Comments on: Water: Feast and Famine http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/05/03/feast-and-famine/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dee/reddirtramblings http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/05/03/feast-and-famine/comment-page-1/#comment-45301 dee/reddirtramblings Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:01:47 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/04/20/feast-and-famine/#comment-45301 Our well is pretty deep, and we've never gone dry. Yet. HH has a water/wastewater license, and he knows all about the watershed. He can tell me where it starts and how far down we are, etc. I've learned a lot from moving to the country. It's been the best education for my kids. Very interesting post.~~Dee Our well is pretty deep, and we’ve never gone dry. Yet. HH has a water/wastewater license, and he knows all about the watershed. He can tell me where it starts and how far down we are, etc.

I’ve learned a lot from moving to the country. It’s been the best education for my kids. Very interesting post.~~Dee

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]]> By: Chan S. http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/05/03/feast-and-famine/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Chan S. Thu, 05 May 2005 11:07:13 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/04/20/feast-and-famine/#comment-371 Wonderful post, Kathy. In this area, our problem tends to be rainwater runoff that overwhelms the county's stormsewer system (although we also have the occasional drought that affects agriculture quite a lot, although households not so much). Rain gardens to soak up runoff are becoming more prevalent around here (and in my garden, it's a "sump" garden fed by the foundation sump pump hose), but it looks like it's high time that I look into hooking up some rain barrels to our gutters too. Wonderful post, Kathy. In this area, our problem tends to be rainwater runoff that overwhelms the county’s stormsewer system (although we also have the occasional drought that affects agriculture quite a lot, although households not so much). Rain gardens to soak up runoff are becoming more prevalent around here (and in my garden, it’s a “sump” garden fed by the foundation sump pump hose), but it looks like it’s high time that I look into hooking up some rain barrels to our gutters too.

]]> By: bill http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/05/03/feast-and-famine/comment-page-1/#comment-370 bill Wed, 04 May 2005 13:42:59 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/04/20/feast-and-famine/#comment-370 Rainwater collection systems are becoming more common in Texas. I have even been told that they are required in some new developments out west of Austin. I have met with a couple of installers of these and seen some of their installations. In most cases people use them as supplementary systems for irrigation, clothes-washing, livestock, etc., although you can install filters to make the water drinkable. In all the examples I have seen the buildings have metal roofs and gutters direct the water into large plastic holding tanks. It is really not at all complicated. With composition shingles you would need to deal with the shedding of the little granules that come off the shingles. Rainwater collection systems are becoming more common in Texas. I have even been told that they are required in some new developments out west of Austin.

I have met with a couple of installers of these and seen some of their installations. In most cases people use them as supplementary systems for irrigation, clothes-washing, livestock, etc., although you can install filters to make the water drinkable.

In all the examples I have seen the buildings have metal roofs and gutters direct the water into large plastic holding tanks. It is really not at all complicated. With composition shingles you would need to deal with the shedding of the little granules that come off the shingles.

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