Tootfinder

Marketing Your DIY Album Release
#AlbumRelease #MusicianTips
https://muz4now.com/2017/marketing-diy…

Marketing Your DIY Album Release
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

This is the manifold typt thing that I am currently roughing together for the 2nd pump from the main pond.
The through pipe will go to the filter and the two offshoots will go to the bottom returns and side sorayers which are both meant to keep the water in the pond moving toward the pump bay and discourage settling on the bottom
#poolpond #diy #backyardproject

A few weeks ago we decided the garden fence needed repainting. We bought a couple of big tins of wood stain paint and today I said "OK, I'll get that done this morning".
Have you ever over-estimated your abilities? I have.
It turns out that if you're not used to this sort of job, it takes about half an hour to paint a fence panel. And we have 14 of them in the garden.
Anyway, I've just finished the "quick morning job in the garden" now, at 6pm.
The fence looks bloody wonderful, though.
#DIY

Heute war Backtag. Nachdem die letzten beiden Bleche nicht so richtig was geworden sind (1x sollte Trockenhefe weg, war vermutlich zu alt, 1x vermutlich zu hohe Raumtemperatur während der Gare) sind die Stangerl heute wieder wie frisch vom Bäcker. #diy

Get excited, work on a project, get distracted, work on other projects, remember the original project, get back to working on it…
#diy #maker #bikes

plumbing adjustments
I tried every combination of elbow and T junction with the pump flowing at low and high speed to figure out which way looked best and directed the most water down to the bottom of the filter.
The conclusion was that there didn't seem to be much difference at all as far as water going down instead of spilling out the top unless I extend the breather pipe about 30cm over the water surface.
So aesthetics win. The pump hoses will lie as flat as possible into the filter and the breather is just above the water surface.
One hose is from the main pump in the pump bay. The other hose is from the pump in the pool pond that will draw water from the bottom of the pond and direct it to either the filter or the bottom sprayers/circulators or both.
I think that's all I will do today. I thought I might talk with some of the plumbing for the sprayers, but I don't feel like it lol.
This rubber mallet has saved me so much grunting and pulling lol. Highly recommend.
The ratchet pipe cutter is pretty awesome too. Worth every penny.
#poolpond #diy #backyardproject

Woohoo time to get drunk & put together an open-source @… 12” laptop (with the help of a Cat and a Bunny with a Chainsaw)

Neuer Bowdenzug, eingezogen und die ganze Periferie; Bowdenzughülle, Hülle auf die Länge der vorigen Hülle gekürzt.
#diy #Fahrradwartung
#shimano

Weniger #Plastikmüll: Eine #GurkenAloeVera #Gesichtsmaske spendet Feuchtigkeit und kühlt gestresste Haut. 🌿🥒 Probiert sie mal aus, wenn Ihr gestesst seid. Also täglich? 🤣 (ui ui, d…

Gurken-Aloe-Vera-Gesichtsmaske: Ein Rezept für die natürliche Pflege der Haut im Test
Gurken-Aloe-Vera-Gesichtsmaske: Selbstgemachte Feuchtigkeitspflege für gestresste Haut

Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
NAS per DIY: Billiges Gehäuse zum Selberdrucken
https://www.

Yet another Christian-famous person falls from their pedestal. Plus, a Michigan court case where no one wins.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/reflections-on-tech-faith-and-justice/

Reflections on Tech, Faith, and Justice – Bob Mueller
DIY wins, tech fixes, Disney stars in space, faith deconstruction, and justice in CCM—this week had it all.

LOL, there is a cheaper version of the Flipper Zero called...the Flopper Ziro.
https://github.com/lraton/FlopperZiro

GitHub - lraton/FlopperZiro: A Flipper Zero clone, but cheapest, DIY and simply Open Source, made with Arduino IDE
A Flipper Zero clone, but cheapest, DIY and simply Open Source, made with Arduino IDE - lraton/FlopperZiro

Thermal Imaging Survey: DIY vs Professional - Learn how a thermal imaging survey can spot real problems. What does it cost? Is a trained operator useful? #thermalImaging #cutCarbon -

Thermal Imaging Survey: DIY vs Professional
Learn how a thermal imaging survey can spot real problems. What does it cost? Is a trained operator useful? #thermalImaging #cutCarbon

DIY Natto: A Home Fermentation Guide to Japan’s Healthiest Breakfast #plantbased

DIY Natto: A Home Fermentation Guide to Japan’s Healthiest Breakfast
Learn how to make Japanese natto at home with Miyoko Schinner’s step-by-step guide, packed with tips for fermentation and health benefits.

DIY-MKG: An LLM-Based Polyglot Language Learning System
Kenan Tang, Yanhong Li, Yao Qin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01872 https://arxi…

DIY-MKG: An LLM-Based Polyglot Language Learning System
Existing language learning tools, even those powered by Large Language Models (LLMs), often lack support for polyglot learners to build linguistic connections across vocabularies in multiple languages, provide limited customization for individual learning paces or needs, and suffer from detrimental cognitive offloading. To address these limitations, we design Do-It-Yourself Multilingual Knowledge Graph (DIY-MKG), an open-source system that supports polyglot language learning. DIY-MKG allows the…

New study finds glyphosate unsafe at any dose.
Glyphosate is widely on sale in garden centres and DiY shops, including B&Q.
Carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure from prenatal life to glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides in Sprague–Dawley rats | Environmental Health | Full Text
https://

Carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure from prenatal life to glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides in Sprague–Dawley rats - Environmental Health
Background Glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) are the world’s most widely used weed control agents. Public health concerns have increased since the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified glyphosate as a probable human carcinogen in 2015. To further investigate the health effects of glyphosate and GBHs, the Ramazzini Institute launched the Global Glyphosate Study (GGS), which is designed to test a wide range of toxicological outcomes. Reported here are the results of the…

Sometimes Being Unsigned Means DIY
- Do I prefer collaboration and teamwork? You bet. But... sometimes... -
- #IndieMusician #DIYMusician -

Sometimes Being Unsigned Means DIY - #IndieMusician
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

tl;dr Sheffield is nice https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/23/not-all-grassroots-venues-are-struggling-sheffields-leadmill-may-be-closing-but-the-citys-diy-hubs-are-thri…

Reflections on Tech, Faith, and Justice
This week, I'm talking about yet another Christian-famous person falling from grace. Plus a sad court case, and a few other bits.
https://www.bobmuellerwriter.com/reflections-on-tech-faith-and-justice/

Reflections on Tech, Faith, and Justice – Bob Mueller
DIY wins, tech fixes, Disney stars in space, faith deconstruction, and justice in CCM—this week had it all.

from my link log —
DIY book lamp: simple electronics meets paper craft.
https://www.voltpaperscissors.com/diybooklamp
saved 2025-04-27

Easy DIY Book Lamp for Kids (11+) and adults — Volt, Paper, Scissors!
I invented this DIY book lamp to introduce children to electronics. I use it in STEM education, but it turns out to be a fun project for adults too.

Nerviges Chaos in der #Lenkertasche? Hier kommt eine geniale DIY-Lösung! Mit ein paar Klettbändern sorgt Ihr für Ordnung in Eurer #Ortlieb #Lenkertasche. Kein Suchen mehr, alles bleibt an sei…

Fixierung der Lenkertaschen-Einlagen in der Ortlieb Lenkertasche
Manche Lenkertaschen bekommt man mit einer einlegbaren Innenunterteilung o.ä. zu kaufen. Sie soll den Großraum der Tasche in kleine Segmente einteilen. Hier könnt ihr lesen, wie man verrutschende Innenteilungen...

I had to do a little more plumbing to at least get things up to a poijt where I could anchor the pipe in the bottom and put pebble down over the whole bottom hopefully tomorrow.
I need two more 45° elbows to keep the pipe close to the side as it comes up but that's not critical. At least like this if I have to fill it with water nothing will be too hard to fix.
#poolpond #backyardProject #DIY

@… Boy-oh-boy. What DIY is like for the disabled. Humbling.
https://oldfriends.live/@paul/114805197623754036

Paul Chambers🚧 (@paul@oldfriends.live)
Attached: 1 image Today, I got put down on the floor with my Hoyer lift, took apart the back of a through the wall hotel like HVAC unit and changed the broken fan blade. What should have taken 30 minutes took me around 4 hours with my Parkinson's but I was not going to pay someone $250 for a service call to change a $57 fan blade. Parts was still under warranty but labor was not. It cost me $25 to have the guy that mows my grass pull it out for me and then slide it back in on his way home…

Sometimes Being Unsigned Means DIY – #IndieMusician #indiemusic #musicianresources #musiciantips

Sometimes Being Unsigned Means DIY - #IndieMusician
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

Esta wiki de #solarpunk que acabo de ver en lemmy es el amor https://diysolarpunk.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page

all cities should allow community traffic calming if they're not going to do it themselves
"‘Absolutely terrifying’: Oakland residents decry city’s removal of DIY speed bumps as sideshows surge"

Wusstest du, dass man aus nur drei Zutaten eine pflegende #OlivenölHonigSalbe herstellen kann? 🧴✨ Es gibt viele DIY-Rezepte für #Kosmetik. Selbermachen kommt zwar an professionelle Produkte nicht immer heran, aber man weiß, was drin ist. Und für manche sind weniger Chemie und keine …

Olivenöl-Honig-Salbe aus nur drei Zutaten selber herstellen
DIY-Salbe gegen rissige Hände: Einfaches Rezept mit Bienenwachs, Olivenöl und Honig

DIY hybrid SSVEP-P300 LED stimuli for BCI platform using EMOTIV EEG headset
Surej Mouli, Ramaswamy Palaniappan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.01510 https://arx…

DIY hybrid SSVEP-P300 LED stimuli for BCI platform using EMOTIV EEG headset
A fully customisable chip-on board (COB) LED design to evoke two brain responses simultaneously (steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP) and transient evoked potential, P300) is discussed in this paper. Considering different possible modalities in braincomputer interfacing (BCI), SSVEP is widely accepted as it requires a lesser number of electroencephalogram (EEG) electrodes and minimal training time. The aim of this work was to produce a hybrid BCI hardware platform to evoke SSVEP and P30…

Zum Abendessen gab es zwei #Plantburger diesmal mit Bio Brotzeit Burger Patty.
Selten bekomme ich soviel Salat zu essen, außer bei den Plantburgern #DIY - dabei funktionieren für einen Single am besten die Salate in Plastikboxen, da die im Kühli länger halten, als Salatköpfe mit Wurzelballen im Zi…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsRaveForever
Robots in Disguise:
🎵 DIY
#RobotsinDisguise
https://open.spotify.com/track/3yKK3qibxiENKwqRWjRTzV

PVC cement is kinda scary and I am not completely convinced I need to use it. lol
None of this pipe is going to be completely inaccessible, and I may need to adjust things down the line... all the joints are within the wet zone of the holes so no water lost if there are any small leaks.
started early this morning so I could get at leaat something done before the oppressive heat sets in.
I need to go to the store rn to pick up fittings.
#poolpond #bacyardproject #diy

Phones cost a grand, and honestly, people should just be able to fix their own stuff.
#RightToRepair #Repair #DIY

Libraries - Punk as Fuck!
#libraries

Milwaukee Public Library’s Wisconsin Concert Poster Collection is pretty punk
Milwaukee Public Library's Timothy Rush talks about the Rare Books Room's collection of almost 200 gig posters.

My project that I completed yesterday. An old patio umbrella base, a fence post from a big box store, two old wall brackets for flower baskets, a couple of bird feeders that were on sale at CanTire, and a repurposed squirrel baffle. About $100 in total cost, not including the black oil seed. It's positioned right outside our sunroom for bifd watching, by us and our cat Casper.
#DIY #Birdwatching #Gardening

Two US disinformation experts have launched a DIY news outlet.
Not on Mastodon yet though. Missing a trick methinks.
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2025/indicator-alexios-mantzarlis-craig-silverman/

Two disinformation experts have launched a DIY news outlet - Poynter
With Indicator, Alexios Mantzarlis and Craig Silverman bring a deep well of experience fighting falsehoods into a chaotic and cynical online world

Replaced the garbage #disposal last night. It's one of those jobs like redoing the guts of a toilet; seemed intimidating but it was far easier than I expected. (Replacing with the same model helps.) #insinkerator #diy

Slightly irritated. I went into a DIY store to buy fine concrete. I asked a couple of questions. The shop assistant kept turning to my husband, who stood up for me and kept insisting it was my project.
My husband was even more annoyed than I was when we left, bless his heart. I was actually less annoyed when he showed the clerk, “this is not OK, you do not treat women like this”.
Perhaps the clerk will remember that the next time he gets a female customer. I hope.

Heute bin ich mir sozusagen selber aufs Dach gestiegen: der letzte Sturm hatte einen Dachziegel ausgehebelt, der Ziegel ist dann einen halben Meter das Dach runter gerutscht und auf den anderen Ziegeln liegen geblieben. Jetzt ist der Dachziegel wieder an Ort und Stelle. Never take broken for an answer. #diy

The Anarchist Cookbook, 2025 Edition:
Recent US political violence aided by DIY murder tradecraft available on internet;
People locators, 3D weapon blueprints, tactical planning – all accessible on the web for potential attackers or terrorists
https://www.theguardian…

Lesson learned. When paint matching, even the fancy color matching devices don’t work very well. Success rate of 0.25 for us. Apps are also wildly inconsistent.
Instead, cut a square inch out of your wall with a utility knife and bring it into the hardware store. They’ll scan it and match it exactly. I went from thinking it was ridiculous to knowing it’s really the only way to go.
#DIY

A look at the struggles of HGTV, whose total audience fell from 1.5M in 2017 to 773,000 in 2024, amid competition from DIY TikTokers and streaming services (Peter White/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/07/hgtv-analysis-1236467830/

Time For 9 o'clock #HashTagGames hosted by @… Let's play!
#CanadianMisconceptions

between the hydrangeas and the alt-grass, the number and variety of pollinators in our driveway right now is a little crazy! Bees, wasps, butterfly, other flying things! It's amazing!!! 🐝 🐝 🌼 🐝 🐝
#gardening #altgrass #bees #pollinator #home #diy

Entspannung mit selbstgemachtem #RosmarinSalbeiBadesalz! 🌿🛁 Dieses wohltuende Badesalz fördert die #Durchblutung und entspannt. Für passende „Ommmm“-Gesänge müsst ihr aber selber sorgen. Neugierig, wie man es anfertigt? Mehr dazu im Beitrag.

Rosmarin-Salbei-Badesalz: Wohltuend und entspannend
Für dieses durcblutungsfördernde und erholsame Badesalz benötigt man nur grobes Salz und die Kräuter.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/power-wheelchair-duopoly-right-repair-law/

"DIY plastic recycling made easy: How a global community is fighting plastic pollution"
#Recycling #Plastic #Plastics

Another step in the #PoolPond today. Bought the 2 pumps. They are high-efficiency, DC variable speed/power up to 15000L/hr (4000gal/hr) and 105W.
One will be to take water from the pond to the bog filter, and one will do double duty going to the bog filter or to sprayers/jets inside the pond (both decorative and for circulation)
I might get a 3rd pump in time if I find the extra capacity is needed.
#DIY #PondLife #PortAlberni #Pool #Pond #Natural
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CLB7SJ4Q?psc=1&smid=A7SIQ2Y2T11UM&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

wayward internet grotesque beauty
canned screaming crying proudly antihuman burning cities proudly nostalgic diy jumbotrons as apartment walls dancers wallow in makeup or lack thereof mechanical laughter at one anothers most sterile moments their tongues become needles along the sidewalks their twenty year old bubbling vomit cycle as both aesthetic and dogma and the unspoken understanding wed crumble if it weren't for losing ourselves in this

Die besten Fediverse Punk Konzertseiten in DE:
Berlin: https://berlin.askapunk.de/
NRW: https://rhine.askapunk.de/
Pots…

berlin.askapunk.de
a federated event calendar for diy shows and more. feel free to add stuff.

Wie kann man #Wattepads nachhaltig ersetzen? Durch #Upcycling! Mit einfachen DIY-Stoffpads aus alter Kleidung lässt sich Müll vermeiden und Ressourcen schonen. Die Pads sind #waschbar und

Upcycling: Wattepads nachhaltig ersetzen: So nähst Du Stoffpads
Wattepads nachhaltig ersetzen: So nähst Du Stoffpads

Walter and Paul presenting a DIY project to convert an old sewing machine into a modern computerized embroidery machine. First time in TV today 😄
#turtlestitch10 #embroidery #arts

Der Silikonüberzug an einem der Ohrbügel an meinem Podcast-Headset rutsche ständig runter, was auf Dauer ziemlich nervig war. Jetzt ist da halt roter Schrumpfschlauch drauf, der hält. Never take broken for an answer. Ich wollte es eigentlich symmetrisch machen, aber der andere Silikonschlauch bewegt sich keinen halben Millimeter 🤷 #diy

#poolpond #backyardProject #diy
I spent the morning cleaning out the big pond. Lots of dirt and gunk and water had accumulated in the bottom over the past months. A combination of the little sump pump and a shop vac cleaned that all out.
But more concerning was the fact that when I walked down into the pond, it was mushy. There was obviously water underneath the liner.
I just pulled back the liner to reveal the water that had gotten under. It is likely that this water is from the overflow when I was testing the filter. It could be from a little bit of rainfall, but I doubt it.
There was a lot of water washing around the yard yesterday as I was figuring out the filter and the stream and overflowing areas so I am sure it got in that way.
Not a big problem. Just some more water to move with the little pump.
I am more concerned about the fact that a horsefly landed on me twice in the past hour. Devils they are.

🌱🌼 Leeren #Lebensmittelbecher aus #Kunststoff fallen immer mal wieder im #Haushalt an. Nicht alles kann man im

Plastikbecher upcyceln: So machst du aus ihnen Blumentöpfe
Lebensmittelverpackungen nachhaltig weiterverwenden: DIY-Blumentöpfe aus Plastikbechern

Hmmmm… here is a problem I did not anticipate.
Every time I empty the main pond hole of water, (the actual hole under the liner) water returns within an hour or two. I’ve done it 4 times now, and it keeps filling back up with water.
Obviously there is water underground infiltrating into the pond hole, and/or the water table itself is above the bottom of the hole. It is not coming from either of the other holes because they both have the same amount of water in them as they did this morning.
I have “watered” the blueberry patch and hazelnut tree a lot with the water that I have been cleaning the filter with… and we also had lots of water flying around outside the liners yesterday as I tested the pump. So it is quite possible that the ground around the pond is simply well saturated.
I think I am going to have to just keep removing the water (and putting it into the sewer) until it does not refill. We have a week of hot weather coming. Surely that will be enough time for everything to dry out completely.
Otherwise I might run into some issues if the rains return before I can anchor down the pond liner with gravel and get the plumbing in!
How is time already running short!?
Never underestimate the ability of water to find a place where it is not wanted. 😆
#poolpond #backyardProject #diy

Being in the UK on holiday reminded me how much I love crumpets. Since I can’t easily find them in the states I’ll just make them myself.
So yeah, gonna make crumpets now… feel free to share any advice!
#food #baking

all right. Done for the day. At some point, it becomes a bit of a losing battle using the shopvac. I'll let nature evaporat it hopefully by tomorrow. Probably take another day for it to dry out and harden up.
in the meantime, I can do the next job that I've been dreading.
Figuring out the fence situation. 😱
#poolpond #backyardProject #diy

i've also drained both the filter and the pump bay. The blueberries are getting a very good drink today. 🫐
I probably won't circulate water through the stream again until I get the main pond weighed down with rock on the bottom. I wanted to try to start building the rock lining around the wall of the main pond to see if it would hold and be sufficient.
But I might just let the bottom of the pond dry out completely. It's going to be nice and warm again the next couple days so it is best for it to let it dry out and harden up.
#poolpond #backyardProject #diy

Working on another #synthDIY idea. Sort of a scaling up of my “pico_test_synth”. Code first in CircuitPython then maybe Mozzi Arduino

My #Anarchist flag will most likely arrive tomorrow or the day after.
It has cleared customs, and I’ve already paid the required customs fees here in Norway.
Since my DIY skills aren’t quite up to the task yet, I ordered one from Etsy, and it will hang on the wall in my computer room permanently.
Here’s the shop link:

Never take broken for an answer. Reparieren statt weg werfen. Ein Strick meines Gartenstuhls riss gestern Abend, und zufällig hatte ich noch einen Rest Seil da. Halbe Stunde neu gefädelt, Stuhl ist wie neu. #diy #repair

The built-in skimmer is skimming! #poolpond #diy #portalberni #backyardproject

Trockene #Lippen im Winter? 🌬️💋 Mit einem selbstgemachten #Lippenbalsam aus Bio-Zutaten kann man spröden Lippen vorbeugen und gleichzeitig auf sonstige chemische #Inhaltsstoffe verzichten. Per…

Trockene Lippen im Winter? So machst du deinen eigenen Lippenbalsam
Lippenbalsam selber machen: So bekommst du weiche und geschmeidige Lippen im Winter.

Sometimes Being Unsigned Means DIY – #IndieMusician #indiemusic #musicianresources #musiciantips

Sometimes Being Unsigned Means DIY - #IndieMusician
Stan Stewart - @muz4now

I just started up the pump! A short video. Lowest setting (40W)
#poolpond #diy #portalberni #backyardproject
https://youtu.be/gs3dlFQdtYs?si=BStwWZ1u_fQzwk2X

Langzeitprojekt Frühbeet Phase 1 abgeschlossen: Heute haben wir sechs alte Fenster abgeholt. Next: Fenster und vor allem die Fensterrahmen aufbereiten. #garten #diy

"‘Balcony solar’ may at last become a reality for flat residents in Britain"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #SolarPower #Energy

yup... too soon. pump bay emptied before the flow was enough to replenish the pump circulation.
It'll take a few goes to get the pond up high enough. Will turn it back on shortly.
. #poolpond #diy #portalberni #backyardproject

I think we are very near critical mass. The pump bay is only barely emptying itself
now. And the pond is gradually overtopping the main part of the weir.
Now to line the top edge of the pond so surface debris only goes through the little inlet.
#poolpond #diy #portalberni #backyardproject

Water off. Level is not 100% full but close enough that the pump can just run. We are expecting rain tonight that might be enough to completely fill it.
No leaks detected.
I’ll leave the pump at 100%/180W for a couple hours just to give it a good run. Then I will turn down to minimum tonight.
#poolpond #diy #portalberni #backyardproject

Üben, üben, üben. Werd' scho. Wenn Teig und Backprozess funktionieren, kommt Breznschmeißen. #laugengebäck #vorpommern #keinehexerei

The main pond is basically full now. I have been gradually increased the power of the pump. Now 100% at 160W. I won't normally have it at full power but this is good for testing.
I am basically patrolling the edge of the ponds looking for low points. Have shored up a few but nothing serious. The first round of tests with the filter addressed most of them.
When the holes filled over the winter I actually shored up the edges of the main pond then, so there isn't much to do there.
Just waiting for the pump bay to fill up completely now. It'll probably be about an hour. (the water hose has not been on full blast this whole time, only about 1/4)
Then we will see the full level of the entire system.
The Finger of water closest to me in this picture is the overflow that goes into the storm/sewer system. That is the final arbiter of the fill point of the pond.
#poolpond #diy #portalberni #backyardproject

The filter. It is filtering.
#poolpond #oops #fire #diy

Wie färbt man #Ostereier natürlich und nachhaltig? 🌱 Mit #Gemüse, #Gewürzen und #Naturfarben

DIY: Ostereier färben mit Gemüse, Gewürzen und anderen Naturfarben
DIY-Anleitung für Ostereier mit natürlichen Farben: Entdecken Sie die schönsten Farben aus Gemüse, Gewürzen und anderen Pflanzenteilen.

The first trickle from filter to pool pond.
The main pond is not quite 3/4 full, but I thought it was important to make sure the filter was completely full and ready to start filtering. So I have shored up the low edges of the filter, taken away the temporary stream, and now the water is starting to flow from filter to pond. In time it will connect with the pump bay. Then I can turn on the pump and start circulating for real.
😆
The reason this is happening now is not the best reason. Our view to the southeast is not encouraging.
😔 🔥
#poolpond #oops #fire #diy

It is so nice how the #pandemicpond is maturing now. This is its 5th summer! Can't believe it. The bog filter has made a massive difference for the water clarity and keeping down the algae. The first pic below is from this time last year and you can see the algae clouding and sliming everything.
Two years ago I started planting some moss around rocks in the stream and it has filled in really nicely and naturally. It also served to trap seeds I think and grass and other "weeds" but I like that it just looks more and more like a normal stream. We even have a marsh marigold at the top of the stream (last pic) that we did not plant that came from one that was in the top pond and was eaten by deer. 🦌
#diy #ponds #gardening #fish #ecosystem #portalberni

*tenting fingers*
Excellent.
#freepipe #diy #itPaysToKnowPeople #poolpond #BackyardProject #portAlberni

and then there is the backyard... lol. The hazelnut tree is doing surprisingly well considering the chaos literally at its feet. The far flower garden with the blueberries and the only rose bush we like is also doing OK especially now that I have battled back against the encroaching blackberry vines.
I didnt capture the new plum, or the rhubarb-amazon, but they're ok too.
We are starting to make real progress on the pond/pool now. The inlets for the wetland filter are in the hole and we started placing the large rocks on the bottom... the first layer.
Many yards of rock and pebble to go! Oh, and I have had to peel back some of the liner
in the pool. I've decided I need to make a landing spot for one pump to live in the back corner of the pool so it can circulate water from the bottom.
Uncovered an anthill in the process! 🐜
#portalberni #yard #diy #poolPond

the plumbing for the bog/wetland filter is nearly complete.
The last item I needed was some 6" PVC pipe for a cleanout. It'll go down through the milk crate so I can send a vaccuum hose down there.
It isn't easy to find this size at stores, but a friend of a friend came through with some free cutoffs. They'll work perfectly. Probably $50 worth of pipe! I only had to buy the plug ($40).
Befriend a tradesperson! 😀
#freepipe #diy #itPaysToKnowPeople #poolpond #BackyardProject #portAlberni

Some blooming closeups. #bloomscrolling #altgrass #portalberni #yard #diy

Fruit is happening! and more
flowers #bloomscrolling #altgrass #portalberni #yard #diy

Time for a walk around the yard as I was watering this morning. It's going to be hot today (30°C)
(see alt text for descriptions)
#bloomscrolling #altgrass #portalberni #yard #diy

glad I started early today.
Went to the hardware shop at open 7:30AM only to find they were out of elbows.
went to Can Tire at open at 8. Same story.
Had to drive 30min to clean out the Home Hardware stores in Qualicum Beach and Parksville of all 8 elbows they had between the two of them.
Got back in time to do some rough fitting, but it is already 27° and hotter in the hole. So I am done for the day!
Managed to rough together the bottom intake pipe as well.
Bit by Bit!
#poolpond #bacyardproject #diy #elbowsup #elbowsout

lots of flowers now in the alt-grass including a new white and purple one! And the strawberries are ripe under the growing 🍎 tree!
It's weird when the driveway is the most productive part of the yard!
The hope though is that this is a preview of what our backyard will become over the next couple years. 🤞
Also managed to put the trailer back in its spot. The grass seems tough enough now to handle the traffic.
#bloomscrolling #altgrass #portalberni #yard #diy

More pics of the thickening verge! Most of the greenery is actualy the california poppy that havent bloomed. The rest is clover and the white flowers (alyssum?)
This is as tall as it should get (about six inches) with the exception of when the poppies bloom they send up slightly taller stalks.
#yard #diy #grass #noconcrete #diy #bloomscrolling

It’s already 25°C and I am dripping with sweat… but a slight modification had to be completed! Made a shelf in the main #poolpond area to hold a milk crate, which will hold one of the pumps.
I decided it was critical to have circulation from the bottom of the pool including taking water from the bottom to send to the filter. But since the main pump area is in the intake bay/skimmer I would have had to bring a pipe up and over the wall and down into pool. (The pumps must be submerged in at least 6” of water at all times)
This would be inefficient and potentially have air lock problems… so I pulled back the three layers of liner and cloth and excavated a little nook in the already semi hidden back corner.
This will have to do. :) the sun was already coming over the house. The rubber liner gets very hot 🥵. Glad it didn’t take too long.
There will be a rock or some sort of wall below and in front of the crate to further support and hide it.
Oh, and now that the liner and stuff is all back, the 🐜 ants can go back to their regularly scheduled ant-ing.
#diy #backyardpond #hot #ants #gardening #homeimprovement #portalberni

The white flowers in the new “alt-grass” have started to pop up in the front of the driveway (bottom right) and middle. Still patchy bits but nbd. And the taller stuff is now shading/protecting/cooling the smaller.
The front (bottom) that we seeded a few weeks after the initial planting is growing in nicely.
In a few weeks maybe we will get some poppies in the oldest areas.
Love this stuff!
We can start to walk on the older now, gently. Feels nice barefoot. Down to watering once a day, morning, unless it is over 30°C.
Intending to get more slate slabs next week, so I’ll put in a fourth step stone and probably move the one on the left back a few inches. I’ll try to be careful so I can transplant the grass to some of the patchy areas.
That will also be a first try at backing the trailer over the hump onto the new paths with a lot of weight.
#yard #diy #grass #noconcrete #diy #bloomscrolling

alright. emptied the pump bay (watering the hazelnut tree as I go) so I could get down into the box and loosely fit the hose onto the pump.
Now we'll turn the water back on in the filter and let the bay fill back up again from the little diversion stream.
I need to go get a couple big hoseclamps to properly secure it to the pump. But loose is fine for testing.
#poolpond #backyardProject #DIY #electronics

I feel like I disrespected the backyard. So here is some backyard blooming and fruiting love! See the hazelnut!?
#bloomscrolling #fruit #grapes #rhubarb #portalberni #yard #diy #poolPond

escape! escape!!
This is what happens when you introduce a big pump (even only running at 30-50%!)
You find out REALLY fast where the low points are. I had suspicions. They have been confirmed, and temporarily rectified!
the pump is now running, hooked into the pipe to the bottom of the filter (I will cut more of it off in time so the pipe is running along the ground), plus the garden hose is continuing to add more water to the system.
No spillage! Ill fill the intake bay and then turn the garden hose off to just let it circulate.
#poolpond #backyardProject #DIY #electronics

First test of the pump! Just turned the first pump on to make sure everything works. The regulator works! 100% power seems to draw about 160W. 50% was around 70W. Can't take a reliable picture of the display unfortunately.
I will have to cut the main wire and extend it with a good extension cord so it can reach where I need it to. At least to the little grey shed for now. The controller has to stay dry and in reasonable temperatures.
Not really looking forward to that job. I have cut/spliced/shrinkwrapped wire before but not on a $600 pump. 😬
Today though I will concentrate on hooking up the pipe to the filter to set up a circulation and figure out a temporary situation for the pump controller.
edit: btw the pumps are both Jecod 20,000L/hr varieties. I am hoping (and calculated) that they are oversized so I can run them at 50-75% most of the time.
#poolpond #backyardProject #DIY #electronics

The kind man in the giant front loader at the gravel pit "gently dribbled" 820kg/1800lbs of river rock into the trailer. EV mileage not great. 😂
Was hoping for more rocks on the larger size, but it will all be useful for the #poolpond and #pandemicpond
And the price is right! $40
#diy #backyardproject #poolproject

initial pump testing has been successful!
Filled the filter and pump bay to an approriate level via garden hose. ✅
turned pump on for the first time and fixed any overflows in the system on low flow ✅
turned the garden hose off and allowed pump to circulate for awhile ✅
I brought the pump up to 100% power (180W) and confirmed inlet standpipe did not overflow indicating good distribution flow on the bottom of the filter. ✅
identified/fixed more overflowing low points with pump at high flow. ✅
tested the breather pipe by turning off the pump and making sure the water was not siphoned from the filter the pump bay ✅
I let the top water from the filter drain into the bay until the bay was full (starting to overflow into the main pond) ✅
Used the small pump to empty the pump bay of some of the dirty water... watering the blueberries and flowers in the process. ✅
tiny red bum friend? ✅ 🕷️
A successful day!!
#poolpond #backyardProject #DIY #electronics

Refreshed my memory and calculations for the full volume of the three holes in our backyard. The next large purchase is going to be the pump. So I need to know how much water it needs to move in order to be a healthy ecosystem.
The full volume of all three holes combined is about 38,000L before rock/medium additions.
The larger bog filter should reduce the need for a larger pump by comparison with our smaller pond. But it still won’t be small.
#pump #pond #pondlife #backyard #diy

flowing!!! 🎉 💧
Ill stop filling soon for the night but this is a huge milestone! HAPPY DAY
#poolpond #BackyardProject #diy #portalberni #watergarden

ooohh! The water is at the top! Now we'll see where it chooses to go!
Looks like I will actually be taking some pebble *out* if I want to plant in an inch or so of water.
#poolpond #BackyardProject #diy #portalberni #watergarden

Time for the first fill and empty cycle. Not sure how many times I'll do this probably a bunch lol. We will see how long it takes to fill it. The hazelnut tree will get lots of water today.
While, it's doing that, I will keep working on the rock liner of the intake pump bay. If I can get that done today, then I can try to direct the overflow from the filter into the pump and set up a circulation.
#poolpond #BackyardProject #diy #portalberni #watergarden

And a quick update on the big project.
The main pond is drying out! I'll let it dry today and then put the liner over tomorrow morning and start working on the plumbing asap so I can get the pebble in there to weigh it all down!
Note little dig marks in the filter pebble where I stole some for the pandemic pond.
#pandemicpond #poolpond #backyardproject #diy #ponds #gardening #watergarden #bloomscrolling #goldfish

thankful for the rain today!! Only took a few days for the new grass/clover/flower mix to sprout!!
🌱 🌱 🌱
Going to get hot this week so I am very glad it has begun successfully now.
#driveway #yardwork #diy #portalberni