WATER IS LIFE - Off Grid Rainwater System

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@FrugalOffGrid 9 ай бұрын

Hey guys! Thanks a ton for your comments. You can learn more about my homestead on my website frugaloffgrid.com

@scottstaritzky7956 9 ай бұрын

You are a hard worker. Respect

@FrugalOffGrid 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Scott, for stopping by.

@chriscorvus1808 9 ай бұрын

To moderate the temperature issue you may want to plant trees. Forests can dampen the temperature (that includes the hot AND the cold) up to 5°C (9°F). A forest can also be a food forest, permaculture-style, which will (if established) provide food and requires with less labor than monocultures, mainly "management-tasks". If that is what you want - even if it is just a part of your land useage, you should start with water that you catch, hold, spread over your land in channels, and sink into the ground. Also you may want ponts in this system. In those ponts you shouldn't use liner, so the water can slowly seep into the ground around it. But you want to control the seepage. You tried it with pigs (stomping, compacting, even a bit manure...). But you need to do it over a longer time (maybe fencing in the pont and letting the pigs live there for a year or two) or you may want to use Ducks or Goose. Those will be drawn even to the littelest bodies of water, like a puddle, at the bottom of the pond for swimming and playing. I just love your videos especially the water ones. All the self-sufficiency. It's like building wealth in land, plants, earthwork, buildings, and animals. You seem to manage to live more and more comfortably and luxurious from day to day.

@Newperson-x4q 9 ай бұрын

Keep up the good work!

@FrugalOffGrid 9 ай бұрын

Thanks William!

@analyticalmastermind2569 9 ай бұрын

Keep up the good work John. I never miss an upload. My work situation has been changing and I have been planning to make the jump to off grid. Like you, I have wanted an off grid property since I was very young. Your channel more than any other has really inspired me to make the change, so thank you.

@FrugalOffGrid 9 ай бұрын

You can do it!

@deecooper1567 9 ай бұрын

You’ve put a lot of thought into present needs & future. Live & learn as you go . That’s what homesteading AND 14:20 living life is all about. You have much knowledge to share ‼️ What kind of trees do well with you climate & landscape? Proud of ya 👍👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

@FrugalOffGrid 9 ай бұрын

I have a granny Smith apple tree that's doing well. black locust, oak and poplar are good choices.

@deecooper1567 9 ай бұрын

@@FrugalOffGrid Kinda sounds like here 😉 Elm trees really go wild here so when I find a seedling I pot it up for one year then plant out. Quaker aspens do good also. Haven’t tried locust yet. 18 yrs ago there were 2 trees on 1.5 acres…. Now I have about 100 tall trees. And more to plant this year 😊. A little at a time right ? Keep up the great work 💪💪👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

@AlmostHomestead 9 ай бұрын

Really enjoying your channel. Water is definitely a priority. You have built some great systems. Love that water tower. My 500 gallon cistern system has always froze at some point in winter so I have kept a 55 gallon food grade barrel in the cabin and three more in a storage area for backup. We're getting down to the teens and possible single digits this weekend so we'll see if the new system stays up and running. Take care.

@katielin2379 9 ай бұрын

You sure have built quite the homestead.

@scottallen5269 9 ай бұрын

We used to put bleach in our big job site water cooler. Just keep out the funk, not much, just a drop every couple of refills.

@joeeasygo 9 ай бұрын

You should look into the Earth's ship systems also biodigesters

@michaelsasylum 9 ай бұрын

Biodigesters require a large amount of manure and you have to process it into the sludge yourself and it has to be kept above a certain temperature for methane production. It's definitely an interesting component to the off grid lifestyle. Earthship is something I'm very interested in myself, seeing a lot of tight designs that accomodate living, greenhouse, and water storage spaces together.

@proudtexan5513 9 ай бұрын

Awesome Water planning for your homestead and FUTURE, too!!

@skeeterthomas2991 9 ай бұрын

Way to go youve didnt your veteran off gridder

@pamreneick464 9 ай бұрын

Not just saying, you really can do anything 👍

@maxinerowe2925 9 ай бұрын

Cool

@maigematthews5620 9 ай бұрын

Awesome Content! 🎉 Do you plan to make volumes, editions or edifications to your books? You know, to cover more new innovative and cost-effective ways to, for example, create a water catchment system from scratch? Thank you so much for sharing! ❤

@pamreneick464 9 ай бұрын

Pool noodles $ tree insulate thos water hoses cheap but afffective ? Maybe

@michaelsasylum 9 ай бұрын

Picked up a ton of good info from this video, thank you!

@GratefulWarriorMom 9 ай бұрын

If you ever want to take a trip to Louisiana, i invite you to stay on family property so i can pick your brain on how to turn this property into a self sufficient food forest and "landscape" it with food producing plants. I admire your work ethic (you remind me of my dad who is from the last generation of hard working folks who don't believe in handouts, but instead, believe in hard work and helping one another in small communities. I want that but dont have the physical strength that i once had. Anyway, contact me if you're up for a trip to "The Big Easy". I'll show you around and give you fhu on our property.

@cindypaige7563 9 ай бұрын

You are so smart! I'd need to find someone to show me the ropes As it is now, I wouldn't have a chance... I've been thinking about doing this for many years now. I think I'm too old...😊

@pamreneick464 9 ай бұрын

Not too old even van lifers some are in their 70s 80s 👍❤

@cindypaige7563 7 ай бұрын

@@pamreneick464 Beautiful Thank you 😊

@portiamonnette 9 ай бұрын

Do you know about gravity Filtering water through buckets of layered Small rocks and sand .... If you use 100% pure char coal as well, you can drink it. Could be great for trout

@FrugalOffGrid 9 ай бұрын

Yes, about 12 minutes in I talk about that and making activated charcoal. I made a full video on that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYibfn2cnc6kfMU

@cindibaker4341 9 ай бұрын

Used to know a army medic, he trained how to clean water and part of it was using bleach. I dont remember what ratio but it was a very small amount of bleach.

@scottstaritzky7956 9 ай бұрын

You might already have a video on this and missed it. If you dug a hole under your water troughs 4-5 feet put in a covert pipe or pipes coming up would this heat the water from the ground and prevent your water containers from freezing in the winter?

@IslandBuzzy 9 ай бұрын

Ka wai ola (kah vai oh lah) Water is life in Hawaiian...🤙🏼

@nicolestoehrer3989 6 ай бұрын

How to you keep the cistern clean ? No Alga? Do you use hydrogen peroxide food grade ?

@Pabkojdim 9 ай бұрын

What kind of ladder is that

@featheredcoyote5477 3 ай бұрын

When your water freezes within your IBC totes, does it damage the valves and/or crack the tote itself?

@garycampbell7999 9 ай бұрын

What about your trash? Trash piles up.

@annahladczuk1528 9 ай бұрын

Trash i easy to dispose,food for the pigss and other you can burn in fire.I grow up in Poland on may parents farm,that is the way we get rid of garbage,od kitchen stove,metal scrap was sold in near town,everything else,like left over food wentvto piggs and chicken, ducks etc.