Another great weekend on the ranch. Yes, the temps were definitely up there, hovering around 100, except when massive thunderstorms came rolling through…more on that in a moment. This weekend was about ‘water’…really finishing up a couple smaller water related things we wanted to get done. We purchased a 65 gal tank that will stay…
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Rainwater Plumbing (6/19/15)
Another weekend, and another list of projects. This weekend we wanted to complete the rainwater plumbing for the next time it rains. We took a lot of PVC up with us, and used about half of it. A lot of planning went into reducing PVC sizes…crazy to go from 3″ first flush to 1″ pex…
Composting Adventures (6/12/15)
We headed up to the ranch for another weekend of work. This time though, we deviated a little to completely re-structure our compost bins. What we found is that the sheer size of the bin was becoming too wide and very hard to manage. Also, I think that having the compost in the ground (roughly…
Rain Water Harvesting Phase 1 Wrap-Up (6/5/15)
Rainwater Phase I is now in the books. Meaning, the structure is built and the roof is on. Now comes Phase II, which is adding the plumbing and getting rainwater into the tank. Phase III comes later, which is how to get the water out of the tank for consumption. This past weekend we finished…
First Week @ The Ranch – Rain Water Harvesting Phase 1…continued (5/23/15)
Well, five days after returning home, we finally have internet again and I am able to update this blog, just in time for our next trip to the property. We finally got an opportunity to spend an entire week on the property and a long list of projects came along with it. We loaded up…