tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post2597791991690387768..comments2023-06-19T14:29:21.755+02:00Comments on Path to Self Sufficiency: Water, Water everywhere...Heikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-33038268793548960432010-11-30T14:53:13.702+01:002010-11-30T14:53:13.702+01:00Mike, we have the logistical problem of getting su...Mike, we have the logistical problem of getting sufficient mulch and organic matter onto our land. we have 18 steep terraces and the soil is almost solid clay. In an ideal world I would shove a few inches worth over the whole lot, but I'd need to hire a lorry for that, which I can't afford. Ecen if I could there'd be a lot of shovelling and clambering up and down terraces involved. No weelbarrow possible. So we are left with building up the soil bit by bit.Heikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-8739056469392616442010-11-30T12:44:07.478+01:002010-11-30T12:44:07.478+01:00Although we harvest rainwater for the garden (we h...Although we harvest rainwater for the garden (we have 4 x 1000 litre "barrels"), we rarely need to use the water because we keep the beds so heavily mulched. There's very little evaporation and the plant roots are kept cool. And the soil is constantly improved by the ongoing decomposition of the mulch.MikeHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-48998223590195991182010-10-18T22:22:51.224+02:002010-10-18T22:22:51.224+02:00Too many people miscalculate their water usage and...Too many people miscalculate their water usage and feel very righteous about it. For example a friend of mine who grows none of her food and showers at the gym, boasts about her "low" water use..... I ask her where her food comes from.... and the water for the gym showers.... and for cleaning the gym and the showers and the restaurant kitchens etc etc. <br />Food grown at home uses many times less water than food grown commercially.... then there is the transport.... cleaning trucks, boxes, shops etc etc<br />Coming from the driest state in the driest continent on earth I get enraged about people NOT using water for growing their own food at home and I get VERY enraged about generalised quotes of meat production because they are not relevant to Australia, where animals still graze on pastures and travel short distances to the abattoir.... like the cows in the paddock next to me, and the abattoir 5 kms away where I also get a trailer load of blood and bone for my vegetables.....<br />Oh dear.... I must stop!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10140249815996700049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-14276925325296380312010-10-16T17:07:08.360+02:002010-10-16T17:07:08.360+02:00A good post Heiko, very interesting, and I'm o...A good post Heiko, very interesting, and I'm off to calculate our water footprint now.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11430236104525571846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-2006000321570729532010-10-15T21:41:42.252+02:002010-10-15T21:41:42.252+02:00A subject close to my heart as well as I will be u...A subject close to my heart as well as I will be using water from my well(bore hole) and cleaning it to make it drinkable. The analysis shows it ought to be drinkable without treatment. Hope to use rainwater capture from the roof for the garden and pool. I will have to do my water footprint, but I am sure rebuilding a house to do a business itself will not be very efficientsimon careyhttp://www.casacolleverde.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-22128011511550497272010-10-15T21:11:54.526+02:002010-10-15T21:11:54.526+02:00In fact Mr.H if you enlarge the bottom photo you&#...In fact Mr.H if you enlarge the bottom photo you'll spot a little fish to the left of my foot. The salmon didn't come that close though.Heikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-7361919802521734952010-10-15T20:16:58.957+02:002010-10-15T20:16:58.957+02:00Thank you Ayak, it's an important subject.
Mr...Thank you Ayak, it's an important subject.<br /><br />Mr. H. All the photos above I've taken locally. The top on is the sea near here and other 3 of the river Magra, a fairly large river, which still supports salmon despite several towns along the length of it. So not too bad.Heikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17999245793961798308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-13843814667348721872010-10-15T16:57:51.049+02:002010-10-15T16:57:51.049+02:00"40% of America's rivers and 46% of Ameri..."40% of America's rivers and 46% of America's lakes are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life." Yep, a very sorry state of affairs. The sad part is that we would have more than enough water to go around if everything was not so polluted. How is the water in Italy as far as pollution goes? <br /><br />Where I live in so called "pristine" Idaho many of our streams are have been extremely polluted because of mining, just up the road from us is a "superfund site" (hazardous waste site) that will be contaminated for at least 90 years they say.Mr. H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576034751522467377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-651314260700563624.post-198402515857046802010-10-15T14:45:21.244+02:002010-10-15T14:45:21.244+02:00Great post Heiko and I have referred to it in my p...Great post Heiko and I have referred to it in my post today. Thanks xxAyakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16903896106779269050noreply@blogger.com