I have a big pieces of land in Hurungwe and want to go and live kumusha full time. But this will depend witg water availability. From my experience of researching theres no machine which can tell you if there’s water under the surface. Yes some machines and geo satellites can give you a rough idea. Finding underground water is a gamble. My plan is im going to involve all the “machines”, technology, satellites imagery, maporofita, n’anga and mhondoro. Hopefully hopefully i will be lucky.
I wish I could actually talk to you. I went through exactly the same thing. From your first story to this one, I drilled to 100m and I only got household type water, can’t fill up a 5000L tank per day. All I will say now is land ownership is overrated. I now rent multiple plots with minimum infrastructure investment, my criteria is I need to see water that I can walk into and actually touch before I start investment. Only after this did I start making money from farming
I really admire people like you who, even though you might be risk-averse, still take the leap and put yourself out there. It’s because of pioneers like you that people like me-who are afraid of failing and losing money-can learn, grow, and do things differently. You may feel like you’ve faced setbacks, but honestly, you’ve succeeded in teaching me (and many others) invaluable lessons. Thank you for being an inspiration and helping us all navigate this journey
My brother, since your land is of granite from 10 metres downwards, I'll advise you research more into granite quarry as granite can be used for kitchen worktops, tiles, tombstones and many more.
Granite quarry mining is a super-intensive operation that requires heavy machinery. Commercial operations can cost up to around US$100 000 to start the project and very capital intensive. A small farm/plot is not commercially viable. That's why this sector has largely been taken over by Chinese investors, who are given large tracts of land to mine.
Enjoy your videos using it as a learning curve .. I’m also a uk 🇬🇧 guy that relocated in Africa trying to do farming.. your videos have helped me a lot thanks! And don’t give up brother!
Aw man bro I was really hoping this would have a Happy ending. I'm rooting for you - don't give up. Really praying for your success which I believe is just around the corner 🙏
All the best, you're are real fighter, your never give up spirit is simply amazing, these hurdles that give us the will to achieve and sure you're gonna do it and make that farm work, you're making history bro, one ❤
Keep pushing & I understand it's disheartening particularly when you consider the amount of cash you have sunk in. We successfully drilled last year in Masvingo, but we used a company called Mutric Boreholes & they first did a survey & then produced a detailed report, 16 Pages explaining the risks & probabilities. Happy to share the report with you privately hopefully it will give you an idea of what to expect for future cases.
I am not an expert on farming and anything water, but I have seen very successful farms use rain water harvesting. When you mentioned water harvesting I was really happy you know about this. If you do more research on how much on average your farms receives rain water, you can calculate how much you can capture and store. 1. Dig large well lined ponds. 2. Use gutters on your structures to capture rain water, and divert the water in tanks or to the ponds. 3. Dig swales on contour that stops surface runoff and allows water to percolate in the soil. 4. Use check dams on ‘dry’ streams so when it rains, the water is allowed to seek through your land. And lastly don’t allow your soil to be bare.always plant a cover crop to protect the soil from the sun. All the best in your project. As a side -note, I have a 15,000 litre concrete water tank that is already full just from the roof of my house in Malawi, after just over a month of rain. You got this!
Bro this is heartbreaking, I know success is not a straight path but its hard you know. I went through a similar situation, in real time its not as good. But dont give up my brother, we’ll get there
Thank you and this was a great video. Awesome seeing the borehole digging as well as the narration. You give me so much encouragement. I pray God blesses you
So sorry to hear about your painful experience, after working so hard for your money in a foreign land! Thanks for documenting and warning us about this. My 40m borehole dried up this year, same for several of my neighbours. it cost me my horticulture thriving business sadly. please name and shame that drilling company expose them so they dont do it to another person. imagine how many times theyve done this
I'm really sorry to hear about your disappointment. Your videos has been inspiring me to venture into farming business. Investing in rain capture and storage is actually a good idea. I hope everything works out for you and wishing you good luck ✌🏿
Water harvesting is the best. You can utilize the Kenyan case study. They only receives rain for 3-7 days a year, but have devised many ways to harvest that water
Crazy idea. Dig multiple wells. with 5kl/10kl liter tanks + well pumps to feed the water in the tanks all around the farm. given you do have surface water and it recupes. use that for hoticulture and concentrate on drip irrigation
I'm sorry that it ended this way. However, you have informed many of us of studies that we didn't think of. We have also learnt from others who responded to your post so, thank you!
Don't give bro. At first, I got a 90m dry hole at my farm, the next attempt was a success, at 30 m we got water. I just attempted a third one but got another slap, 50 m dry hole. But I am not giving up.😊
I surely can relate and feel what you felt, i have two dry holes on my land right now after getting highly recommended surveyors, iam now deciding to do water harvesting by making water ponds
Try look up aquaponics,hydroponics and vertical farming these methods reuse water 👍 I believe it’s best for you giving your current circumstances of no water access
Why not explore what are the use of the granite rock if there is enough deposit at your land. From my understanding it used as raw material for construction activities. You may look for a deal with construction companies to utilize it.
Build a biophillic machine, a series of ponds designed to serve specific functions in ground water reconstitution, water capture, natural filtration and more
Sounds like u got a granite quarry. Maybe it's a worth it to do that and maybe you'll find other precious minerals in the process .or diamonds etc. as far as water harvesting goes that can be incorporated into it bcuz you have a hard bottom. You need to direct ground water passively into ponds . So you use your total sqft to gather the rain
I like the granite harry idea. Look into it. There is a huge market for granite kitchens, bathrooms and gravestones to name a few. Make lemonade out of lemons
I encourage to continue searching for ground water. What I can advise is to find an independent surveyor to see if there are fractures that are part of regional structures otherwise if it does not fit in that geological model then you can give up
Rain harvest and go with aquaponics mdara. You save water and you get two streams of income ODF the jump. You still can do your greenhouses and you get fish as income stream as well
I have done a 150 meters boreholes at my farm in September we found the water at 80 meters. The right time to dig a boreholes is during the dry season. Digging a boreholes is like gambling.
The most important takeaway here is to inform yourself about the subject, in this case drilling and the geographic characteristics of the arena, beforhand. Thanks to the Internet it's easier than ever. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
I would suggest digging a big pond, putting a pond liner in it for rain water capture. This woould supplement the water you would harvest from your roof.
Thanks for the insightful discoveries you made, will surely do those before I seek borehole drilling. In all earnest, these guys should know about the the soil and rock formations and advise clients of potential problems rather than just collect money for doing a job that they may know will fail
Be strong and keep the spirit burning. How about considering laying pipes from the nearest water source to the farm if that is feasible. Which may include drilling where it is possible and getting that to the farm. I don't really know how much water you can harvest in a year to sustain the farm considering how rainfall has been affected
I’m sorry my brother. I was actually nervous watching this video, I was hoping for a happy ending 😅 Of course you were scammed, if these guys were professional and knowledgeable about the job they were doing they should have been able to give you a good advice on their findings according to the graphs/charts but they ignored that and went ahead to drill the borehole because all they wanted was their money at the end. Please expose these borehole companies so that a lot of people don’t get scammed by such people. Good luck with your project bro 👊🏽
I wish that you'd share the names of some of these companies so people can avoid them but i also kind of get why you don't. All the best in your ventures chief.
Sorry to hear this brother. All the best in the future. I had a similar experience Vortex. Not sure if its legal what they do but they just said there is nothing they can do after encouraging us to drill deeper. Got too tired of chasing up, and surely life did go on
I don't think you should give up your farming dreams yet just because of this setback. You can still do smallstock (sheep or goats) or poultry projects on your land but you will have to bowse water from someplace and store it in jojo tanks on the farm, for example a 10 000litre jojo tank could suffice for such a project. Just checkout how expensive it could be on you, but there are several such projects where I live and they are doing well.
Your next options are, rainwater harvesting. Or paying local municipality to install a pipeline to your farm. Those are the cheap options. Expensive options is building a mini dam/pond and get atleast two trucks to fill it up from water from nearby river maybe. This one would require you to do more than just chicken farming. Maybe have cattle n sheep's. They can atleast try to make up for the cost after couple years. You can balance harvesting with this one to cut costs. Just a suggestion brother wish you success on the farm.
Great journey you are taking sir, You are not alone. some of us got no bravery to come forward and tell the story.... your journey will empower not only you but all of us on this chanel. ... Were you scamed ....???? Eish only the scammers can tell... Only God knows where his water is, we humans ... can smell coffee where there is cow dung....
I feel for you, but do not give up on your dreams. Focus on solutions for the water problem. I drilled to dry two wells at my farm, and I am now planning on rainwater harvesting ponds to solve the water problems. If you have natural drainage features like seasonal streams/ gullies, they can be utilized to capture and store water in lined/ unlined ponds. As long as your area receives any kind of rain it is very feasible to harvest the water for later use. Also look into making landscape features like level swales, zai pits etc on your land that passively harvest water and encourage it to stay rather than runoff from your property. This will help recharge your shallow wells.
Drilling is gamble! I opted to have three surveys done by three different companies! And somewhere in the middle. Hopefully I would get something😂 worked out in the end but to my surprise, the person using the copper rods was the most accurate in terms of determining the water breaks ! Maybe sale and buy in a different local! If farming is what you really want to do!
Well done for trying in any business venture, you will guaranteed at different growth levels suffer many tough draining challenges. The resilience, you will develop is what makes you a winner ,an over comer. Buying land for business Essential, even for a home. Get surveys done. Make sure land sales agent is aware this is essentially. Do due diligence Observe the area, the checks you did later,next time local knowledge of everything and anything is essential. Speak to neighbours, local people Before you buy. If you want to farm You need capital or are prepared to star very small even with water. What about mining the Granite. I suggest you stop Go and rent a small 10 5 hectare plot with water. You only put up move able ,things buildings ,irrigation to meet your needs. And learn all about farming Then you know and would gain valuable experience. whether you are a farmer or not And if you have a business mind you will find the business that you will make flourish. Europeans, Arabs, Indians Chinese Are able to run most of the business make billions despite huge challenges in the economy and governance. You need a lot of money to succeed and black people at home and the diaspora. We need an extra budget for family and the odd scammer. Also any costly or small, with companies, best to get recommendations. Even in the Diaspora Europe, USA, UK The building, construction, mechanics, taxi Drivers have too many scammer, Who are not qualified and con people bringing disrepute to skilled honest workmen. It only less because, customers will take it to court. If customers refused this nonsense They would stop. Make aware Take it to court, go see your M P If it is legal. Then The your local M P,consumer Council, send emails push,highlight, other peoples experiences . That's the process in USA, EU, uk etc If people just complain amongst ourselves and the Internet But don't partake in our democracy by using the lawful normal way to get issues and violations of peoples rights. Even in the Diaspora People campaign for years,petitions,lobby politicians. That what councillors, MPs are for. It's called basic civic duties. We are all partcof of the changes we want to see It's not just governments responsibility We are responsible too. For ensuring they do there job,and we contribute to them doing there job. Only we can build the nation and continent we want . We can waste 25 years complaining Or go home and be part of that. Change support and do your bit change
Investigation plants tree, that don't need lots of water ,moringa trees Takes 2 years to mature, 3 4 crops a year very easy to propagate, Huge market Also farming by satellite, phone Your not there is problematic Even getting jobs done Got to be there,check the company Details Are they registered Blessings You will figure it out takes lots of time ,effort, trust,hard work,perseverance, learning from your mistakes, knowing when to quit,,lick your wounds and go again.
Hi I am a former zimbo farming in Sweden. Here we have 100% granite we put dynamite in th borrhole to crack the rock. Don’t know if it is sufficient for irrigation look it up. Maby rein harvest is better?
Standard here for drilling is $100 per metre if they don’t strike water and $150 if they do. After thinking a bore was my answer . 3 years on I don’t think my bore was needed at all. It’s a lovely security net having water. Wish I knew stuff about your land. There’s a lot of different things I did which has made our farm to thrive. Our farm gets an average of 800mm of rain per year, plus we have extremely hot temperatures. For 7-8 months per year we constantly sit at between 30-40 degrees Celsius. We grow thousands of fruit trees very successfully. Most people are clueless. Send me some information and I’m sure I will have some suggestions. Also how much land do you have . Important description of land and climate or location and I will do some research.
You need to start recording the conversations you have with these people during negotiation. Id also recommend that you do have a contract and maybe it might be useful to pay a consultant in that field to go with people that are going to do a service for you so that you dont cheated because im guessing the surveyor knew there wasnt water but if they didnt come to dig they wouldnt get paid so he convinced you there was
I was sold a similar story too, but ended up paying for a 125m depth. Not sure what water quantity there is since after that there have been issues with the solar pumps not having capacity to push the water up to the tank. If the same company supplies an alternative they need to be paid for the pump, cables, transport and labour.
Sorry Bro. Ruwa, Goromonzi and Epworth area is notoriously known for dry boreholes. There is very limited opportunities for ground water there. Heard about this more than 15yrs ago.
I think the best thing you should do is to sell that land and secure a piece of land around a water source like a stream or a river. Even if the river/stream dries up during dry seasons, you are sure if you dig a borehole in such an area you can get water. Do a manual borehole with 2-3 people digging. once you get the water, pump it to tanks and use it from there for irrigation. This way, you save a lot of costs. As a new farmer, you should always try your best to save on some costs.
BUY A SMALL PEACE OF LAND NOT AFAR THAT HAS WATER, BUILD THE NECESSERY INFRASTRUTURE TO SEND THE WATER FROM YOUR NEW LAND TO YOUR FARM. Pro tip: Store water in tanks
Borehole drilling always made me anxious because a large portion of your money could literally go down the hole. I was drilling 2 weeks ago, fortunately found lots of water at 25m deep. My first borehole at my previous homestead went 60 meters deep and nothing. Mt heart sank, I didn't have money
When you get land. Study the type of farming being done in the area. Check their sources of water. Are there boreholes or wells near you. Remember Zimbabwe we have farming regions and the white farmers did the research and they left the worst areas for rural areas except a few. You mentioned Epworth I know the area. There is not much farming done there except cattle ranching and they put up a game park
I think you’re looking for the wrong thing in that area my brother. There’s something bigger that land has to give you than what you’re thinking. START DIGGING FOR THE RIGHT THING BRO! And God bless you
Bro, not gonna lie, but you're a fantastic story teller. Please don't stop posting content, it could be an additional retirement fund. Welldone on your tenacity 💪🏽. As long as you maintain your grit, you'll eventually succeed.
The land is not useless... Just agriculturally not viable. Could be a mine for some precious rocks so perhaps consider at having a mining viability survey to establish the rock formations, there maybe something wothwhile there. Zim has a lot of precious stones.... All the same what a journey bro
Yah, borehole drilling is massive gumbling. Its a good investment for the owner because they are guaranteed to go back with full pockets whether water is found or not. But for the farmer or customer its a sad defeat. However dont give up, one day you will smile.
Try to get another small piece of land elsewhere. Besides Greater Harare is merging with Goromonzi into a metropolis so that land of yours has good future value. If you get "street smart your retirement could ne set" if you know what i mean😊😊
I’m sorry to say this but the fact that you’ve lived abroad for so long where there’s proper and honest business you haven’t adapted to Zimbabwean climate. Everyone is hustling, You need to be STREET WISE!
It's not that u failed. I was in Zim in November and I drilled a borehole at my place in Bindura, and another one at our rural place in Murehwa. What I realised is for the most part these drillers don't know where the water is it's pure gambling plus luck. While I was lucky to strike water at both these sites it wasn't anywhere close to the amount I anticipated. Don't give up look for another farm or another plan
I have a big pieces of land in Hurungwe and want to go and live kumusha full time. But this will depend witg water availability.
From my experience of researching theres no machine which can tell you if there’s water under the surface. Yes some machines and geo satellites can give you a rough idea.
Finding underground water is a gamble.
My plan is im going to involve all the “machines”, technology, satellites imagery, maporofita, n’anga and mhondoro. Hopefully hopefully i will be lucky.
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Ooh my goodness 😂😂😂
Good idea but involve them seperatelh and dont tell them where the previous surveyer said there is water
Good luck
Open a quarry.
I have a strong sense that this will become one of the most remarkable and well-documented success stories ever told.
I agree with you!
Me too
Me too
I wish I could actually talk to you. I went through exactly the same thing. From your first story to this one, I drilled to 100m and I only got household type water, can’t fill up a 5000L tank per day. All I will say now is land ownership is overrated. I now rent multiple plots with minimum infrastructure investment, my criteria is I need to see water that I can walk into and actually touch before I start investment. Only after this did I start making money from farming
What do you farm now?
I really admire people like you who, even though you might be risk-averse, still take the leap and put yourself out there. It’s because of pioneers like you that people like me-who are afraid of failing and losing money-can learn, grow, and do things differently. You may feel like you’ve faced setbacks, but honestly, you’ve succeeded in teaching me (and many others) invaluable lessons. Thank you for being an inspiration and helping us all navigate this journey
My brother, since your land is of granite from 10 metres downwards, I'll advise you research more into granite quarry as granite can be used for kitchen worktops, tiles, tombstones and many more.
Granite quarry mining is a super-intensive operation that requires heavy machinery. Commercial operations can cost up to around US$100 000 to start the project and very capital intensive. A small farm/plot is not commercially viable. That's why this sector has largely been taken over by Chinese investors, who are given large tracts of land to mine.
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A South African watching from South Africa. Its inspiring to see your journey coming home
Enjoy your videos using it as a learning curve .. I’m also a uk 🇬🇧 guy that relocated in Africa trying to do farming.. your videos have helped me a lot thanks! And don’t give up brother!
Aw man bro I was really hoping this would have a Happy ending. I'm rooting for you - don't give up. Really praying for your success which I believe is just around the corner 🙏
All the best, you're are real fighter, your never give up spirit is simply amazing, these hurdles that give us the will to achieve and sure you're gonna do it and make that farm work, you're making history bro, one ❤
Everything starts when buying the land, you have to check for groundwater availability first
lesson learnt
Wow ! Good for you, you are still hoping to succeed and that you are still in Zimbabwe trying to make it work. We wish you all the best.
Thank you so much!
Please consider hydroponic farming after water harvesting. That way you will save 90% of the harvested water- it allows you to reuse the water
But the quality of those vegetables isn’t good. They honestly taste horrible
Not healthy. Uses dangerous chemicals. God blessed Africa with fertile soils for a reason. Lets use our soils, not what the white man says we must do.
Better than what is happening now it’s a viable solution
Welcome back, you have no idea how much we missed you
Yours is like a movie based on a true story. I'm learning a lot from you.
Your project is a wonderful project. Don't ever give up. Everything will be alright from Australia Mr Diop originally from Senegal🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Keep pushing & I understand it's disheartening particularly when you consider the amount of cash you have sunk in. We successfully drilled last year in Masvingo, but we used a company called Mutric Boreholes & they first did a survey & then produced a detailed report, 16 Pages explaining the risks & probabilities. Happy to share the report with you privately hopefully it will give you an idea of what to expect for future cases.
Please do. My number is +263 77641 9999
I am not an expert on farming and anything water, but I have seen very successful farms use rain water harvesting. When you mentioned water harvesting I was really happy you know about this. If you do more research on how much on average your farms receives rain water, you can calculate how much you can capture and store. 1. Dig large well lined ponds. 2. Use gutters on your structures to capture rain water, and divert the water in tanks or to the ponds. 3. Dig swales on contour that stops surface runoff and allows water to percolate in the soil. 4. Use check dams on ‘dry’ streams so when it rains, the water is allowed to seek through your land. And lastly don’t allow your soil to be bare.always plant a cover crop to protect the soil from the sun. All the best in your project. As a side -note, I have a 15,000 litre concrete water tank that is already full just from the roof of my house in Malawi, after just over a month of rain. You got this!
Thank you so much for the tips 🙏🏾
This is the subjects to be taught in African syllabus
Bro this is heartbreaking, I know success is not a straight path but its hard you know. I went through a similar situation, in real time its not as good. But dont give up my brother, we’ll get there
sir you inspired me and you gave me a heads up on a factor to consider when i get land, thank you for sharing
You're welcome :)
Thank you and this was a great video. Awesome seeing the borehole digging as well as the narration. You give me so much encouragement. I pray God blesses you
My pleasure!
You have an understanding wife, my brother. Bless her 🙏
Howzt bro. Consider buying a damsak. You can harvest rain water and fill it up
So sorry to hear about your painful experience, after working so hard for your money in a foreign land! Thanks for documenting and warning us about this. My 40m borehole dried up this year, same for several of my neighbours. it cost me my horticulture thriving business sadly.
please name and shame that drilling company expose them so they dont do it to another person. imagine how many times theyve done this
Drilling is a serious gamble
I'm really sorry to hear about your disappointment. Your videos has been inspiring me to venture into farming business. Investing in rain capture and storage is actually a good idea. I hope everything works out for you and wishing you good luck ✌🏿
The lord is your strength brother,The marathon continues
My brother you need to hire reputable companies and you need to be present, on site when people do work like that for you
i was scammed by a reputable company .... drilling is gambling ..... hydroponics on fish n crops
@@clivemanhotoma1920you werent scammed bro thats the nature of drilling unfortunately
Water harvesting is the best. You can utilize the Kenyan case study. They only receives rain for 3-7 days a year, but have devised many ways to harvest that water
Online sources say Kenya receives rain on average around 120 days per year in a location like Nairobi
Be weary of generalizing. Kenya is diverse, and broad. There is arid zones and really wet regions. Include such caveats next time lol
Crazy idea.
Dig multiple wells. with 5kl/10kl liter tanks + well pumps to feed the water in the tanks all around the farm. given you do have surface water and it recupes. use that for hoticulture and concentrate on drip irrigation
Thanks for the tips! There is water in shallow wells.
I'm sorry that it ended this way. However, you have informed many of us of studies that we didn't think of. We have also learnt from others who responded to your post so, thank you!
Don't give bro. At first, I got a 90m dry hole at my farm, the next attempt was a success, at 30 m we got water. I just attempted a third one but got another slap, 50 m dry hole. But I am not giving up.😊
I surely can relate and feel what you felt, i have two dry holes on my land right now after getting highly recommended surveyors, iam now deciding to do water harvesting by making water ponds
Did you get multiple different surveyors or the same ones ?
Try look up aquaponics,hydroponics and vertical farming these methods reuse water 👍 I believe it’s best for you giving your current circumstances of no water access
Why not explore what are the use of the granite rock if there is enough deposit at your land.
From my understanding it used as raw material for construction activities. You may look for a deal with construction companies to utilize it.
Build a biophillic machine, a series of ponds designed to serve specific functions in ground water reconstitution, water capture, natural filtration and more
Sounds like u got a granite quarry. Maybe it's a worth it to do that and maybe you'll find other precious minerals in the process .or diamonds etc. as far as water harvesting goes that can be incorporated into it bcuz you have a hard bottom. You need to direct ground water passively into ponds . So you use your total sqft to gather the rain
I like the granite harry idea. Look into it. There is a huge market for granite kitchens, bathrooms and gravestones to name a few. Make lemonade out of lemons
I encourage to continue searching for ground water.
What I can advise is to find an independent surveyor to see if there are fractures that are part of regional structures otherwise if it does not fit in that geological model then you can give up
Rain harvest and go with aquaponics mdara. You save water and you get two streams of income ODF the jump. You still can do your greenhouses and you get fish as income stream as well
I have done a 150 meters boreholes at my farm in September we found the water at 80 meters. The right time to dig a boreholes is during the dry season. Digging a boreholes is like gambling.
lol your skepticism and how he managed to convince you to go ahead is hilarious
The most important takeaway here is to inform yourself about the subject, in this case drilling and the geographic characteristics of the arena, beforhand. Thanks to the Internet it's easier than ever. Thank you for sharing your experiences.
I would suggest digging a big pond, putting a pond liner in it for rain water capture. This woould supplement the water you would harvest from your roof.
plz tell me they put casings in the well they dug, there is water always, go to 200 or 250 , you will hit water.
your narration is top notch bro, specifics with no waffling, really worth my time indeed, well-done. all the best with the project
Thanks for the insightful discoveries you made, will surely do those before I seek borehole drilling. In all earnest, these guys should know about the the soil and rock formations and advise clients of potential problems rather than just collect money for doing a job that they may know will fail
I feel you Bro. Same experiences in Chivhu. Still trying to solve the water challenges. I’m now Considering a reservoir/mini dam.
Be strong and keep the spirit burning. How about considering laying pipes from the nearest water source to the farm if that is feasible. Which may include drilling where it is possible and getting that to the farm. I don't really know how much water you can harvest in a year to sustain the farm considering how rainfall has been affected
All the best bro. Don't give up.
Good luck bruv..keep fighting God has a plan 🙏
I’m sorry my brother. I was actually nervous watching this video, I was hoping for a happy ending 😅
Of course you were scammed, if these guys were professional and knowledgeable about the job they were doing they should have been able to give you a good advice on their findings according to the graphs/charts but they ignored that and went ahead to drill the borehole because all they wanted was their money at the end.
Please expose these borehole companies so that a lot of people don’t get scammed by such people.
Good luck with your project bro 👊🏽
Test it in court
The survey, the borehole company
You not alone dear...am sitting on 3 boreholes but finally have water since the rains
Hi. You have water in the 3 boreholes because of the rains?
I also have 80m borehole that was drilled and yielded nothing.
It's so sad brother, please don't give up
I wish that you'd share the names of some of these companies so people can avoid them but i also kind of get why you don't. All the best in your ventures chief.
You win one subscribe from Mozambique I really interested in this area bro
Every project has its challenges I am pretty sure you will make it
You were not scammed that we call it feed back keep it men
Sorry to hear this brother. All the best in the future. I had a similar experience Vortex. Not sure if its legal what they do but they just said there is nothing they can do after encouraging us to drill deeper. Got too tired of chasing up, and surely life did go on
Keep pushing bro.. don't give up.
Please take us through the water harvesting plans. I’m sitting with a similar problem and I’m also resorting to water harvesting.
I relate. So sorry bro. But keep on fighting!
Thank you
I don't think you should give up your farming dreams yet just because of this setback. You can still do smallstock (sheep or goats) or poultry projects on your land but you will have to bowse water from someplace and store it in jojo tanks on the farm, for example a 10 000litre jojo tank could suffice for such a project. Just checkout how expensive it could be on you, but there are several such projects where I live and they are doing well.
Your next options are, rainwater harvesting. Or paying local municipality to install a pipeline to your farm. Those are the cheap options.
Expensive options is building a mini dam/pond and get atleast two trucks to fill it up from water from nearby river maybe.
This one would require you to do more than just chicken farming. Maybe have cattle n sheep's. They can atleast try to make up for the cost after couple years.
You can balance harvesting with this one to cut costs.
Just a suggestion brother wish you success on the farm.
Great journey you are taking sir, You are not alone. some of us got no bravery to come forward and tell the story.... your journey will empower not only you but all of us on this chanel. ... Were you scamed ....???? Eish only the scammers can tell... Only God knows where his water is, we humans ... can smell coffee where there is cow dung....
Important lesson for all of us to bear in mind. Proper land survey before purchasing land
Resilience is your name...Wow
Consider vertical farming. You use 5% of the water you will need and have all year round harvest ...
Sorry Brother. As someone who is on the journey to relocate to Zimbabwe, your content is very useful
I feel for you, but do not give up on your dreams. Focus on solutions for the water problem.
I drilled to dry two wells at my farm, and I am now planning on rainwater harvesting ponds to solve the water problems. If you have natural drainage features like seasonal streams/ gullies, they can be utilized to capture and store water in lined/ unlined ponds.
As long as your area receives any kind of rain it is very feasible to harvest the water for later use. Also look into making landscape features like level swales, zai pits etc on your land that passively harvest water and encourage it to stay rather than runoff from your property. This will help recharge your shallow wells.
Do invest on geomembrane for rain water collection and also buy large capacity water bladder for long-term storage.
In the meantime try water harvesting, permaculture has some tips of the best tips. Don’t give up ❤one day a testimony is coming from this.
Drilling is gamble!
I opted to have three surveys done by three different companies! And somewhere in the middle. Hopefully I would get something😂 worked out in the end but to my surprise, the person using the copper rods was the most accurate in terms of determining the water breaks !
Maybe sale and buy in a different local! If farming is what you really want to do!
Funny enough the company discredited the wire guy 😂😂😂
Best real advice.
Well done for trying in any business venture, you will guaranteed at different growth levels suffer many tough draining challenges.
The resilience, you will develop is what makes you a winner ,an over comer.
Buying land for business
Essential, even for a home.
Get surveys done.
Make sure land sales agent is aware this is essentially.
Do due diligence
Observe the area, the checks you did later,next time local knowledge of everything and anything is essential.
Speak to neighbours, local people
Before you buy.
If you want to farm
You need capital or are prepared to star very small even with water.
What about mining the Granite.
I suggest you stop
Go and rent a small 10
5 hectare plot with water.
You only put up move able ,things buildings ,irrigation to meet your needs.
And learn all about farming
Then you know and would gain valuable experience. whether you are a farmer or not
And if you have a business mind you will find the business that you will make flourish.
Europeans, Arabs, Indians Chinese
Are able to run most of the business make billions despite huge challenges in the economy and governance.
You need a lot of money to succeed and black people at home and the diaspora.
We need an extra budget for family and the odd scammer.
Also any costly or small, with companies, best to get recommendations.
Even in the Diaspora Europe, USA, UK
The building, construction, mechanics, taxi
Drivers have too many scammer,
Who are not qualified and con people bringing disrepute to skilled honest workmen.
It only less because, customers will take it to court.
If customers refused this nonsense
They would stop.
Make aware
Take it to court, go see your M P
If it is legal.
Then The your local M P,consumer Council, send emails push,highlight, other peoples experiences .
That's the process in USA, EU, uk etc
If people just complain amongst ourselves and the Internet
But don't partake in our democracy by using the lawful normal way to get issues and violations of peoples rights.
Even in the Diaspora
People campaign for years,petitions,lobby politicians.
That what councillors, MPs are for.
It's called basic civic duties.
We are all partcof of the changes we want to see
It's not just governments responsibility
We are responsible too.
For ensuring they do there job,and we contribute to them doing there job.
Only we can build the nation and continent we want .
We can waste 25 years complaining
Or go home and be part of that. Change support and do your bit change
Did 2 surveys but only to drill a dry hole.
Investigation plants tree, that don't need lots of water ,moringa trees
Takes 2 years to mature, 3 4 crops a year very easy to propagate,
Huge market
Also farming by satellite, phone
Your not there is problematic
Even getting jobs done
Got to be there,check the company
Details
Are they registered
Blessings
You will figure it out takes lots of time ,effort, trust,hard work,perseverance, learning from your mistakes, knowing when to quit,,lick your wounds and go again.
Hi I am a former zimbo farming in Sweden. Here we have 100% granite we put dynamite in th borrhole to crack the rock. Don’t know if it is sufficient for irrigation look it up. Maby rein harvest is better?
Rain ?
If you can’t irrigate you have to relly on rain if you don’t catch it when it falls you wount be farming. Pretty basic
@Björn-s1s You mentioned “rein” !
Sorry spelling error 😉
I have been learning a lot here
A web page with ratings and comments must be made to help honest business ppl and destroy scammers cause its becoming epidemic in zim
Lets link up. I have a similar situation (salty/metallic taste underground water) where I have to harvest rainwater
I did my borehole it was 60 m of hard rock, got water on 61m
Hiii u frightened me .I am almost diving into the same dream and I thank u .I just avoided nightmare.will go into trucks instead
Standard here for drilling is $100 per metre if they don’t strike water and $150 if they do. After thinking a bore was my answer . 3 years on I don’t think my bore was needed at all. It’s a lovely security net having water.
Wish I knew stuff about your land. There’s a lot of different things I did which has made our farm to thrive. Our farm gets an average of 800mm of rain per year, plus we have extremely hot temperatures. For 7-8 months per year we constantly sit at between 30-40 degrees Celsius. We grow thousands of fruit trees very successfully.
Most people are clueless. Send me some information and I’m sure I will have some suggestions. Also how much land do you have . Important description of land and climate or location and I will do some research.
You need to start recording the conversations you have with these people during negotiation. Id also recommend that you do have a contract and maybe it might be useful to pay a consultant in that field to go with people that are going to do a service for you so that you dont cheated because im guessing the surveyor knew there wasnt water but if they didnt come to dig they wouldnt get paid so he convinced you there was
Try again chief. I also think you also have a TV / Radio / advertisements / Voice over artist Presenting voice. Maybe try that as well.
I was sold a similar story too, but ended up paying for a 125m depth. Not sure what water quantity there is since after that there have been issues with the solar pumps not having capacity to push the water up to the tank. If the same company supplies an alternative they need to be paid for the pump, cables, transport and labour.
Much courage bro.
Sorry Bro. Ruwa, Goromonzi and Epworth area is notoriously known for dry boreholes. There is very limited opportunities for ground water there. Heard about this more than 15yrs ago.
Borehole water in sandy soils is tricky and farming in general is at minimum a 5 year venture but overally failure is all part of the process
I think the best thing you should do is to sell that land and secure a piece of land around a water source like a stream or a river. Even if the river/stream dries up during dry seasons, you are sure if you dig a borehole in such an area you can get water. Do a manual borehole with 2-3 people digging. once you get the water, pump it to tanks and use it from there for irrigation. This way, you save a lot of costs. As a new farmer, you should always try your best to save on some costs.
Exactly!! He's to be flexible.
Reminds me of those dads from movies who are always coming up with funny plans to make money
BUY A SMALL PEACE OF LAND NOT AFAR THAT HAS WATER, BUILD THE NECESSERY INFRASTRUTURE TO SEND THE WATER FROM YOUR NEW LAND TO YOUR FARM.
Pro tip: Store water in tanks
Borehole drilling always made me anxious because a large portion of your money could literally go down the hole. I was drilling 2 weeks ago, fortunately found lots of water at 25m deep.
My first borehole at my previous homestead went 60 meters deep and nothing. Mt heart sank, I didn't have money
Water harvesting and hydroponics, and try some goats on the side too.
Come to Liberia,the land is very rich n good for farming,AND cheap too.
When you get land. Study the type of farming being done in the area. Check their sources of water. Are there boreholes or wells near you. Remember Zimbabwe we have farming regions and the white farmers did the research and they left the worst areas for rural areas except a few. You mentioned Epworth I know the area. There is not much farming done there except cattle ranching and they put up a game park
I think you’re looking for the wrong thing in that area my brother.
There’s something bigger that land has to give you than what you’re thinking.
START DIGGING FOR THE RIGHT THING BRO!
And God bless you
Bro, not gonna lie, but you're a fantastic story teller. Please don't stop posting content, it could be an additional retirement fund.
Welldone on your tenacity 💪🏽. As long as you maintain your grit, you'll eventually succeed.
The land is not useless... Just agriculturally not viable. Could be a mine for some precious rocks so perhaps consider at having a mining viability survey to establish the rock formations, there maybe something wothwhile there. Zim has a lot of precious stones.... All the same what a journey bro
That's so sad my brother l hope goes well in yor future plans
Thanks
I am sorry bro ,wakarowa paper 2 but keep on keeping on you are making a history to success
Yah, borehole drilling is massive gumbling.
Its a good investment for the owner because they are guaranteed to go back with full pockets whether water is found or not.
But for the farmer or customer its a sad defeat.
However dont give up, one day you will smile.
Thank you 🙏
Try to get another small piece of land elsewhere. Besides Greater Harare is merging with Goromonzi into a metropolis so that land of yours has good future value. If you get "street smart your retirement could ne set" if you know what i mean😊😊
I’m sorry to say this but the fact that you’ve lived abroad for so long where there’s proper and honest business you haven’t adapted to Zimbabwean climate. Everyone is hustling, You need to be STREET WISE!
Bro dig ma small dams and wait for rain wozoita water harvest
It's not that u failed. I was in Zim in November and I drilled a borehole at my place in Bindura, and another one at our rural place in Murehwa. What I realised is for the most part these drillers don't know where the water is it's pure gambling plus luck. While I was lucky to strike water at both these sites it wasn't anywhere close to the amount I anticipated. Don't give up look for another farm or another plan
Yes. The drillers don't know. The water surveyors know.