The pump will be connected to the tank via a (submerged) pipe and, when the need arises, pump out water to feed back into another pipe that Cris installed while I was writing this post. That second pipe will feed the water into the house system. Same (second) pipe will be used to fill the tank from the water main thanks to some special valves that only let the water move into a certain direction at a certain time. If I understood Cris correctly, that is.
The water table here is far, far away under soil and, unfortunately, lots of rock. The owner of the vineyard across the street had to drill deep through rock to reach water. We've decided that's one (rather significant) investment that's too risky for us. Alas, we're not lucky with water. But we have all the views to compensate. :D
My grandmother swore by tobacco tea. She would brew a big batch using any old tobacco, strain it and then spray it on things in the garden. I tried using it one a long time ago. It worked on tomatoes. The nicotine kills a lot of bugs.
Thank you so much for reminding me! We used just that to exterminate a nest of processionaries two years ago and I completely forgot we can use it on other plants. I'll make some right away and see how the dahlia-loving crickets like it.
It may be a sad comment on my grocery habits, but it warmed my heart to read that I am not the only one who buys apples at the store and then doesn't eat them before they age out.
How do you (or WILL you -- given the unsullied shiny, new appearance of the thing) use that pump seen in the first picture?
Also -- how shallow is the water table around your place, do you know? If depth to water table is 25 feet (7.5 m) or less, putting in a drive point well like that described and explained at https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/sites/default/files/topic/DrinkingWater/Publications/DG022.pdf is pretty painless and not expensive. If your neighbors can't tell you the typical depth to water in your neighborhood, using one of these with galvanized pipe and couplings will allow you to explore deep enough to see if the water table is sufficiently shallow for drive point and surface pumping purposes: https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/razor-back-adjustable-auger-post-hole-digger-4429345. A couple of 1.5 meter and 3.0 meter additional galvanized pipes beside the basic auger set up are needed with the basic auger set up to reach the 7.5 m (or hopefully less) test depth needed. If you're lucky, you'll have a perched (https://books.gw-project.org/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow/chapter/perched-aquifers/) or otherwise shallow regional aquifer beneath your grounds.
The pump will be connected to the tank via a (submerged) pipe and, when the need arises, pump out water to feed back into another pipe that Cris installed while I was writing this post. That second pipe will feed the water into the house system. Same (second) pipe will be used to fill the tank from the water main thanks to some special valves that only let the water move into a certain direction at a certain time. If I understood Cris correctly, that is.
The water table here is far, far away under soil and, unfortunately, lots of rock. The owner of the vineyard across the street had to drill deep through rock to reach water. We've decided that's one (rather significant) investment that's too risky for us. Alas, we're not lucky with water. But we have all the views to compensate. :D
My grandmother swore by tobacco tea. She would brew a big batch using any old tobacco, strain it and then spray it on things in the garden. I tried using it one a long time ago. It worked on tomatoes. The nicotine kills a lot of bugs.
Thank you so much for reminding me! We used just that to exterminate a nest of processionaries two years ago and I completely forgot we can use it on other plants. I'll make some right away and see how the dahlia-loving crickets like it.
It may be a sad comment on my grocery habits, but it warmed my heart to read that I am not the only one who buys apples at the store and then doesn't eat them before they age out.