ruminate vb. to chew (the cud)
I've written blogs before about water collection and storage, but not for a long time. A couple of things have come along recently to prompt me to revisit it as a subject. One was an article in The Garden, about water butts. What particularly caught my attention was the observation that an average roof could…
I have a complicated system of collecting water from various roof areas and shifting it around into various containers. In 15 separate vessels I have arond 4000L of stored water. I have just added 2000L more, in the shape of two intermediate bulk containers (IBC's), in the simplest way possible. Let me give you the…
A week ago we were on day four of a severe weather warning for high temperatures. We were also, and still are, experiencing a very dry summer. The world is getting warmer and the rate it is doing so is accelerating. I already have a fairly complicated water harvesting setup but my stored water ran…
A couple of years ago I posted a piece about my water harvesting setup. I just read it through and realise that for most people it is much more complicated than necessary. I want to describe a relatively simple way to increase water storage, based on part of my system. Sue’s glasshouse has a footprint…
Continue reading ➞ Harvest time – 2, (water harvesting, that is)
On the 6th of May three years ago I somehow stumbled across the innaugural six on Saturday post by The Propagator and felt moved to respond. I may have missed a week somewhere in those three years, I really don't remember. It makes this my 156th six on Saturday post. Perhaps you think I should…
Water harvesting, that is. We are often urged to try and minimise our use of mains water, with the added incentive that many of us are on a metered supply and stand to save money if we do. Save the world or save some money; it sounds good but I don't have high hopes for…
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