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Thomas Bowes
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Rainbow Of Love - Live at the PCFS 51st Tin Whistle concert
One of my original songs, a response to some of the hateful dialogue that is prevalent today. PCFS is short for Paint Creek Folklore Society, our local folk music group that meets on the first Saturday of most months. paintcreekfolkloresociety.org
Lyrics/Chords
Rainbow of Love - Thomas Bowes 2019
CHORUS
C G
Red, orange, yellow, green and indigo too,
C
Rise up above us, in a sky so blue.
F7
Sending a message from up ab-ove,
C G C
That says the wor-rld, is made of love.
_
C G
Now there are those, who tussle and fight.
C
And in their judgements, they lose their sight.
F7
Never seeing, the hell they're in,
C G C
'Cause loving oth-ers, it ain't no sin.
_
C G
Some folks take Truth, and box it in,
C
With ink on paper, hidebound in skin.
F7
Not realizing how things could be,
C G C
That if by just-ice, they set it free.
_
C G
Some raise their voice, to rant and rave.
C
And in their anger, become its slave.
F7
Yet others shine with hope so bright,
C G C
And by their vis-ion, they share the light.
_
C G
Now brothers, sisters, let us show grace,
C
By all embracing, the human race.
F
Our spirits rising, just like a dove.
C G C
On Earth be-low, as in Heaven above.
Lyrics/Chords
Rainbow of Love - Thomas Bowes 2019
CHORUS
C G
Red, orange, yellow, green and indigo too,
C
Rise up above us, in a sky so blue.
F7
Sending a message from up ab-ove,
C G C
That says the wor-rld, is made of love.
_
C G
Now there are those, who tussle and fight.
C
And in their judgements, they lose their sight.
F7
Never seeing, the hell they're in,
C G C
'Cause loving oth-ers, it ain't no sin.
_
C G
Some folks take Truth, and box it in,
C
With ink on paper, hidebound in skin.
F7
Not realizing how things could be,
C G C
That if by just-ice, they set it free.
_
C G
Some raise their voice, to rant and rave.
C
And in their anger, become its slave.
F7
Yet others shine with hope so bright,
C G C
And by their vis-ion, they share the light.
_
C G
Now brothers, sisters, let us show grace,
C
By all embracing, the human race.
F
Our spirits rising, just like a dove.
C G C
On Earth be-low, as in Heaven above.
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Spark Go As A Blues Harp Pedal
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More tone, less stuff. The Spark Go is a neat piece of gear to add to ones harp kit and get great sound without buying a dedicated harp amp and microphone. Here I have it paired with a Bose S1 Pro amp. By tweaking the levels you can program in four different presets that maintain the same volume with different levels of crunch. You can find the four presets via the Spark app by looking for my b...
Rainbow of Love
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My May 27, 2022 performance of one of my original songs at the open mic night at the Starkweather arts Center in Romeo, Michigan.
Rolling Down To Old Maui at DOCR Open Mic Night
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Rolling Down To Old Maui at DOCR Open Mic Night
“Waterfall”: A meditation in E modal tuning
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This is a piece that I’ve been working on both in DADGAD and with the Shubb partial capo on the 2nd fret to render the tuning EBEABE without retuning the guitar. Now if I could find somebody to do some interpretive dance with it…♥️👍
I'm Gonna Be Electricity - "The Electrician"
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A NECA recruitment film for the electrical industry, circa 1970 or so. We watched this as early 1st year apprentices in 1978 and didn't quite get the joke initially. Later we begged our instructor to show it again and laughed ourselves silly when he did.
Overwintered Ollas - April 2013
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Yes, it appears that ollas can be left in the ground through the winter. In this video I dig up the ollas that I installed last year to see how they fared. Examples of the plant root systems around the ollas are shown, and a couple of new ideas discussed as part of this installment. The water for this system was shut off in late October and the ollas left in the ground.
Olla Irrigation Update - June 2012
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A water and labor-saving sub-surface watering system can be made with little more than unglazed clay pots, caulk, irrigation tubing and a bucket.This update describes the refinements which I've made to my olla irrigation system in the past year. This system is self-regulating and fully automatic and can be used with city water, a rain water harvesting system, or both.
Photovoltaic Hotdog Cooker
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An experiment to show the unpleasant effects of making contact with the output circuit from a series string of photovoltaic modules.
Hi I'm Thomas bowes
Splendid!
Glue...TOXIC?
I consulted with a chemist who says that the adhesive is inert once it sets up.
@@baphomet8me Ah, ty.
I just bought a Spark Go... and I play harmonica... Looks like a great little amp, for what I do ! I assume the effects you use came pre-programmed in it ? I know there has to be a multitude of effect available, so I was wondering what the favorites might be amongst us harp players... I know the best ones, are just the delay and reverb (or both)... I also like an Octave pedal, and "organ" type pedal. I know it could be mind-boggling to try various effects, as well as time-consuming !
Actually, I customized those presets, based on ones that others had done. Once they are stored in the GO you can easily add other effects that you can turn on and off via the phone app. An octaver probably won’t produce much sound out of the amp itself but you can patch the thing into a PA or other amp to get the bass response you want.
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Fantastic. I was unfamiliar with this song. Very expressive tones to it. I continue to learn from you Tom.
Did not know you played harmonica also.
At 7:06 you had a slide of the ollas in the ground, tubing coming out of both sides. You called the tube sticking up out of one as a "bleeder". What does that do? Is it just an open tube? Is there a valve of some sort on it? I can't really tell in the video. Excellent presentation though! I enjoyed and learned quite a bit.
Basically you are creating a series circuit with the ollas...the water comes in from the regulator, through four or five ollas, and the last one simply has a bleeder tube on the outbound side to allow faster priming of the circuit and easier troubleshooting. I usually plug the bleeder tube with the plastic plugs that they sell to plug the holes for, and ends of 1/4" irrigation tubing. When priming a system I remove the plugs from the bleeder tubes of the last olla of each circuit and as water starts to dribble out I reinsert the plug. It's also a quick way to check if a particular circuit is working...remove the plug - got water - no problem. No water - dig out the top of the previous olla and proceed back towards the source until you find the leak.
What do you do in the winter? Is it Ok to keep the tubing and ollas in the soil? Any winterizing needed?
As long as they have about three inches of soil over them nothing needs to be done.
Can you explain why you need the float regulator in the bucket? Is it necessary? Could I just have a bucket filled with water and the tubing out to the ollas? Wouldn't the ollas, because of the slow dispersement properties of the clay regulate the water flow?
It provides a constant water flow without having to manually refill the bucket.
Thank you for the information
There is a PDF that links to your videos for examples of olla irrigation, but this is the only one that wasn't private. Would you mind making the others public?
This one superseded the others. The earlier ollas used rubber stoppers or silicone caulk instead of drilling holes for the tubing. I found that the rubber stoppers just didn’t last and the silicone caulk just didn’t hold on to the tubing well enough.
@@baphomet8me aw dang, thank you for the quick reply though. I'm working on a system now that daisy chains ollas connected by T fittings that are pushed into a hole I drilled into corks, and then the corks are plugged into the ollas. Currently I'm having some trouble with the water pressure dropping off drastically after it goes to my 2nd raised bed (4th olla in the chain). The sections of tubing between each bed are U shaped with the bottom of the U buried so it doesn't block garden paths. I think they might be blocked by airlocks but I'm not sure. The end of the daisy chain system is still open while I'm testing the design. Rainwater barrel gravity feeds into system and has water level about a foot above the first olla, and then the yard slopes down about 10 degrees for 50ish feet. I haven't seen any other designs online with the "plug" design until I saw your video. Figured it wold be a good way to automate gravity fed ollas and keep the ability to look inside and add/remove them from the line if necessary.
@@cole_p_warren You might have better luck with the corks than I had with the rubber stoppers…who knows. Back when we were doing multiple raised beds I think I ran a separate 1/4” irrigation tube to each bed and that worked fairly well, even at long distances.
Thank you for a very educational video. Your attention to detail and talking about what does not work was a big help. Also, Excellent information on the Gorilla glue vs silicone glue. I learned a lot. Carry On.
David, I recently became aware of a manufacturer in/near Tucson, Arizona that has developed one-piece olla balls. While I haven't tried them yet, they are on my list of things to purchase to try and improve the olla irrigation system. Here is a link to their product. cuttingedgeceramics.com/products/50-olla-balls
Great details thanks
Thanks for the shares... Cheers!!
Any chance you could make an updated movie that include all the new nuggets of wisdom you've learned since this last movie. I know you've answered a bunch of questions and put updates in the comments but it's a bit challenging to read through all the comments and try to remember which information has the most current date 😅 thanks for posting this movie!
The only new thing is there is now a company in Tucson, Arizona that is selling olla balls. They would require a lot less work but a few more tubing fittings.
Best movie I've seen on this so far ❤️
Great song, awesome performance
You mention a “bleeder hose”. Is that a tube at the end of the system to release air? I’m designing a gravity rainwater system to water my raised beds and I’ll likely use your methods. But I fear airlocks in the system when I first prime it in the spring. Is that the purpose of the bleeder hose?
Yes, while the pots are porous and will allow the air to escape spring startup is faster with the bleeder hoses. Basically, if you remove the bleeder plug and/or lower the end of the hose and water dribbles out in a steady stream you’ll know that circuit is functioning.
They were showing this until at least 1991.
I saw it 1st year 2005 !
Still showing it, first year 2023
Cool firebird. Every jiw should have a cool firebird.
when i test pots like that (that are not a olla yet), plugging up the hole and putting water into a pot, i can see that after a while, the pot has changed color on the outside. It looks 'damp' but i don't see any little water-drops or something... So, i'm wondering if this'll work. The pots are terracotta and are unglazed. Is this normal and is this the case with your pots too ? Or does that change when the feeding reservoir is higher than the ollas and there is a little atmospheric 'pressure' on the olla..? (sorry for my English, i'm from Belgium)
Yes, the pots will appear damp but you should not see drops of water on the outside unless the system is under pressure. If the water has a high mineral content the pots may start to show discoloration from the minerals but they will still work.
incredible!
Hi, it's a good system. Why don't you create a hole at the bottom of the olla ? With the archimede pressure, all the ollas will have the same level of water. have you tried ?
The issue is that it would be much more difficult to do startup, troubleshooting, and repairs. With the tubing connections at the top it’s easier to figure out where the problems are and to get them fixed.
It’s not a job, it’s a trade!
What is your hardiness zone please?. That could tell you if you need to take them out of earth, if they are not fully submerged. I live in 7a zone.
Gorilla glue is toxic. Not good for the plants.
I have a friend who is a chemist who tells me that the glue is essentially inert once it sets up.
What happens if you have no bleeder tube at the end? i.e. is it completly necessary?
Sorry I found your answer: Thomas Bowes 5 years ago @kettch42 The air will bleed out through the wall of the pot, eventually, but what I do is put a piece of tubing into the outlet hole of the last pot in a circuit. Essentially, each pot has an "in" and an "out". Usually the "out" goes to the next pot in the circuit, until you get to the last one, where it serves as the bleeder. The bleeder can be plugged with a "goof plug", or left open and tied to a stake so that the end is higher than the level of the water in the bucket.
Having the bleeder tube also makes it much easier to diagnose problems with the system and to get it started up initially.
I am working with students at a small university to study olla irrigation to be used in an urban agriculture setting. Our Ceramics department are creating ollas for us and will make a large ceramic urn to be the feeder for the ollas. Our purpose is to only have to fill the urn once a week (at most) because the water supply is far from the garden bed and we can fill the urn with a series of hoses, but hope to not have to do this more than once a week. I am unclear as to the requirements for the urn (other than being able to hold enough water to continually fill ollas for a 4'x12' raised bed). How do we regulate the amount (pressure) of water coming out of the urn and filling the ollas? Would love your thoughts or references for this!
agolini262f15, the urn would be set up at the highest point in the system and would feed down to the regulator and then to the ollas. While it is possible to not use a regulator, the problem is that when the water level in the urn is high the increased pressure on the ollas will cause excess water to flow, thus increasing the rate of consumption. With the regulator the pressure that the is applied to the ollas remains constant, with minimal seepage. The flow rate then is determined by how much water the plants need.
my irrigation tubing are eaten by mice
Where can I get unglazed clay pots and how can I tell?
James McGarity, just about gardening or home improvement store will have them.
Why you make new holes for tubbing and you dont use the existing hole putting T connection ??
mou_eipan_na_ksekopsw, it is because it is difficult to keep the hole and fitting sealed. I tried it initially with rubber stoppers and tees, but they didn’t hold up.
@@baphomet8me thank you for your answer , i ll try with T connection, i have some ideas to use differen diameter T , i ll make my experiments and i ll inform you.
What is the Joke?
Thank you for sharing your experiences. Greatly appreciate all the measurable specifics. Very thorough -- and inspiring. !!!
I made a small one this year .planted a cherry tomatoes in a tub with a olla and 6 more with out it does just as good takes about 6 0z water a day the others 2 gal. day will use more next year.that's a big difference in water. thanks.
they do work . I made one this year. one t
Great system! Thank you for sharing. I'm going to created this for my yard
Thank you! This is great information. I have two plots (800 sq ft) in a community garden with challenging water access. This will make a huge difference especially if we have another draught this summer.
Take the large opening of the pot, turn it downwards. Rub evenly and briskly on some flat concrete. Makes it flat and even.
The float is not needed. Gravity fed works just fine. Unless you assembled an ollas poorly....
ciaoo grazie buona idea
I recommend aquarium grade silicone. It's the non toxic, food grade glue you've been looking for.
You can probably use silicone adhesive to join the two pot together.
I went into the IBEW program in 1978 and this video was showed to us in the beginning and the place would fill up with tons of people just to get the laughs
I've been reading up on the net on toxicity and will be using aquarium grade silicone as glue as it is uncertain how carcinogenic polyurethane (base of the glue you use) is when hardened and in contact with water at all time. Given the root systems will be in direct contact with the olla I'm not going to gamble. Also, many PU glues contain a lot of other chemicals that are terribly bad for the soil and plant life. Be sure to read up close on toxicity on all the components of the glue before you are using it!
I wonder whether it would be cheaper to hand throw and fire your own ollas?
Great video! I put large ollas in all of my barrel gardens in case you are interested. ua-cam.com/video/ds_g9keLuE8/v-deo.html
Super informative, thank you! :)
RIDGEBACK!!!
I think it's better to darken the vessels you use for water, not by painting them black but make a wooden lighttight box (from pallets?). When u put paint on them the water will heat up to much. Using a wood box will keep the water cool(er) and as long as there is no light in the tank, the algae wont grow.