8 Barrel DYI Rain Catchment System
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- It's finished! This 440 gallon rain catchment will help with the salty water problems I've had here. This video contains a walk through of the system plus a series of videos that were taken through the build process.
Items shown for rain catchment system:
RO Buddy 75 GPD Reverse Osmosis System: amzn.to/3VqSgc1
EarthMinded FlexiFit Diverter: amzn.to/45Bakoz
Uniseal: amzn.to/4c6d6oa
Clear PVC pipe: amzn.to/3VJE8fu
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Nice clean and well thought out! Exactly what I plan to do to water my growbeds. I'm going to make one or two barrels isolated with diluted fertlizer that automatically opens on a separate timer once a week to fertilize the garden as well.
That's a great idea. I might just add a barrel for that :)
Very nice setup..appreciate ur hard work and showing us the vid..impressive...well thought out...ty
I appreciate that!
Great job bro looks really professional.
Thank you so much 👍
Nice set-up! We are planing to capture the rainwater at our new place, but there's a hitch: The house is downhill from the garden -- probably 10-15 feet difference, if I had to guess. You mentioned a pump -- I was wondering if we had a barrel system at the house, and a solar-powered pump at the garden, if it might help bring the water up there (instead of me carrying 5-gallon buckets). Any thoughts? Thanks!
My use case is a little different, I need higher pressure for the EarthBox automatic watering system. I bought this pump: amzn.to/4bipccP It's designed to keep a constant higher pressure. I'll probably run it on a cycle (2 x per day for an hour). For your application there's many ways to go about it, maybe a float valve at the lower barrel to trigger a pump to push the water up to the garden reservoir? Solar & battery is a good way to go.
make sure to check your local areas to see if there is a required permit or it may be fineable. not illegal. but some states/counties require a well permit inorder to collect rainwater. something you NEED to look into if you live in high drought areas. collecting rainwater does have an impact on the ground water. every single thing in life there is cause and effect.
No permit required here, they actually encourage it. I live in an unincorporated area but the city nearby will rebate you the cost of setting one up :)
www.melbourneflorida.org/departments/public-works-utilities/environmental-community-outreach/rain-barrel-rebate
I forgot how I found your channel originally but great information. Just watched your food forest video and you listed off so many plants I’m interested in haha. Cassava being a big one. Do you get frost in your area of FL? I’m in Naples, so I rarely do, but I’m wondering how the cassava handles it.
We get occasional frost but I think the heavy tree canopy here helps hold heat in. I'm hoping to get an updated property tour posted soon, there's been a lot of new additions!