Improving Rain Saving Systems for the Farm
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Come build outside with Jason as he improves his rain collection system and installs more IBC totes.
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My father worked at a lumber yard for about 20 years. As a side hustle, he would do small construction projects for homeowners.
The most popular project was redwood patio decks.
One thing I remember him sharing with us when he built ours; always make sure the curve of the tree rings, visible at the end of the planks, are curved down, towards the ground.
The reason is because the planks/boards will, over the years, dry out and weather even more. As they age, the boards will begin to curve back into their original contour that they had in the tree before the tree was cut.
That edge, on the boards curving up again, will be the source of two problems.
1. That is where barefoot people will pick up splinters in there feet.
2. The trough that forms along the center of the board will hold water and become the area where mold, mildew, algea, rot and weakness will form.
The solution is to build with all of the tree ring curve facing down. The structure (patio) will last longer (drainage) and be safer to walk on. It will also hold up to a few light sandings over the decades.
At the 10:20 time mark, the tree ring curves of the horizontal board is clearly visible and turned up.
Now would be the time to turn the tree rings down so you might get an extra 10, 15, maybe even 20 years out of your platform.
Love your channel.
Best Wishes.
Thank you so much for letting him know.
@@abigail01441 Thanks so much for that information. We should always be learning. Glad your Dad told you why it was important. Sounds like he took pride in his work.
Thanks for sharing that really valuable and fascinating info. 👍
What I love about watching the "Three Amigos" (Al, Ben, and Jason) is that there is both so much Teaching AND Learning going on.... not to mention the great entertainment. 👍
I’m following your water collection efforts with great interest. Water is essential to life and in this day and age with the weather becoming more and more unpredictable, water collection is becoming increasingly important.
That’s the truth. Thanks for watching! Hope you have a good day.
Same here. Very interested and trying to convince hubby😘
YES!
Hi, Jason! Two phrases always come to mind when I think of you: pioneering spirit and unique sense of humor. Your water catching builds are quite interesting! I will never forget when you strapped the camera to the pig. You always have excellent content with interesting projects and a touch of humor.
Well said
You’re so clever Jason. You do everything properly. Lows needs to be watching your videos so they know what people are talking about. Like you know those screws Jason uses on Sow the Land. 😁
Farm auctions may be a source of a decent tractor.
“Sweating’ to the oldies 🤣
Ive never heard of a black IBC tote before!
Jason did you know that if you drop a section of copper tubing into your water reservoirs you’ll never get algae. Did you know that huh? I have a stock water tank that I soak in when it gets hot out. It’s got a piece of copper tubing in it. Doesn’t turn green.
This is so helpful! Thank you for your comment
You seem to enjoy building anything but before that, you come up with some great ideas. Your tool collection must be growing a lot since you bought the farm. Love watching your videos.
Some company that deals with or makes tractors or skid steers needs to sponsor Jason's channel. It's not like he's a newbie RUclipsr..c'mon people help Jason out and he can help advertise your equipment. New Holland maybe
Fantastic job! I love how your projects are so neatly done too. It functions and looks good!
Thanks so much!
I am so pleased to take a break and see you folks as you farm as the grands and gramma did, it’s hard work that continues to live a free lives fe, blessing to you all
You have a very excellent way of explaining exactly what and why you are doing the steps you take. I love the way you cover the pros and cons. You are doing an excellent job on your homestead and you seem to have a workable economy plan.
We cannot save enough water. Neat job Jason!
Idea Jason, take 2 of your cement blocks and level it out below your tap and them the Pail will sit level , Great job and yup that water idea sure does work,
I love long videos, learning all I can, this helps !
Jason, you build the best things. Always a great job when finished. It's awesome that you have these out buildings to catch extra water. 👏👏👏
Glad you like them!
I love ALL Sow the Land videos!
Harvesting the rain 🌧
another great video:) have a wonderful weekend.
Another great episode of Jason, the joyful homestead inventor.
Awesome vid Jason!!
✔✔✔✔ love watching your videos your whole family has relaxing mellow voices
😊 thank you
Great job Jason.
Love the water collection videos! Free water.
Glad you like them!
Watching from the beginning, it's so great to see how capable you've become . . . not much you can't handle and to do it on your own, much admiration from me. Cheers.
Hello, tks for video. Very smart on all your building on these 2 water tanks. Loved that you kept window screens and used as filters. You go Jason, Al and Ben will be jealous. Ya did great on podcast today.... when you shook your head at the end like you had a bug in your ear...we all laughed. Much love to you and your family.....
It's always a pleasure to watch your videos, seeing your ability do so much without all the fancy equipment. That said, I will be whooping and hollering with joy the day I see one of your videos pop up showing you getting a tractor!!
one of these days
“That fits snuggy, snuggy boy”. 😂 love it
It’s not a long video!! I actually enjoy the long videos. ❤
thank you
Woohoo another thing off your list!! Great job ❤❤❤
Yay! Thank you!
Great job. Looking real well.
That's gotta feel like a wonderful effort. God bless you all.
I'm so sorry I wasn't able to see the little piggies, turkeys and chickens. Maybe next time. TY for sharing your lives.
I love watching your projects. Hope you had a great meal waiting for you at the end of the day!
I did!
I’ve been following your channel since you moved to NC. You are a true inspiration to many people Jason. Much respect from Columbus County ❤
Another amazing project Jason! I had really hard well water so I collected rainwater with screen to keep out debris to wash laundry in! I had a pump that I used to fill the washer and the rinse grey water I saved to wash the next load! I was a kitchen designer at Home Depot at the time and the guys in plumbing got a kick out of my crazy ideas! It worked well but not in winter so I finally broke down and had a water softener installed! I didn’t like add the back flush salt water into my septic tank but about a year later my town ran water down my road! The things I took for granted when I lived in the suburbs! I just so enjoy your ingenuity! Peace and blessings! 👍🏼😉🤗
Another great project accomplished on the homestead! Thank you Jason... always learn from your projects! Blessings on your family and your growing season Kiddo! 🌻🐛🌿💚🙏💕
Love this collection system, Jason. It is neat, tidy, and sturdy. Thanks for sharing. Have a Blessed day.
Great information. I love watching your homestead builds. Even if I never get to do any of them 😂😂. Have a great weekend ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I had to buy an entire roll of that window screen material, just so I could have a 10" diameter piece for my water collection tank. It was expensive.
Awesome you are smart to collect your water. I do as well 👍🏽
I weighed totes several times when I had to haul water to cattle in '22 and found that those totes hold about 290 gallons by weight! If you fill them until they overflow a bit. Nice project Jason!
I appreciate how "thrifty" you are in all your projects. Not everyone has an unlimited credit card. Things can be done on a budget!!
A low connection between the two totes might be better than a high/overflow connection. It will keep the water levels between the two totes more even. You won't end up with all the weight on one side of the platform, and nothing on the other.
It is not a long video. And it's very educational. Thanks.
I meant it was long to film and edit. 3 weeks!
@SowtheLand wow. I feel that you did it in 3 days. Anyway, I loved it.
I love your rain collection system. It looks like one is a hot water tank and one is a cold water tank based on the "faucet handles". 🙂
Another item on your 'bucket' list.
Great job adding the extra IBC tote to collect even more rain water
Nice Job Jason I've loved my rain barrels here in Ohio for the past 18 years amazing how fast they fill up. Off season I just empty and leave valves open.
Love to watch you work, Jason! You are an amazing carpenter and Jack of all trades 😎😎
Thanks for watching
Jason you are a great builder!
Lovin watchin you bring your hard packed, from horse 🐴 earth, to life again!
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Thank you for sharing water and FRIDAY SHOPTALK.
LOVE ❤️
BLESSED
THANKSGIVING INJULY.
NICE MUSIC.
SE MICHIGAN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏
Jason, you are a beast moving the totes and carrying everything you do, don’t hurt yourself, love your videos ❤️❤️
Your rain savers are very well made. So glad you have them for your farms many uses. ❇️💞❇️
So impressive!
Very smart and creative Jason. Super job and thanks for the instructions.
Justin has the skills ❤😮
Great job Jason that’s a lot of pressure coming from it right now love it ❤
When I was a kid in the country outside of Amarillo, TX, there were a lot of concrete cisterns that weren't used any more. We'd go over to them on our bikes and they had ladders down into them and we could swim. Even though no farmer was using them or maintaining them, they stayed full of water. I don't know why. I was a kid.
now just takes some of those blocks, flatten and smooth out an area for them under the tote taps and you have a flat elevated spot for your 5 gal buckets to empty into ... looks good Jason
The older tote if you are going to use it, save free large chunk or sheet white packing foam to put under the cover so rain drains off the cover.
I like how u do your projects neat not a jumbled mess!! And u pick up after yourself.
Hi.... Jason thanks you for showing your video homestead beautiful great good job BYE 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋👍👍👍
Roots. Nothing a little Dynamite won't take care of. 😊
You can add a small square of scrap lumber under each board to help the load at each 4x4 4 screws each
It was nice to watch a longer video... and no pig oinks too!
Where would I find black IBC totes? Never seen them on marketplace before.
Love my Milwuakee Chainsaw! This may be the nicest building project you have done yet! Thanks!
Thank you very much!
I ran into roots when I was building my deck. I used my sawzall with a 12 inch wood blade and it made easy work cutting out the roots.
I have added a 'replacement' RV 12v pump and solar/battery to run it when I need pressure other than gravity feed. This is to pressurize my drip tape system in garden for extended periods of time - 1-2hr runs via timer.
Nice work Jason! I enjoyed following you through the steps. I live in S. Cal and often think ow far you have come since you lived out here. It was always my dream, but not my 'then husband', oh well. I enjoy all the homesteading channels all over the world 💚 Warms my Heart~~
Your videos are getting better and better as time goes on!!
I love your videos, wow the land is great.🎉
Use your drill in reverse when using hole saw on PVC works nice and doesn't grab like it did.
Wow thanks Jason
Great job on this project, Jason! That is a nice solid, sturdy platform for your IBC totes, and congrats on finding black ones. I've seen some people having to paint their totes black to stop the algae formation. Also nice improvements on the gutter and pipe up top.
What's the dimensions of the deck platform ? I like the idea for uneven land.
Jason, Love the video and a cool platform layout for my future large rain capture container. Thanks again and look forward to the next one.
Excellent work Jason !
Thank you kindly!
I've taken out a lot of trees along with stumps and had to deal with roots that always end up in the way when you try to stick something in the ground. While this isn't ideal because you know, roots and dirt, you can dig around that root deep enough to where it's exposed. Get out the old pickaxe because you'll probably have to break small roots around a big one. Dig down to give about 1 ft. depth underneath the root. Then get out a hose and wash the crap out of it. If you don't like the idea of putting a chainsaw to it at this point, don't know what to tell you because bow saws are about the next best thing but they don't cut through roots as well.
I also did a lot of burning around stumps to get rid of most of it
Yur the Rainman now... Gettin better everytime. Diggin all the Upgrades. , Platforn beefy too. Black IBC 👍👍, like the longer video too🙏🙏🙏Be blessed
Jason, your great with your building knowledge!!🤓
I use a saws all with a long blade to remove roots. Works great and makes easy work of it too.
Another great build by JC 👀👀❤❤🙏🙏
I enjoy watching your build projects
The wider the "eave space", the more ypull shade ypur structure's siding and the cooler the building will be in the summer.
Great video. I look forward to seeing how you connect the two totes. Thanks.
Justine should get a a+ store butcher wanting to homeatead. A referigation on farm large animal and return packaged. Charge the pickup, kill skin dress fee. Work at home. Package smoking. Thats what homesteaders would love. Or any processor dry aged. Referigation
Love your saving rain water
That looks great Jason congratulations you are quite a carpenter....😊
I need your water collections ideas as we cannot collect from our Asbestos roof- house was built in the 1940 Era in Australia & we cannot afford to have it removed as it is a massive expense now. Great build Jason & great video. Thanks Denise- Australia
We are collecting rain water as well. Based on roof area, we collect several hundred gallons in one good rain. I'm interested to see how you work the overflow. Like your system, mine are side by side. I am planning on leaving the ends open and plumbing them togeinto one spout. This allows crossover filling.
You and the family are doing a great job
Thank you!
Amazing! Glad you are always thinking on the next thing. Smarter not harder. God Bless!
Thank you!
Love preparing for the future.
What Ben wouldn’t give for a couple of sturdy helpers! 😊
That's a great video Jason.. your showing us some really practical stuff... and entertaining also. 👍
Get a few kids balls the size of basketballs or larger and tuck them under the cover. It will keep it raised up so the water will run off.
looks fantastic! maybe a little platform for the buckets to set on, just a thought
Love the Cruisin’ at Lowe’s music.
Looks great
Thanks!