Beautiful! You cleared up a lot of questions I had on how to get a system like this going. We just got a couple of acres of land in SoCal, no water access (yet) so this will be great to get us farming some plants. THANK YOU!
You offer some good ideas that I’m going to implement with my container. I like the idea of drilling holes in an old hose, it will allow me to clean it out every now and then. Unfortunately, we haven’t had enough rain this year to keep my barrel full enough to use. It was filled up to the top once back in mid March and collected no more than 150 gallons since. Barely a weeks worth of watering.
this was the most helpful yet! wooot! thanks for the tips. why spend more money! ever thought of putting a timer on there and have an automatic watering system?
Simple and effective. Thanks for the inspiration. I will definitely build sth like that this year because the damn climate change made our summers so unbearable I lost so many plants and trees and don't even ask me how much time I spent on watering all of it... Looking forward to this project :)
Thank you for sharing🎉. How are you enjoying this system now in 2023? I am in the process of making a similar system with a solar powered water pump connected to a cheap portable battery pack. California recently had some great showers and I was able to catch 50+ gallons using old barrels. -Dave
i want to plant corn about 500 seeds so have to look for 4 used 100ft water hoses now. I have 4 of those water totes that I will fill up at 6gpm from my solar water well pump. Im not sure how gravity feed will work. cool ideas and probably less hassle then using drip tape.
Explained perfectly. Great system. Thanks! Do you only use one gutter for the entire roof or one on each side? (Assuming a triangle roof) Otherwise you could even add two of these storage containers.
Very helpful Bevin! Hope you all are doing wonderfully well. Definitely enjoyed your seeds and the Oils book this year. Im planning an IBC rain setup like this for a fall project. Looking into chaining a series of Ollas off a drip line too. Will let you know how it comes out!
You mentioned the elevation effecting your pressure. But, I believe the feed from the house will be too great, and your drip will become a spray. Use the house feed to raise level in rain barrel.
I’m setting up a similar system at my garden with the caged water tank connected to my pole barn gutter. I wish that I had known about that 2 inch female to hose bib connector, I did it the hard way with reducers. Maybe you could list where you got that connector. Why not just put your hose from the house in the top of your tank or back feed it into your tank? I’m using a programmable timer with four outlets, $54. It will water my garden without me babysitting it.
Im planning on building a system like this for my gardens. Overhead watering is killing me on my water bill and i already have 3k gallons of rain collection/storage that i can use but dont have the time to water 2400 sqrft of gardens with a 2 gallon watering can. I think im going to get another tote and raise it up like your setup and manualy fill it from my other 7 totes that are almost ground level then use it to water my gardens.
Outstanding video - great content, very well organized and presented! Super helpful!!! For future design consideration: the cinder blocks are laying on their side and are not providing optimal support to the water tank. With the number you are using and how well the weight is distributed across them all, its probably not much of a risk. You could use a lot less blocks however, if you put them right-side up. Cheers and thanks again for the great content!
This will be great for the sustainable gardens we're building at my school! I'd like to connect the system to moisture sensors, if possible. Our growing season here in Michigan is short and school is not in session for half of the season. We have had to rely on volunteers to come and water during the summer, which has been okay, but not ideal. If I can connect the drip line/rain barrel system that I'm installing this spring to moisture sensors and a control box, we'll be in much better shape. Any suggestions for that? Know anyone who has such a set-up already? Keep 'em coming!
I’m a teacher and am eventually wanting to do the same thing! At my house I’ve used a RainPoint Wi-Fi water timer and loved it. They also sell moisture sensors that are supposed to work well and tie into the system
Greetings from good old Germany.. i`d bought 3weeks ago a tiny pice of land i´ll like to know how big your roof is to calculate how often it must rain for my ICB....
One comment and a question. Your cinder block base would be much stronger if you placed the cinder blocks with the openings going up and down rather than sideways. My wife thinks that garden hoses will leach heavy metals (eg. lead) into the water, especially when they get hot in the sun, and so you shouldn't use them for food plants. Sure would be cheaper to use old garden hoses but do you know anything about that?
Check that your hoses are lead free and do not say "not for drinking". In some cases buying these new regular hose may be cheaper than new "soaker hoses"
Great video but, for me , unfortunately I can do a gravity fed system. HOA I don't think the neighbors would like it very much. How about just using a small electric pump? Yall think that would work?
My holes clogged with a traditional drip line. That’s why he uses a screen at the top. It’s also probably why he uses a hose and drills the holes according to his need. Not having enough water pressure can also be a problem. Some people actually use a pump, which to me makes it more trouble than it’s worth. With his four-way system, he can clean out the hose every so often. Assuming he has an end cap to plug his hose, it can be removed and cleaned out with the higher pressure water from the house to help prevent the holes from clogging.
I'm looking at doing this for my Christmas tree farm I have 60 trees per row 6ft apart 360 ft rows do you think this would have enough pressure to go that distance?
I have IBC TOTE but I want to use it to collect the gray water from my washer so I can irrigate my house foundation but don't know what water pump or well pump or what. Can you help me Thanks
Water does not have an expiration date unless it’s regulated by the government, because we all know they like to make things complicated over their lack of common sense.
How much is too much, how little is too little? The land around the house, structure needs to absorb some of the run off, considering the soil layers it may need to absorb a substantial amount, the notion is as the collection process takes hold, the run off from the roof is less, if the homeowner were hypothetically to use the extra rain water on washing their car, their house, etc, they might find in time, their land is screaming dead. As with ALL things balance is essentially critical as not to solve one problem and create another or a worse one. In short form, it may not be best, to overdue it on rain collection.
Well if you want to get technical about the exact amount of water required for each set of land dimensions, then you would know that a particular structure is going to inhibit rainwater from reaching the ground in the first place, and that it is not going to create any environmental impact whatsoever if you collect the rainwater that would have normally fallen on that particular piece of ground. Common sense. Furthermore, you would actually be saving the foundation of your structure by keeping water away from it.
so gravity isn't irrigating your plants? looks like you use your water pressure from your house to run the irrigation for your garden. Im having difficulty getting drop systems to work without water pressure, so have been resorting to making my own drip system that runs off of my IBC tote without any water pumps or water pressure from another system. I'm starting to think, that I need to use a 12volt DC water pump (like from an RV) with a solar panel/battery, to get enough water pressure to run everything. I just don't have any water pressure (or electricity) at my garden location and its over a 1/4 mile from the closest access
These tanks have different size fittings. They can be a bit expensive. I had to use two different ones to make the transition which cost around $25, more than I paid for the tank.
False. It works fine, he’s not building a house on it. If you want to build a concrete footing or use pressure treated lumber to support your vertically stacked blocks, go right ahead. I personally use four skids stacked up. It’s not going to weigh enough to break them.
@@Josh-mh3kl He's not using them to practice karate chops. He has them on the correct side for the way he's using them. If you place the blocks hollow side up, they will sink in the ground. That's why buildings that use these blocks always pour a concrete footing first before they lay the blocks. If that's how you want to build yours, go right ahead.
Hilarious, your cinder block is in the MOST UNSAFE and unstable position. 1gal = 8lbs…. So you’re just waiting for one or all of the block to crush under the weight.
Just using old hoses is the best tip ever! Much less expensive than buying special drip lines, emitters, etc! Thank yo 😊
The tip for when the tank is empty and attaching the hose was awesome, thanks!!
Best Diy video on this ive seen so far. Well done and thank you!
Beautiful! You cleared up a lot of questions I had on how to get a system like this going. We just got a couple of acres of land in SoCal, no water access (yet) so this will be great to get us farming some plants. THANK YOU!
You offer some good ideas that I’m going to implement with my container. I like the idea of drilling holes in an old hose, it will allow me to clean it out every now and then. Unfortunately, we haven’t had enough rain this year to keep my barrel full enough to use. It was filled up to the top once back in mid March and collected no more than 150 gallons since. Barely a weeks worth of watering.
this was the most helpful yet! wooot! thanks for the tips. why spend more money! ever thought of putting a timer on there and have an automatic watering system?
Your video was extremely useful, many thanks. I shall look forward to making a similar set up.
nice job, i'm buying a food grade ibc today, hoping to get a similar system going! thanks for the video.
take care,
JD in MI
Excellent stuff. I love these types of projects
Thanks for sharing! My husband and I plan to make a similar one.
Simple and effective. Thanks for the inspiration. I will definitely build sth like that this year because the damn climate change made our summers so unbearable I lost so many plants and trees and don't even ask me how much time I spent on watering all of it...
Looking forward to this project :)
Thank you for sharing🎉. How are you enjoying this system now in 2023? I am in the process of making a similar system with a solar powered water pump connected to a cheap portable battery pack. California recently had some great showers and I was able to catch 50+ gallons using old barrels. -Dave
i want to plant corn about 500 seeds so have to look for 4 used 100ft water hoses now. I have 4 of those water totes that I will fill up at 6gpm from my solar water well pump. Im not sure how gravity feed will work. cool ideas and probably less hassle then using drip tape.
Explained perfectly. Great system. Thanks! Do you only use one gutter for the entire roof or one on each side? (Assuming a triangle roof) Otherwise you could even add two of these storage containers.
Very helpful Bevin! Hope you all are doing wonderfully well. Definitely enjoyed your seeds and the Oils book this year. Im planning an IBC rain setup like this for a fall project. Looking into chaining a series of Ollas off a drip line too. Will let you know how it comes out!
You mentioned the elevation effecting your pressure. But, I believe the feed from the house will be too great, and your drip will become a spray. Use the house feed to raise level in rain barrel.
I’m setting up a similar system at my garden with the caged water tank connected to my pole barn gutter. I wish that I had known about that 2 inch female to hose bib connector, I did it the hard way with reducers. Maybe you could list where you got that connector.
Why not just put your hose from the house in the top of your tank or back feed it into your tank?
I’m using a programmable timer with four outlets, $54. It will water my garden without me babysitting it.
Im planning on building a system like this for my gardens. Overhead watering is killing me on my water bill and i already have 3k gallons of rain collection/storage that i can use but dont have the time to water 2400 sqrft of gardens with a 2 gallon watering can. I think im going to get another tote and raise it up like your setup and manualy fill it from my other 7 totes that are almost ground level then use it to water my gardens.
Outstanding video - great content, very well organized and presented! Super helpful!!!
For future design consideration: the cinder blocks are laying on their side and are not providing optimal support to the water tank. With the number you are using and how well the weight is distributed across them all, its probably not much of a risk. You could use a lot less blocks however, if you put them right-side up.
Cheers and thanks again for the great content!
Water is near 8 pounds a gallon, so our 275 gallon tote weight is just over 2,200 pounds full of water. +/- its body weight too.
Water is exactly 1kg per liter
The tote and cage are about 130lbs empty.
Muy importante todo loque sea desde agricultura todo para aprender para provecho y economía.
Nice thanks for the video
This will be great for the sustainable gardens we're building at my school! I'd like to connect the system to moisture sensors, if possible. Our growing season here in Michigan is short and school is not in session for half of the season. We have had to rely on volunteers to come and water during the summer, which has been okay, but not ideal. If I can connect the drip line/rain barrel system that I'm installing this spring to moisture sensors and a control box, we'll be in much better shape. Any suggestions for that? Know anyone who has such a set-up already? Keep 'em coming!
I’m a teacher and am eventually wanting to do the same thing! At my house I’ve used a RainPoint Wi-Fi water timer and loved it. They also sell moisture sensors that are supposed to work well and tie into the system
I don’t know if those timers work with a gravity system though
Just awesome + just what I was searching for!
Great video
Greetings from good old Germany.. i`d bought 3weeks ago a tiny pice of land i´ll like to know how big your roof is to calculate how often it must rain for my ICB....
Does the sun bake the water in the hose enough so that it hurts the plant? Would burying the hose fix the problem if so?
One comment and a question. Your cinder block base would be much stronger if you placed the cinder blocks with the openings going up and down rather than sideways. My wife thinks that garden hoses will leach heavy metals (eg. lead) into the water, especially when they get hot in the sun, and so you shouldn't use them for food plants. Sure would be cheaper to use old garden hoses but do you know anything about that?
Check that your hoses are lead free and do not say "not for drinking". In some cases buying these new regular hose may be cheaper than new "soaker hoses"
If you place the cinder blocks vertically, you’ll need to use pressure treated lumber to keep them from sinking into the ground.
Great video but, for me , unfortunately I can do a gravity fed system. HOA I don't think the neighbors would like it very much. How about just using a small electric pump? Yall think that would work?
Where did you get the reducer for the tote?
Also wondering.. great setup
What size adapter is it that’s needed? Trying to find one for mine.
Thanks for the tips !
The cinder blocks are turned the wrong way. 80% of the cinder block is in the vertical wall of the block.
Did he build a wall or a tank support that he deemed necessary to have airflow underneath ?? He didn't say , ergo he probably wanted airflow !
@garreyprice3685 he said in video he needs a nice safe base because the water in tank would be heavy.
He flipped them horizontally so they don’t sink in the ground. It won’t be heavy enough to break them.
This is actually the best orientation because it is not the tank you need to support but the frame.
The tank holds one ton of water.
Throw a check valve on the feed hose from the house.
Wondering if the holes have clogged on you? Your pressure looks pretty strong so maybe it blows out any debris…?
My holes clogged with a traditional drip line. That’s why he uses a screen at the top. It’s also probably why he uses a hose and drills the holes according to his need. Not having enough water pressure can also be a problem. Some people actually use a pump, which to me makes it more trouble than it’s worth. With his four-way system, he can clean out the hose every so often. Assuming he has an end cap to plug his hose, it can be removed and cleaned out with the higher pressure water from the house to help prevent the holes from clogging.
You must be in a rainy climate we haven't had rain here in south texas for at least 2 months
Thank you
Great info, thanks'
Water is 10 pounds per gallon at sea level.
Where did you purchase your adapter for the drain. I need one for same type setup.
Don't you need to filter the water before it gets to the drip lines?
I'm looking at doing this for my Christmas tree farm I have 60 trees per row 6ft apart 360 ft rows do you think this would have enough pressure to go that distance?
Great video, working on the same system now. Let me know if you wanna hang out and help me with drip lines, I have beer :)
I have IBC TOTE but I want to use it to collect the gray water from my washer so I can irrigate my house foundation but don't know what water pump or well pump or what. Can you help me
Thanks
2:26 1000 liters is 1 exactly 1 metric ton.
What's something you can do to get more pressure on the line?
Pump
How long will the water in the 250 gallons will be good for? Does it expire?
Water expires?
Water does not have an expiration date unless it’s regulated by the government, because we all know they like to make things complicated over their lack of common sense.
Where do I get the adapter
Hard to believe that with the weight of the tote full the blocks didn't crush ,never seen anybody turn em sideways
How to clean inside
Sir can i ask about drip irrigation ? And is it okay if I send a private message to you
Genius.
How much is too much, how little is too little? The land around the house, structure needs to absorb some of the run off, considering the soil layers it may need to absorb a substantial amount, the notion is as the collection process takes hold, the run off from the roof is less, if the homeowner were hypothetically to use the extra rain water on washing their car, their house, etc, they might find in time, their land is screaming dead. As with ALL things balance is essentially critical as not to solve one problem and create another or a worse one. In short form, it may not be best, to overdue it on rain collection.
Well if you want to get technical about the exact amount of water required for each set of land dimensions, then you would know that a particular structure is going to inhibit rainwater from reaching the ground in the first place, and that it is not going to create any environmental impact whatsoever if you collect the rainwater that would have normally fallen on that particular piece of ground. Common sense. Furthermore, you would actually be saving the foundation of your structure by keeping water away from it.
so gravity isn't irrigating your plants? looks like you use your water pressure from your house to run the irrigation for your garden. Im having difficulty getting drop systems to work without water pressure, so have been resorting to making my own drip system that runs off of my IBC tote without any water pumps or water pressure from another system. I'm starting to think, that I need to use a 12volt DC water pump (like from an RV) with a solar panel/battery, to get enough water pressure to run everything. I just don't have any water pressure (or electricity) at my garden location and its over a 1/4 mile from the closest access
Hey what is the size / dimensions of the adaptor
These tanks have different size fittings. They can be a bit expensive. I had to use two different ones to make the transition which cost around $25, more than I paid for the tank.
Nice anarchy hand tat. 🤣
That's a lot of Tomatoes
Ea. Gal. Of water weighs a little over 8 lbs.
So about 2000lbs on that full tote.
2:17 it’s not Gravity.
1 tonne (1000 kg)
The cinderblock are wrong side up. You'd have more support if you used popsicle sticks
False. It works fine, he’s not building a house on it. If you want to build a concrete footing or use pressure treated lumber to support your vertically stacked blocks, go right ahead. I personally use four skids stacked up. It’s not going to weigh enough to break them.
@theden-jimdill7037 that's the weak point . Its how they karate chop them
@@Josh-mh3kl He's not using them to practice karate chops. He has them on the correct side for the way he's using them. If you place the blocks hollow side up, they will sink in the ground. That's why buildings that use these blocks always pour a concrete footing first before they lay the blocks. If that's how you want to build yours, go right ahead.
Hilarious, your cinder block is in the MOST UNSAFE and unstable position. 1gal = 8lbs…. So you’re just waiting for one or all of the block to crush under the weight.