Day 16:
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| Gary, my husband |
Gary and I worked on our herb and vegetable garden this weekend. The weather has been so unseasonably warm that it has brought out the farmer in us. We planted more asparagus,onions,lettuce and I put some rhubarb in the ground. Worried about possible frosts, we covered the new roots with brush to protect them. We talked about finding a way to collect rainwater or rigging some sort of a pump that would allow us to draw some of our creek water for irrigating our little garden.....that is when the thing is flowing. You just never know when it will.
Blood:water mission takes donations for the purchase of concrete for the purpose of building wells and rainwater collection reservoirs. They usually have this campaign at Christmas time... Something you might want to consider if you are looking for a worthwhile Christmas present to give. I suppose that the collection of rain water seems like a simple enough project, that is if you have access to gutters, PVC pipe, spigot hardware and concrete. Building a reservoir is not as easy a project, unless your getting your building directions off the Internet or selfhelp books, have the ability to drive yourself to your nearest ace hardware, pay for the materials on credit or cash and can load up the stuff into your truck. The whole project could come to a stand still even if only one of these objects were not available to you. These people are not stupid, just poor, tired and they have not had the educational benefits such as learning mathematical problem solving techniques most of us in the western world have received. They can't just go to Lowes and whip out there wallet can they? I do however wonder how once a reservoir is built, they keep the water from becoming stagnant in those tanks. Sounds like more research is needed. I am including a video that isn't necessarily educational but I liked it any way. Till next time.
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