Re: At Last
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:40 am
Yes, an interesting topic that would inevitably draw politics into the-fray.
I have the space and skills to introduce water harvesting though I don't want any more machines on the land, I should have thought about this when we first arrived and yet-again turned our home into a building site.
As you point out, most economical water-butt type harvesting will mean carrying water. My back was wrecked many years ago but I manage it and I manage two hip re-surfacings so hose-pipes are the only way for me. I do carry from the Comfrey-butts too feed but I only fill the can half full so more walking, more walking means even earlier too bed after even more sit-downs.
I haven't seen one but have you considered one of those plastic bags that sits in a barrow ? Does anyone know if they are worth buying ? Maybe it's tatt ?
Our water comes from the Presselli Hills just a few miles away down into reservoirs, it's incredibly soft and we don't have the problem of everyone wanting to live here because there isn't any or enough work.
We don't pay a sewage charge so the water bill isn't a big issue and handling our own effluent is much cheaper than what what I was last charged living inland. The farmhouse next to us and to which we were once attached still has a well that has a healthy level all year round so drilling a borehole wouldn't be out of the question if we were ever pushed.
Wales = Wet-and-windy.
West Wales = Very wet-and-windy.
I have the space and skills to introduce water harvesting though I don't want any more machines on the land, I should have thought about this when we first arrived and yet-again turned our home into a building site.
As you point out, most economical water-butt type harvesting will mean carrying water. My back was wrecked many years ago but I manage it and I manage two hip re-surfacings so hose-pipes are the only way for me. I do carry from the Comfrey-butts too feed but I only fill the can half full so more walking, more walking means even earlier too bed after even more sit-downs.
I haven't seen one but have you considered one of those plastic bags that sits in a barrow ? Does anyone know if they are worth buying ? Maybe it's tatt ?
Our water comes from the Presselli Hills just a few miles away down into reservoirs, it's incredibly soft and we don't have the problem of everyone wanting to live here because there isn't any or enough work.
We don't pay a sewage charge so the water bill isn't a big issue and handling our own effluent is much cheaper than what what I was last charged living inland. The farmhouse next to us and to which we were once attached still has a well that has a healthy level all year round so drilling a borehole wouldn't be out of the question if we were ever pushed.
Wales = Wet-and-windy.
West Wales = Very wet-and-windy.