The amount of work just to bring the keyway back to the original grade was staggering....Continue reading
Category: Water
24 – Preparing the Farm Pond
By this time, we had taken several online courses, attended homesteading and permaculture workshops, enrolled in...Continue reading
23 – Bringing the Big Guns to the Farm
Once we had the areas cleared and we had saved up enough money, it was time...Continue reading
22 – Clearing Trees
Now that we had a solid plan it was time to begin the very long process...Continue reading
15 – Plumbing the Farm for Water
Once the pump was in the hole we just had to button up the plumbing and...Continue reading
14 – Getting Ready for Solar Powered Farm Water
Our entire property will be solar powered so the water system was designed around this. After...Continue reading
13 – All is “Well” :-)
After three months of digging and plumbing, the end was in sight. It all came together...Continue reading
12 – Running Lines for Gravity Water Distribution
3 months with no cell phone, no crap food and sleeping sundown to sun up kind...Continue reading
11 – Gravity Fed Water for the Farm
Now it was time to get to work on getting the water out of the ground...Continue reading
10 – You Can’t Farm Without Water
My closest neighbor had hit water at 280′ at about the same elevation we were drilling...Continue reading