Developing THREE more Springs! (start to finish)

This week Lou gets back at tapping springs on our land! It's incredible how many he found and with such a strong flow rate. Even in the midst of hurricane Debbie, Lou was out there making things happen for our family. So grateful for his perseverance and capability. Our future house is going to have beautiful spring water now!!

Hope you enjoy it :)

#springwater

Big love,
Lou, Dana, Max & Freja
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[vaclavkhun]

Never thought I will be jelaus of a man digging springs in the forest but here I am

[ScottyScott]

Next time, drive the tractor in backwards. When you get to a sketchy place, extend your backhoe all the way out and jam it in the dirt good, then pull yourself towards the bucket, you can continue to do this until you get to level ground. You can also sit your front-end loader down flat, and then raise your front wheels off the ground some, when you pull yourself with the backhoe, the tractor will slide on the bottom of the front-end loader, and your tires will not tear up the ground. Good luck with the Springs! Nice work on them.

[troytreeguy]

As long as the water is tested. Spring water comes from surface water that filters through layers of soil and rock but doesn’t make it to the sub surface aquifer. It can easily be contaminated from land use up the water shed. The taste doesn’t mean a thing except that it’s favorable to you. Nice work very good use of the land.

[ronaldmillard]

In '89 I had 42+ acres and had the pleasure of teaching my little girl the same lessons your little guy is learning from HIS parents. Way to go guys! Can you find a spot downhill from there to collect and HOLD the EXCESS water that isn't being shot up ABOVE you home site? ( Building a POND is about as much fun as having TWINS !!!) God bless this young family and please watch over them. Your friend Ronald M.

[Darby]

I live in Australia which has been in varying degrees of drought for over 15 years. Watching the water just run had my brain screaming ‘turn the bloody tap off’.

[Baddie]

You guys are a beautiful family- it does my heart good to see young people building their lives and their dreams.
Very proud of you.

[rebenaq]

Lou's knowledge, understanding, engineering, brute strength and dedication is mind boggling. He finds solutions to all problems. The drive to make his beautiful family an amazing home is so heartwarming. @dana I can't wait for the clay mugs n plates ❤

[jake_the_snake_hladik]

Quick tip from a guy who does irrigation, make sure to use clamps on your Poly (black flaccid ish pipe) fittings! Will save you a lot of trouble. Especially in the situation of a RAM pump

[fedorp]

You have a backhoe, you can build a road for access and dig those springs in 5 minutes when it's done. You're definitely doing things the hard way.

[jvlcixm]

You guys are SO I can't even begin to tell you how much joy and comfort I get from watching your videos. Seeing Lou develop those springs, just WOW! You are so lucky to have such a huge part of the woods just for you :)

[trinitybrian]

Ive developed springs on my property too. What i was told by the old timers was to wrap the submerged pipe with a layer of weed cloth. It works as an awesome filtering process beyond the rocks.

And when you uncoil the hosing, you want to unroll like a spool would, the way you and wifey did it will increase likelihood of unwanted kinks in line.

And ya. Got to have an air bleeder at top of line, which i thought you had with those red capped ys on PVC

[Lee-cd]

Having your own water source makes you 100 percent off grid sustainable. Nice job.

[hankmoody]

Just hanging out in nature all day and night, that's a life to live.

[ZakSaucyBaby]

Dog immediately takes a drink. We good👍🏾

[Experterrors]

Fascinating process. I’ve never seen that done before. Thanks for sharing.

[jonathonwood]

Thanks for adding yet another thing I need to learn about in an obsessive way

[swoopg]

As an Australian watching people lift up rocks and logs with no fear just freaks me out

[verb]

Damnnn, that looks like so much fun getting to be out there in the mud building! It's super fascinating to learn how springs work and how to develop them. Thanks so much for sharing these snippets of your life with us!! :)

[AwokenEntertainment]

So cool being able to pull resources like this from your own land!

[tayalashae]

this was such an interesting watch. I love seeing the water flow come through. Go Lou!! btw the shot of Max digging with his daddy made me burst into tears. Usually I'm able to get further into the video before I start crying, lol. What a beautiful family 💛