tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33456225.post373588602461656279..comments2024-03-07T21:51:13.076+10:30Comments on Hills and Plains Seedsavers: EARTH DAY WEDNESDAY 22nd April 2009Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17155210756905386478noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33456225.post-20046261287236318932009-04-23T15:28:00.000+09:302009-04-23T15:28:00.000+09:30Great idea Andrew.
Hey it's raining!Great idea Andrew.<br />Hey it's raining!Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17155210756905386478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33456225.post-68050978139567521452009-04-23T04:51:00.000+09:302009-04-23T04:51:00.000+09:30Hi Maggie and Bob
Lucky you - extra water!
But int...Hi Maggie and Bob<br />Lucky you - extra water!<br />But interesting in another way too... <br />We've got a few days of rain forecast at long last. Once the road services have been washed a bit, 'mining' the water in the gutters running past the house is one novel way to capture extra water; all that's coming off neighbourhood raods, roofs and driveways.<br />A local ex-farmer uses a canvas hose run out to the gutter, with a length of PVC storm-drain on the end pointing upstream so that the water is forced into the hose and (downhill) onto his property. He sandbags the end of the pipe in the gutter in place.<br />I'm thinking of using this method in winter to replensih the sub-soils under the garden; these have dried out over these past years of drought.<br />In short, I'm intending to store my neighbours' runoff in my garden soils at depth for use next summer.<br />Cheers<br />AndrewAndrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02477110710368593727noreply@blogger.com