yeah, done right you would only need one
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Rain water harvesting techniques in the woods?
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yeah, done right you would only need one
OpenStrife
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I dug a 200 gallon hole last season with tarp as the liner, it has stay filled with water to this day.
I don't like use it because it has become a habbitat. There are poison snakes in the water that I can not see, and frequently a lot NEAR the water hidden that I can't see. I just don't like taking that risk everytime I need to get water for my plants...I'd rather spend $100 at the start of the grow than spend accumulative hours searching for snakes and being warry of snakes that can jump out of the water and poison me.
I don't like use it because it has become a habbitat. There are poison snakes in the water that I can not see, and frequently a lot NEAR the water hidden that I can't see. I just don't like taking that risk everytime I need to get water for my plants...I'd rather spend $100 at the start of the grow than spend accumulative hours searching for snakes and being warry of snakes that can jump out of the water and poison me.
herbaholic
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Hugelkulture for the win! KISS
lol, didnt even think of that.
To achieve "fall" (the running of a liquid from one end of something to the other end of it) you need 1/2 inch in drop for every 12ft. And thats just for making roads, driveways,...sidewalks n' shit. So making water run is never really a problem ...anywhere..
Set up a few 6x6 tarps with rope on each corner to some trees, run it down to your trough, then to your collection recepticle.
Rep+ if you do it all with olive drab coloured pauncho's.
Set up a few 6x6 tarps with rope on each corner to some trees, run it down to your trough, then to your collection recepticle.
Rep+ if you do it all with olive drab coloured pauncho's.
OpenStrife
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Thanks for all the ideas guys.
I think I have settled on an idea of my own that I came up with. Basically a 9.5x9.5ft square pvc frame that has some kind of tarp/plastic over top of it with a hole in the dead center. Underneath that hole is a trashcan. Then from there I can find a way to get that water into other cans or something. So 9.5square area of rainfall will land on the [10foot]tarp(for some sag in the middle), build up till it travels to the center and drains there.
I think I have settled on an idea of my own that I came up with. Basically a 9.5x9.5ft square pvc frame that has some kind of tarp/plastic over top of it with a hole in the dead center. Underneath that hole is a trashcan. Then from there I can find a way to get that water into other cans or something. So 9.5square area of rainfall will land on the [10foot]tarp(for some sag in the middle), build up till it travels to the center and drains there.
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Checkout reibsis water harvesting technique, camo tarp tied in the trees sloping down so run off ends up in trough made with 55 gallon plastic barrels cut in half vertically and buried in the ground.
If you have a slope you don't need a tarp. You just make a gutter in a big V down the slope. You can use garden edging, or guttering, or dig a mound to divert the surface runoff. Then run another gutter from the point of that V to your container further down the hill. You can use tarps on the ground in addition to this if you require cleaner water. You can get much more runoff this water than by hanging up a tarp because you can cover a much larger surface area more easily. It does require occasional maintenance.
The steeper the slope, larger the gutter and harder the soil the better of course, but it works in all sorts of conditions. You could also dig a dam at the bottom if it's easier than a container, you can scale up to any size the slope allows.
The steeper the slope, larger the gutter and harder the soil the better of course, but it works in all sorts of conditions. You could also dig a dam at the bottom if it's easier than a container, you can scale up to any size the slope allows.
" but wasn't sure how much water I'd end up per storm/week/month"
Rainwater collection from roofs can be calculated using the following formulas:
1 millimeter of rain on a 1 square meter surface yields 1 litre of water.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainwater_tank#Calculating_rainwater_collection
Know your average rainfall and the size of your tarp and you can work it out fairly easily. Of course for surface runoff this doesn't apply. Some of the water is absorbed and lost. But this is easily made up for by a much larger footprint.
Rainwater collection from roofs can be calculated using the following formulas:
1 millimeter of rain on a 1 square meter surface yields 1 litre of water.
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainwater_tank#Calculating_rainwater_collection
Know your average rainfall and the size of your tarp and you can work it out fairly easily. Of course for surface runoff this doesn't apply. Some of the water is absorbed and lost. But this is easily made up for by a much larger footprint.
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Location is important too when it comes to watering often or seldom. You can't beat the top half slope of a south facing mountain, but often the soil there is poor and you will need to water almost daily during the really hot weeks. I prefer to grow guerrilla in one~five plant plots close to swampy areas, stream/creek banks as well as at the base of gullies, valleys and bases of mountains is where you will be doing a great deal less watering and the soil will be richer but you will probably won't get as much direct sun and you will probably have to trim down some sun blocking surrounding tree branches. For flat areas the very best sites to choose are directly under a large rotted log, this is where the soil will be rich, loose, full of worms and will require a great deal less watering.
It's not easy to dig out hard clay soil if that is what you have there but the dam will last for ages, I used to line a shallow depression with a sheet of plastic held down by rocks. Each little plot would contain 1 ~ 5 plants growing on a mound with small dam very close to it. The little dams were scooped out with a hand trowel, were less than two feet deep and about five feet in diameter..
To prevent evaporation a sheet or two of corrugated roofing or another sheet of plastic can be rigged up on top of the dam, also held in place with rocks so the rain water hits the sheet and flows into the dam, you will probably need some branches under the sheet to help maintain the right slope as well as a lots of branches with leaves placed on top which will camouflage the dam (and the plot) really well.
It's not easy to dig out hard clay soil if that is what you have there but the dam will last for ages, I used to line a shallow depression with a sheet of plastic held down by rocks. Each little plot would contain 1 ~ 5 plants growing on a mound with small dam very close to it. The little dams were scooped out with a hand trowel, were less than two feet deep and about five feet in diameter..
To prevent evaporation a sheet or two of corrugated roofing or another sheet of plastic can be rigged up on top of the dam, also held in place with rocks so the rain water hits the sheet and flows into the dam, you will probably need some branches under the sheet to help maintain the right slope as well as a lots of branches with leaves placed on top which will camouflage the dam (and the plot) really well.
I prefer to lug water to the site in an old pick up,
2-3 oil drums at a time then pump the water
to 2-3 air mattresses,
buried 30 feet higher up the crest of a mountain
then allow the water
"Oh precious water"
to trickle out, over several weeks
water is running one time per day at 16.30 daily for 2-3 minutes
also stick to indica strains or indica dominant
they seems to like water less, and
I have used water crystals to great effect
many tricks to learn and share here
2-3 oil drums at a time then pump the water
to 2-3 air mattresses,
buried 30 feet higher up the crest of a mountain
then allow the water
"Oh precious water"
to trickle out, over several weeks
water is running one time per day at 16.30 daily for 2-3 minutes
also stick to indica strains or indica dominant
they seems to like water less, and
I have used water crystals to great effect
many tricks to learn and share here
I have 40 32 gallon trash cans under some trees.they fill up every winter.after they fill up I put the lids on them to prevent evaporation and keep the bugs out.enough to water 10 half pound plants in my area.
if you have a flat area,toys r us has cheap above ground pools for 150.00.there around a 1000 gallons.just spray paint them camo.once it fills up cover it with a camo tarp.
if you have a flat area,toys r us has cheap above ground pools for 150.00.there around a 1000 gallons.just spray paint them camo.once it fills up cover it with a camo tarp.
Kygiacomo!!!
AppAlachiAn OutLaW
i been researching water bladders..they can hold up to 1000 gallons and at end of season pack it up in a backpack and store it for next year
