and after photos are very impressive.

Is it going to take a lot of maintenance to keep it like that? I mean if human intervention goes away will it quickly revert back to the way it was or is the pond kind of permanent now?

Originally Posted by quimbian corholla

Nice result, the before and after photos are very impressive.

Is it going to take a lot of maintenance to keep it like that? I mean if human intervention goes away will it quickly revert back to the way it was or is the pond kind of permanent now?

Thanks you, No maintenance is planned whatsoever, the pond has and underground stream that fills it with fresh water, the overflow flows to the river.

great result.

Needs a little pier or pontoon though...