Some brilliant ideas for summer watering. Since it appears we are entering into another El Nino event, water is going to become a BIG deal in the next few years.
I wrote this post a couple of years ago, but some of my newer readers won’t have seen it so I’ve updated it for reposting. With summer on the way it’s worthwhile thinking about how to keep the water up to newly planted trees and seedlings.
Storing water for the home food garden is crucial for self-sufficiency and building resilience into our lives in the face of change. In a reticulated system, such as most of us have now, energy is needed to pump water to suburban homes. In the energy-scarce future that’s ahead of us, we can’t guarantee that we’ll always be able to turn on a tap and have water at our fingertips.
So….putting in water storage systems should be a priority. Much more so than the latest brand of plasma TV or the latest iPad.
It’s important to look at the cost of storing water per litre
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