Just a heads up to everyone, just because the barrel this blue does not mean it’s 100% food grade. When I was working in a chemical blending facility we only used blue plastic drums, and typically got them secondhand from a food facility. They were cleaned and filled with our product. Please use caution when sourcing these and if you must use one that you’re not sure of, clean it out really well. Great video! 👍🏼
Even thought I have a well, I collect rainwater for my animals 🐓🐓🐓 and garden 🪴. I started with one barrel and add one every year. Even though I have a well I filter my water for my use.
I'd love to do that here even for part of my water. The city has turned billing over to suez. Love that you have backups for your backup.☺️ Love and blessings.💜🤗
Im always greatfull that we have a relativly even rain distribution over the year.weve had one drought summer, just the one, but i installed a bucket under my sink to catch dish rinse water and a hose to siphon out water from our bath and I got a few ibc tanks as well. Since then weve had the coolest rainiest weather i can remember lol! Were on well water here, but its a shallow well. You never know what the weather will do!
for the last 5 yrs we have had little rain and this yr little snow! Gramma threw the dish water out to the garden, stopped pests as well. I h.ave the black berkeys as well. I now have several ibc totes for the animals and last yr even they couldn't keep up
I have a filter for my well that i can detach if i need to filter pond water or something. but there are also lots of natural springs nearby i drink from, unfiltered, cause my filter also takes the minerals out. I definitlly need water for the garden, rabbits and chickens and clothes wash and its handy having that gravity fed. Using the hand pump to wash clothes and all the chores can get exhausting in a short time.
Another great video, Heidi. Thank you for taking the time to explain your water collection system, it is very helpful. Mr. Rain is quite handy with all the tasks he finished to make your water source available. Take care.
Thank you for the excellent content, Heidi. I'm looking at ways to adapt your techniques to the "Boondocker" lifestyle and collecting rainwater is one layer of providing for this basic need. God Bless you and yours :)
Great video on an important subject. Here in the desert of Las Vegas NV things seem to be changing. Higher humidity levels bring more cloudy days and the potential for more rain. But the desert is an important eco system necessary for the rest of the US. So, I am purchasing food grade buckets & barrels for water storage. We do have water restrictions here and should it get worse I want to be sure to have water for my garden which will produce food for me and my household. Also for my next batch of chickens too. I live in a neighborhood which doesn't allow livestock so I don't have to worry about water for them. I like the stacking buckets with filters in place. Makes so much sense to me.
haha freezing rain water - I could not drain and store all the water out of the 100 gal tank this fall... I looked into a pond pump, to keep the water moving but people did not recommend that; so I bought a heating blanket and wrapped the tank that is almost 2/3 full , card board around most of that and then a plastic cover against the rain and snow. I wish we could move it "under cover", but that would involve major revamping (leave it up to me; already restrung my wash line in the basement today, predrilling for the hooks and all) . Underground tanks, that rocks!!!!
Yes, it would have been too big of a project to do if we did not already have a backhoe. That was interesting too Patrick working that back hoe around our back yard. I believe he did that just before we put in the large garden section in the middle of the back yard after taking out the swimming pool so it was quite some time ago
Thank you for sharing your information on rainwater harvest. Can’t wait to see how Mr. Rain is going to be setting up those milk tanks. Also, would be interested in knowing how they were cleaned out if they were used for milk.
@@TheAAnne123 yes I'll tell you the first thing is go by the filters from Berkey filters run about a hundred probably a little more now get your hair to 5 gallon food grade buckets I'm one of the lids I caught sections out so there's only three tabs that go down actually to hold it on the bucket so it's easy to pull off . Thinset that laid on top of your bucket set the other bucket on top of it then use the right size drill does the same diameter as the tubes are on the bottom.of the filter I recommend two filters so drill one on one side and one on the other side. Pull the bucket and the lid off inline the holes up so the filter go through the bucket and the top at the bottom of the bucket tight together the bucket on top you put water in and it filters it by gravity into the other bucket there are a lot of videos on how to make your own homemade Berkey filter be blessed and they work well you can go down and buy a spigot for the bottom bucket if you want I set mine up on the counter in the trailer because we were living in a trailer park on city water you can save the filters is clean them on the outside there's ways to doing that and they are videos on that too I do not make videos
Also: if you drew up and listed schematics for this collection and purification process (with your ideal items included) i would purchase the instructions
I'm seeing this a year after you posted it, and I sure hope Heidi reached out to you. I got overwhelmed just watching the video, never mind trying to do any of it. It's not easy to get some things done as a single woman with no help. Lord bring my hubby, please!
Not enough people taking advantage of unground climate stability. I remember as a young woman going through the out skirts of Niagara Falls area and seeing a few underground homes. At the time I was sad for those people because times were hard, but they actually have temps that do not go below 40 F in the coldest of times. It’s a great set up as long as flooding isn’t an issue. For large scale water storage it’s perfect. Our property had an old cistern when we bought it, but the county made us fill it in for safety concerns. That was nearly 30 yrs ago. I regret that, but console myself with the fact that it is cement and that is not the best water storage. We have a deep well and a pond now and we have two distillers. One electric and one stove top that can also be used on a wood stove, open fire, etc. the electric one also has an activated charcoal filter.
Algorithm comment! Wow that is an awesome set up!!!! Great video!😊 Just through together a muscle/joint rub oil. Thanks again for the videos! God bless!
. I do collect rain water for use in the garden - should I be filtering that somehow? At the end of the season I store them inside a shed so they don’t freeze and crack. There is always a nasty layer at the bottom.
Very very impressive set up! Glad you and your husband are preparing for anything! P.S. you are very beautiful, inside and out! That's coming from a 34 y.o. young man! Haha. God bless you both. I'll tell my fiance about your channel!
people seriously underestimate how much water they use!!!!! I switched over to ibc totes outside but use my blue barrels in the basement for back up water for the animals since it freezes hard and long in the winter in northern WI. I also bring in snow every day in 5 gallon buckets to melt in the shower (sweating buckets make a mess) for the animals . NO collected water goes into the toilet! find a back up toilet when you get to that point.
Yep. I think some people think the two 55 gallon barrels are all we have but those are most for collecting water, not so much for actual storage. That is what the underground tanks and jugs are for
I have that same water filter set up and my friend at church made it and I got one for my daughter too, so we can start filtering even though we have a well, ya just never know.. but I would like to get the Berkley eventually if they are ever in stock
Thanks. Our water is expensive. So we are installing rain barrels which will hook to our down spout. I bought 2so far but I am thinking to buy 2more. Mostly for watering my gardens. I am hoping if I mount them high enough I can use gravity and a hose on my spigots. Maybe use a slow soaker hose in some places , where we are going to plant black berries and black currents. So looking for advice I do not want to bring electricity into it .???
Gravity on the blue barrels we have works well, one of the reasons we have ours installed that high. As I said in the video. we often use the water from those barrels to water plants in the greenhouse but also some outside. That requires no electricity, we only need that when pumping water up from the tanks we have underground
Great video. Lots of ideas. I don't want to seem greedy but are you still intending on a video with detail of the berkey bucket setup? I would trust dear Patrick's measurements. Thanks, Laura
He can do that but I cannot promise how soon. Most of the videos that have been going up lately of his are ones that he shot this past summer. He has been able to shoot others here and there but it has been limited due to being very busy making goods for the store. helping out family and me as well so I can keep up on orders and my own videos.
You can get good grade buckets from grocery store/bakeries many times. I get them from our Walmart bakery for $1 each with lids! Can't hurt to ask around.
We don't have a rain barrel or collection system, so at least for the time being, we need a form of water purification tablets or liquids. We do have a gravity filter system. Is that enough in case the water is questionable? If not, are there a couple brands of water purification tablets you could recommend? I don't like plastic jugs for obvious reasons but I only have ONE glass gallon jug. Maybe I need to start drinking wine? Thank you for any assistance in this.
I really know very little about purification tablets and what is in them so I cannot recommend anything as far as that goes but I do know one can use iodine to putridity the water but you would have to look up how much is needed per gallon as I have no idea
I have used my new glass jugs for spring g water only. My problem is I cannot clean the calcium cloud now on the inside. Q: how do you clean yours as I cannot find a tubular brush? Desperate expat, up a big mountain in Turkey xxxxxx love your channel xx
I hope you took time to listen and watch the whole video. If it is ice and snow you are worrying about, I do explain the rest of our set up. We have another 2200 gallons of water storage you cannot see
Thank you so much! You are my GO TO trusted resource for all the offgrid stuff!! Is it necessary to dump/clean the rain barrels periodically? Or is it in a state of stasis in the dark?
Another great video with great info. In regards to your 2 white buckets, are you sure they're not food grade? Our Home Depot sells the regular orange buckets for $3.99 and white "food grade" buckets for $5.99. When I compared them, I noticed that they are both made by the same manufacturer and both have the number 2 inside a triangle of arrows and are both marked HDPE. Other that their color, these buckets are exactly the same. I've since been checking other retailers and sure enough, all of their buckets appear to be food grade as well.
No, we are not certain, it was just one of those things we were not thinking of when we got the buckets and on one video where I was showing the set up someone came in and "screamed" at us about our "non food grade" buckets and acted all high and mighty about it. I am sure everything they have and use is perfect though...haha
I think the dye used to color buckets is one of the things that makes the buckets non-food grade which is why all plastic food-grade containers are white.
@@ChristopherJones16 Though a seemingly valid concern, that's actually something I had checked into previously and it's not true. The buckets with food grade markings, numbered between 1 and 7, have to be food safe regardless of color. Think of things like white milk jugs, brown syrup bottles, blue water totes, yellow mustard bottles, etc. The colors of these plastics are numerous and all - apparently, if we can trust our government - safe. Regardless, we always place our food into mylar or vacuum bags before storing it in the buckets. We simply always buy food grade buckets in case they are needed down the road for water or other food related direct contact use.
I like the idea of storing water in the wine jugs. How do you clean out the wine jugs? Do you have a special brush that gets down in there? I have found some nice apple cider jugs, but they are not as big as the wine jugs.
That is good, I am not a fan of bird poop in my water though and one time accidentally fill a jar from the unfiltered water and very quickly after deinking that water I was vomitting up everything. So....I will stick to the filtered water
Thanks for the tips and insights. :) Have you heard of AlexaPure water filtration system? It filters more than the Burke. Something to keep in mind if you have to filter tap water for some reason. Alex Jones sells them I believe.
I stopped watching Alex Jones a good number of years ago and only recently heard of AlexaPure from followers on the video I recently did on fluoride. I am very happy with our set up, it has been working for us for a number of years.
He's a shill... I wouldnt buy any of his products. "The Chinacoms own the banks!" "The muslims own the banks!" but will never criticize that state of terrorists over in Palestine who actually own every bank.
Hi sweet lady, great video! I would really love to install a filtering system here, but I just can't seem to picture in my head what you are describing with the 2 five gallon buckets. Do you have a detailed, how to video on the buckets?
Not other than what I showed in this video. Not really sure how else to explain it. Filter goes in the top bucket that has a hole drilled in the bottom (they come with a fly nut and rubber washer so it screws in place and does not leak). Then you need to drill another hole in the lid of the bottom bucket for the filter to drip down into. Also will need to install a spigot at the bottom of the bottom bucket to get the water out
I just wondered how you guys processed your rain water to use as potable water. Does anyone make a filter that is as good as a Berkey but a lot less expensive? I just use a coffee filter and boil it and store it in 2 liter plastic soda bottles that I rinse out and save for that. Thanks I will pray for Jesus to heal your eyes if you are still having problems with them, you already eat the nasturtiums, those are supposed to have a chemical that help your vision. God bless you all Jesus loves you.
I know I had seen some other filters that were supposed to be as good but were less expensive but I do not recall what the name of them was. Looking around, there seems to be several that all are supposed to be comparable so I picked one and was reading about it but did not see a micron rating, which I find odd, that should be the first thing listed on its attributes
Silly question, but I got four barrels and my Aussie husband, who refuses to be told anything and doesn't understand four season living, set them up practically on the ground (two sets of two on either side of a shed with metal roof), only one has a spigot which is about 5 inches from the ground, and all have large openings in the top because he had to cut half the tops off to get inside to cut the spigot and hose holes and seal them or whatever he was doing. How on earth do you close up the tops again after having to cut them to work inside the barrels? Yours don't look like you've cut them at all on top, but yet you have spigots and had to get your arm inside somehow. Where can I get the simplest explanation of a water barrel system? I can't really see what goes into the barrels at the tops and how they are connected. Now I am impressed that hubby did this with memory issues and chronic fatigue, but he's also stubborn as a mule and even after watching great RUclipss and an article I sent him with schematics (I didn't understand any of it) he just did whatever he wanted to do. And now we have pond water and no way to take the barrels off and clean them. I have a willing husband but he refuses to follow or have a plan. You're a lucky lady in that regard. Kudos to Mr. Rain!
Great video as Always Mrs Heidi... Completely off subject my daughter bought me the Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herb book yesterday AND I made vegetable/beef soup using my dehydrated ground beef (from your video) and potatoes it was DELICIOUS... God Bless you and your family from middle GA 🙏 Kendra. Know you're enjoying watching your grandson ❤️❤️❤️
I am preparing some property I bought last fall and this is the big issue I've been working on first before I go up there next spring. South Texas to the Ozarks. My biggest worry is the cold winters and how I could possibly insulate the outdoor collectors. Have you tried anything like that? It's cold up there all winter and I worry about them cracking from the frozen water. I don't have any glass containers for storage currently but will certainly be trying to find some. Thanks- Texas Deb
@@RainCountryHomestead I heard you talk about underground tanks but not sure that would work for me as the ground is really rocky and I don't have any heavy equipment 😒. I've been looking for insulating wrap for at least the tanks I will have up by the house (I have plenty of room for as many as I want) and there will be more around the garden that I can empty and store in the winter. Somehow it will work out and the 1st year I will fill the house in every nook and cranny with jugs even if I have to sleep on them til I find a long term solution! LOL Thanks for your video, it's encouraging.
3:20 Is the emptying of the first dirst water tank manual? 4:00 Did you install any valve to prevent the first flush water from mixing with the next collected water?
The water that goes from first flush into the second tank (automatically) comes off the top so it will be cleaner as most of the dirt will settle to the bottom of the tank. However, this means the water from the second tank, though much cleaner, still needs to be filtered. We can empty either tank manually if we need to clean them out and there is a valve that will direct the roof water out into the yard for instances such as Patrick cleaning out the gutters or other such
Couple questions. Dont we need to boil the water to kill bacteria? I dont think filters can filter microscopic bacteria and liquid toxins although I do believe there may be an expensive filter that can filter fluoride. Still, I was told water collected from outside should be filtered and then boiled before consuming. Also how deep did you bury the big 1000 gal drums that they dont freeze? So do you have it set up so the first flush tank overflows into a second tank and then of course you said the second tank overflows into the two buried tanks. I have a first flush pvc pipe which collects the majority of the grime off the roof, it then overflows into my first flush 55gal barrel.. this barrel also gets pretty dirty but not as bad as the first flush pipe where all the heavier stuff is collected.. my first flush barrel then overflows into a second 55 gal barrel which is connected to a third 55gal barrel at the bottom.. the water in these barrels is very clear. So my setup is similar to yours except your two barrels that are connected to each other are buried under ground and a LOT bigger than mine! I want those bigger containers! I was going to use one to bury in the ground for a aquaponics system with fish and use the water to feed my garden.. heard this is absolutely the best water for gardens and will grow monster plants. not to mention I read people selling the fish (Tilapia is what everyone uses) to the local restaurants because eventually they have too many fish in there and are too large taking up too much space. God bless!
Yes, filters like the kind I use CAN filter out microscopic bacteria but fluoride is smaller than that even and that is why you need an expensive filter for that or you use an RO set up. My husband was in water treatment for many years. We have been using this set up for quite a number of years now.
How many gallons a day do you need for drinking water? DId I miss that? When you said a month supply I wondered how many gallons that is. I also wondered do you seal the jugs any special way or are they just corked. We have wooden wine barrel for collecting rain water and I have an Alexa Pure for our drinking water but so far we have just used our rain water for the garden because it smells like sulfur when it comes out of that barrel
I did mention how much we use per day in the video but the standard per person when considering for yourself is 1 gallon per day. Yes, I just use the silicone stoppers as shown in the video. I do nothing special.
If buying the berkey is a bit too expensive can I get the cheaper brand? And can you fill your filtrator with tap? Is that better than nothing until we can build a rain catchment system? Please let me know! Thank you so much!❤
When you say "cheaper", I have no idea what you mean as there are many types of filters out there. Some filter out more than others so it depends on what you are using it for. If you are wanting to filter out fluoride for example, most filters won't get it out, even just the standard Berkey filter won't, it requires another special filter just for that.
I have a 3ft tall crawl space under my house do you think I could store extra water there in my glass jugs? And how long do you think it could last under there?
Do you have a show on garlic infused honey? And instead of burping the jar daily if you can use an air lock? Is the pressure needed or is a vacuum a better environment. I am confused on this type of fermentation. God is Great ! :-)
I use silicone stoppers. I believe they are a size 6 for the one gallon jugs. I like them better than the flimsy metal caps that come with the jugs and they are quicker to use
Where are you storing it? It should not be molding. Not even the filtered rain water I keep in jugs that has no chlorine at all goes bad and though I rotate through them, I have jugs I keep tucked away in other places I forget about and I may think of them years later to find they are still as good as when I stored them away. Keeping them in a dark location will prevent algae growth
We installed a reverse osmosis system Is it true that it takes out all the minerals out of the water I heard it did now I'm regretting getting it installed
Yes, i believe it does as it also will remove fluoride which is very small and most filters can't take it out. However, it would be the same with distilled water. I think people worry about this too much since there are other ways to get minerals through foods including seeds such as poppy, chia, flax or eating lots of dark leafy greens, and so on
Your skin looks fabulous! Off topic but I couldn't help but notice. 👍😁
Thank you! Here is my most recent video on natural skin care ruclips.net/video/wfBOPlzSujE/видео.html
Just a heads up to everyone, just because the barrel this blue does not mean it’s 100% food grade. When I was working in a chemical blending facility we only used blue plastic drums, and typically got them secondhand from a food facility. They were cleaned and filled with our product. Please use caution when sourcing these and if you must use one that you’re not sure of, clean it out really well.
Great video! 👍🏼
Ours are food grade for certain. They initially had peach schnapps in them!
@@RainCountryHomestead Oh I know you were careful but there are many new ppl and I was very concerned for them. 💕✌️
Good reminder!
Even thought I have a well, I collect rainwater for my animals 🐓🐓🐓 and garden 🪴. I started with one barrel and add one every year. Even though I have a well I filter my water for my use.
I'd love to do that here even for part of my water. The city has turned billing over to suez.
Love that you have backups for your backup.☺️
Love and blessings.💜🤗
Im always greatfull that we have a relativly even rain distribution over the year.weve had one drought summer, just the one, but i installed a bucket under my sink to catch dish rinse water and a hose to siphon out water from our bath and I got a few ibc tanks as well. Since then weve had the coolest rainiest weather i can remember lol! Were on well water here, but its a shallow well. You never know what the weather will do!
for the last 5 yrs we have had little rain and this yr little snow! Gramma threw the dish water out to the garden, stopped pests as well. I h.ave the black berkeys as well. I now have several ibc totes for the animals and last yr even they couldn't keep up
I have a filter for my well that i can detach if i need to filter pond water or something. but there are also lots of natural springs nearby i drink from, unfiltered, cause my filter also takes the minerals out. I definitlly need water for the garden, rabbits and chickens and clothes wash and its handy having that gravity fed. Using the hand pump to wash clothes and all the chores can get exhausting in a short time.
Boy I wish I still had all the wine jugs from when I drank a lot! Lol
Lol me too
The days of wine and roses. Bout to make a batch on my end! Shootin for 38% proof water purifier gareetee
Great idea with having water tanks under ground!
Its all good Rain family. People are really benefiting from your channel. Success for all here coming here. It's way healthier for everyone.
Water, water, water...we need to always have water. God Bless~
We are on public water, but have a system set up for if and when the need arrives, your system is amazing, thank you for sharing, blessings
Thank you Heidi for more good information on having a water set up to have clean water. We have a Berkey and I am very thankful for it.
Thanks, always inspired by your and Patrick"s ingenuity at tackling issues and solving problems!
Another great video, Heidi. Thank you for taking the time to explain your water collection system, it is very helpful. Mr. Rain is quite handy with all the tasks he finished to make your water source available. Take care.
Thank you for the excellent content, Heidi. I'm looking at ways to adapt your techniques to the "Boondocker" lifestyle and collecting rainwater is one layer of providing for this basic need. God Bless you and yours :)
You can also use an air compressor to clean those berkey filters while they are still wet.
Fantastic setup
Thank you for answering my question on your water systems. Love your information on all that you do and help us to be more self sustaining
Thank you Art!
Wow! This is amazing Heidi! I never would have thought of burying a water tank. Here in Illinois, freezing would definitely be an issue!
Thank you Heidi very much for this information on rain water catchment system 🥰 God bless 🥰💞🙏💞
Love the video great advice love the set up going to try to copy as much as I can thank you and all the time God is good
Great video on an important subject. Here in the desert of Las Vegas NV things seem to be changing. Higher humidity levels bring more cloudy days and the potential for more rain. But the desert is an important eco system necessary for the rest of the US. So, I am purchasing food grade buckets & barrels for water storage. We do have water restrictions here and should it get worse I want to be sure to have water for my garden which will produce food for me and my household. Also for my next batch of chickens too. I live in a neighborhood which doesn't allow livestock so I don't have to worry about water for them. I like the stacking buckets with filters in place. Makes so much sense to me.
haha freezing rain water - I could not drain and store all the water out of the 100 gal tank this fall... I looked into a pond pump, to keep the water moving but people did not recommend that; so I bought a heating blanket and wrapped the tank that is almost 2/3 full , card board around most of that and then a plastic cover against the rain and snow. I wish we could move it "under cover", but that would involve major revamping (leave it up to me; already restrung my wash line in the basement today, predrilling for the hooks and all) . Underground tanks, that rocks!!!!
Yes, it would have been too big of a project to do if we did not already have a backhoe. That was interesting too Patrick working that back hoe around our back yard. I believe he did that just before we put in the large garden section in the middle of the back yard after taking out the swimming pool so it was quite some time ago
Thank you so much!
I keep a backup on my Berkey black filters.
Thank you for sharing your information on rainwater harvest. Can’t wait to see how Mr. Rain is going to be setting up those milk tanks. Also, would be interested in knowing how they were cleaned out if they were used for milk.
I made my own homemade Berkey water filter 2 works great thank you for sharing God bless prayers for you and your family
same here
So would you consider sharing with us how you made yours, please?
@@TheAAnne123 yes I'll tell you the first thing is go by the filters from Berkey filters run about a hundred probably a little more now get your hair to 5 gallon food grade buckets I'm one of the lids I caught sections out so there's only three tabs that go down actually to hold it on the bucket so it's easy to pull off . Thinset that laid on top of your bucket set the other bucket on top of it then use the right size drill does the same diameter as the tubes are on the bottom.of the filter I recommend two filters so drill one on one side and one on the other side. Pull the bucket and the lid off inline the holes up so the filter go through the bucket and the top at the bottom of the bucket tight together the bucket on top you put water in and it filters it by gravity into the other bucket there are a lot of videos on how to make your own homemade Berkey filter be blessed and they work well you can go down and buy a spigot for the bottom bucket if you want I set mine up on the counter in the trailer because we were living in a trailer park on city water you can save the filters is clean them on the outside there's ways to doing that and they are videos on that too I do not make videos
Totally cool! Thanks for the help
Lol!!! I'll just move in with you!!! Great smart back up. I'm proud of your knowledge 😊
Thank you so much :)
Also: if you drew up and listed schematics for this collection and purification process (with your ideal items included) i would purchase the instructions
I'm seeing this a year after you posted it, and I sure hope Heidi reached out to you. I got overwhelmed just watching the video, never mind trying to do any of it. It's not easy to get some things done as a single woman with no help. Lord bring my hubby, please!
Omg wow i love this channel
Thanks for the xplanation and ingenuity xxx
Wow so many great ideas.
Ty
Thank you for teaching about this. Very important!!
Not enough people taking advantage of unground climate stability. I remember as a young woman going through the out skirts of Niagara Falls area and seeing a few underground homes. At the time I was sad for those people because times were hard, but they actually have temps that do not go below 40 F in the coldest of times. It’s a great set up as long as flooding isn’t an issue. For large scale water storage it’s perfect. Our property had an old cistern when we bought it, but the county made us fill it in for safety concerns. That was nearly 30 yrs ago. I regret that, but console myself with the fact that it is cement and that is not the best water storage. We have a deep well and a pond now and we have two distillers. One electric and one stove top that can also be used on a wood stove, open fire, etc. the electric one also has an activated charcoal filter.
A true inspiration 💯💯💯
What a great setup, thank you for sharing
Thanks Heidi. Great info
Great video
Thank you very much for the filtering info!
Fascinating! Thank you.
Algorithm comment! Wow that is an awesome set up!!!! Great video!😊 Just through together a muscle/joint rub oil. Thanks again for the videos! God bless!
You two are amazing. I learned so much!!!
Love it. God Bless you and your family 🙏
Great system 👏 👌
Wow - what a set up you have ! Always get such great info from your videos - thank you
. I do collect rain water for use in the garden - should I be filtering that somehow? At the end of the season I store them inside a shed so they don’t freeze and crack. There is always a nasty layer at the bottom.
I do not see the need to filter for the garden, no.
Excellent set up! You guys did a great job.
Very very impressive set up! Glad you and your husband are preparing for anything! P.S. you are very beautiful, inside and out! That's coming from a 34 y.o. young man! Haha. God bless you both. I'll tell my fiance about your channel!
you can use submersible aquarium heaters all the way to 55 gal of water
people seriously underestimate how much water they use!!!!! I switched over to ibc totes outside but use my blue barrels in the basement for back up water for the animals since it freezes hard and long in the winter in northern WI. I also bring in snow every day in 5 gallon buckets to melt in the shower (sweating buckets make a mess) for the animals . NO collected water goes into the toilet! find a back up toilet when you get to that point.
Yep. I think some people think the two 55 gallon barrels are all we have but those are most for collecting water, not so much for actual storage. That is what the underground tanks and jugs are for
@@RainCountryHomestead YES! thank you for explaining that!
Great video!
like always, you provide me much needed information.
Great information, thanks!
That's amazing!
been wanting to start doing this..many thanks 👍
I have that same water filter set up and my friend at church made it and I got one for my daughter too, so we can start filtering even though we have a well, ya just never know.. but I would like to get the Berkley eventually if they are ever in stock
You can put a 1/2 teaspoon or so of colloidal silver in the water in the jug to keep algae from growing too
Yes, you can but I do not do that because I use the water for fermenting and silver can also prevent a good ferment
Great information ❤
Thanks. Our water is expensive. So we are installing rain barrels which will hook to our down spout. I bought 2so far but I am thinking to buy 2more. Mostly for watering my gardens. I am hoping if I mount them high enough I can use gravity and a hose on my spigots. Maybe use a slow soaker hose in some places , where we are going to plant black berries and black currents. So looking for advice I do not want to bring electricity into it .???
Gravity on the blue barrels we have works well, one of the reasons we have ours installed that high. As I said in the video. we often use the water from those barrels to water plants in the greenhouse but also some outside. That requires no electricity, we only need that when pumping water up from the tanks we have underground
Great video. Lots of ideas. I don't want to seem greedy but are you still intending on a video with detail of the berkey bucket setup? I would trust dear Patrick's measurements. Thanks, Laura
He can do that but I cannot promise how soon. Most of the videos that have been going up lately of his are ones that he shot this past summer. He has been able to shoot others here and there but it has been limited due to being very busy making goods for the store. helping out family and me as well so I can keep up on orders and my own videos.
distilled water is good also great video
My city's water has all the contamination you can think of and then some.
I can't afford more than home depot buckets. The orange ones. Let's see how "food grade" I can get. Social security runs out we're screwed.
You can get good grade buckets from grocery store/bakeries many times. I get them from our Walmart bakery for $1 each with lids! Can't hurt to ask around.
We don't have a rain barrel or collection system, so at least for the time being, we need a form of water purification tablets or liquids.
We do have a gravity filter system. Is that enough in case the water is questionable?
If not, are there a couple brands of water purification tablets you could recommend?
I don't like plastic jugs for obvious reasons but I only have ONE glass gallon jug. Maybe I need to start drinking wine?
Thank you for any assistance in this.
I really know very little about purification tablets and what is in them so I cannot recommend anything as far as that goes but I do know one can use iodine to putridity the water but you would have to look up how much is needed per gallon as I have no idea
I have used my new glass jugs for spring g water only. My problem is I cannot clean the calcium cloud now on the inside. Q: how do you clean yours as I cannot find a tubular brush? Desperate expat, up a big mountain in Turkey xxxxxx love your channel xx
Here is the video I did on the brushes I use and where I got mine:
ruclips.net/video/-sgpBEXuTNY/видео.html
Hey Heidi 🥰
In Michigan this would not work because of our the weather conditions but thank you for the information 😊 !!!
I hope you took time to listen and watch the whole video. If it is ice and snow you are worrying about, I do explain the rest of our set up. We have another 2200 gallons of water storage you cannot see
Glad to see your okay after the city water was poisoning you and your family
Thank you so much! You are my GO TO trusted resource for all the offgrid stuff!!
Is it necessary to dump/clean the rain barrels periodically?
Or is it in a state of stasis in the dark?
It is a good idea to, maybe once a year if you are able but we do not get it done every year.
My husband wants to know how you were able to attach the spiggets to the blue barrels. Did you have to climb inside? How were you able to do that?
Gosh, I will have to ask Patrick, I do not think he climbed inside but I really do not remember, it has been quite awhile ago
Another great video with great info.
In regards to your 2 white buckets, are you sure they're not food grade? Our Home Depot sells the regular orange buckets for $3.99 and white "food grade" buckets for $5.99. When I compared them, I noticed that they are both made by the same manufacturer and both have the number 2 inside a triangle of arrows and are both marked HDPE. Other that their color, these buckets are exactly the same. I've since been checking other retailers and sure enough, all of their buckets appear to be food grade as well.
No, we are not certain, it was just one of those things we were not thinking of when we got the buckets and on one video where I was showing the set up someone came in and "screamed" at us about our "non food grade" buckets and acted all high and mighty about it. I am sure everything they have and use is perfect though...haha
I think the dye used to color buckets is one of the things that makes the buckets non-food grade which is why all plastic food-grade containers are white.
@@ChristopherJones16 Though a seemingly valid concern, that's actually something I had checked into previously and it's not true.
The buckets with food grade markings, numbered between 1 and 7, have to be food safe regardless of color. Think of things like white milk jugs, brown syrup bottles, blue water totes, yellow mustard bottles, etc. The colors of these plastics are numerous and all - apparently, if we can trust our government - safe.
Regardless, we always place our food into mylar or vacuum bags before storing it in the buckets. We simply always buy food grade buckets in case they are needed down the road for water or other food related direct contact use.
I like the idea of storing water in the wine jugs. How do you clean out the wine jugs? Do you have a special brush that gets down in there?
I have found some nice apple cider jugs, but they are not as big as the wine jugs.
ruclips.net/video/-sgpBEXuTNY/видео.html
Thank you Heidi ❤
I also like the underground water storage idea. That’s a great idea.
I've been drinking unfiltered rain water coming off my metal roof for years without any ill effects.
That is good, I am not a fan of bird poop in my water though and one time accidentally fill a jar from the unfiltered water and very quickly after deinking that water I was vomitting up everything. So....I will stick to the filtered water
The ad before this video was for a Berkey...😂
Thanks for the tips and insights. :) Have you heard of AlexaPure water filtration system? It filters more than the Burke. Something to keep in mind if you have to filter tap water for some reason. Alex Jones sells them I believe.
I stopped watching Alex Jones a good number of years ago and only recently heard of AlexaPure from followers on the video I recently did on fluoride. I am very happy with our set up, it has been working for us for a number of years.
He's a shill... I wouldnt buy any of his products. "The Chinacoms own the banks!" "The muslims own the banks!" but will never criticize that state of terrorists over in Palestine who actually own every bank.
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Great video ! Where do y’all have all the drums ? I’m trying to get my husband to set something up but he is complaining about space lol
You mean the 1100 gallon tanks? I believe I did explain in the video they are buried under ground
Hi sweet lady, great video! I would really love to install a filtering system here, but I just can't seem to picture in my head what you are describing with the 2 five gallon buckets. Do you have a detailed, how to video on the buckets?
Not other than what I showed in this video. Not really sure how else to explain it. Filter goes in the top bucket that has a hole drilled in the bottom (they come with a fly nut and rubber washer so it screws in place and does not leak). Then you need to drill another hole in the lid of the bottom bucket for the filter to drip down into. Also will need to install a spigot at the bottom of the bottom bucket to get the water out
@@RainCountryHomestead Thank you so much!!! I think I finally got it!!! My brain was making it out to be much more complicated. LoL!!!
I just wondered how you guys processed your rain water to use as potable water. Does anyone make a filter that is as good as a Berkey but a lot less expensive? I just use a coffee filter and boil it and store it in 2 liter plastic soda bottles that I rinse out and save for that. Thanks I will pray for Jesus to heal your eyes if you are still having problems with them, you already eat the nasturtiums, those are supposed to have a chemical that help your vision. God bless you all Jesus loves you.
I know I had seen some other filters that were supposed to be as good but were less expensive but I do not recall what the name of them was. Looking around, there seems to be several that all are supposed to be comparable so I picked one and was reading about it but did not see a micron rating, which I find odd, that should be the first thing listed on its attributes
So further research, it appears all those cheaper filters are made in China....yeah, not going to trust those
Silly question, but I got four barrels and my Aussie husband, who refuses to be told anything and doesn't understand four season living, set them up practically on the ground (two sets of two on either side of a shed with metal roof), only one has a spigot which is about 5 inches from the ground, and all have large openings in the top because he had to cut half the tops off to get inside to cut the spigot and hose holes and seal them or whatever he was doing. How on earth do you close up the tops again after having to cut them to work inside the barrels? Yours don't look like you've cut them at all on top, but yet you have spigots and had to get your arm inside somehow. Where can I get the simplest explanation of a water barrel system? I can't really see what goes into the barrels at the tops and how they are connected. Now I am impressed that hubby did this with memory issues and chronic fatigue, but he's also stubborn as a mule and even after watching great RUclipss and an article I sent him with schematics (I didn't understand any of it) he just did whatever he wanted to do. And now we have pond water and no way to take the barrels off and clean them. I have a willing husband but he refuses to follow or have a plan. You're a lucky lady in that regard. Kudos to Mr. Rain!
Great video as Always Mrs Heidi... Completely off subject my daughter bought me the Rosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herb book yesterday AND I made vegetable/beef soup using my dehydrated ground beef (from your video) and potatoes it was DELICIOUS... God Bless you and your family from middle GA 🙏 Kendra. Know you're enjoying watching your grandson ❤️❤️❤️
I am preparing some property I bought last fall and this is the big issue I've been working on first before I go up there next spring. South Texas to the Ozarks. My biggest worry is the cold winters and how I could possibly insulate the outdoor collectors. Have you tried anything like that? It's cold up there all winter and I worry about them cracking from the frozen water. I don't have any glass containers for storage currently but will certainly be trying to find some. Thanks- Texas Deb
Did you get a chance to watch the whole video? I do talk more about other tanks we have and how they are protected from freezing
@@RainCountryHomestead I heard you talk about underground tanks but not sure that would work for me as the ground is really rocky and I don't have any heavy equipment 😒. I've been looking for insulating wrap for at least the tanks I will have up by the house (I have plenty of room for as many as I want) and there will be more around the garden that I can empty and store in the winter. Somehow it will work out and the 1st year I will fill the house in every nook and cranny with jugs even if I have to sleep on them til I find a long term solution! LOL Thanks for your video, it's encouraging.
3:20 Is the emptying of the first dirst water tank manual?
4:00 Did you install any valve to prevent the first flush water from mixing with the next collected water?
The water that goes from first flush into the second tank (automatically) comes off the top so it will be cleaner as most of the dirt will settle to the bottom of the tank. However, this means the water from the second tank, though much cleaner, still needs to be filtered. We can empty either tank manually if we need to clean them out and there is a valve that will direct the roof water out into the yard for instances such as Patrick cleaning out the gutters or other such
Couple questions. Dont we need to boil the water to kill bacteria? I dont think filters can filter microscopic bacteria and liquid toxins although I do believe there may be an expensive filter that can filter fluoride. Still, I was told water collected from outside should be filtered and then boiled before consuming. Also how deep did you bury the big 1000 gal drums that they dont freeze? So do you have it set up so the first flush tank overflows into a second tank and then of course you said the second tank overflows into the two buried tanks. I have a first flush pvc pipe which collects the majority of the grime off the roof, it then overflows into my first flush 55gal barrel.. this barrel also gets pretty dirty but not as bad as the first flush pipe where all the heavier stuff is collected.. my first flush barrel then overflows into a second 55 gal barrel which is connected to a third 55gal barrel at the bottom.. the water in these barrels is very clear. So my setup is similar to yours except your two barrels that are connected to each other are buried under ground and a LOT bigger than mine! I want those bigger containers! I was going to use one to bury in the ground for a aquaponics system with fish and use the water to feed my garden.. heard this is absolutely the best water for gardens and will grow monster plants. not to mention I read people selling the fish (Tilapia is what everyone uses) to the local restaurants because eventually they have too many fish in there and are too large taking up too much space.
God bless!
Yes, filters like the kind I use CAN filter out microscopic bacteria but fluoride is smaller than that even and that is why you need an expensive filter for that or you use an RO set up. My husband was in water treatment for many years. We have been using this set up for quite a number of years now.
How many gallons a day do you need for drinking water? DId I miss that? When you said a month supply I wondered how many gallons that is. I also wondered do you seal the jugs any special way or are they just corked. We have wooden wine barrel for collecting rain water and I have an Alexa Pure for our drinking water but so far we have just used our rain water for the garden because it smells like sulfur when it comes out of that barrel
I did mention how much we use per day in the video but the standard per person when considering for yourself is 1 gallon per day. Yes, I just use the silicone stoppers as shown in the video. I do nothing special.
Ok I think I need an engineering degree to figure this out.
If buying the berkey is a bit too expensive can I get the cheaper brand? And can you fill your filtrator with tap? Is that better than nothing until we can build a rain catchment system? Please let me know! Thank you so much!❤
When you say "cheaper", I have no idea what you mean as there are many types of filters out there. Some filter out more than others so it depends on what you are using it for. If you are wanting to filter out fluoride for example, most filters won't get it out, even just the standard Berkey filter won't, it requires another special filter just for that.
I have a 3ft tall crawl space under my house do you think I could store extra water there in my glass jugs? And how long do you think it could last under there?
Since spaces like that are usually cool and dark, it should store just fine for a long time but I cannot tell you exactly how long
Do you have a show on garlic infused honey? And instead of burping the jar daily if you can use an air lock? Is the pressure needed or is a vacuum a better environment. I am confused on this type of fermentation.
God is Great !
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Here is my honey infused garlic recipe: ruclips.net/video/dtHCxVGQDkY/видео.html
Off subject : what does your shirt say? Lol
"And the Rest Will Follow" and album by Project 86
What kind of tops or corks are you using on those glass jugs? Sorry if you already answered that question in the comments
I use silicone stoppers. I believe they are a size 6 for the one gallon jugs. I like them better than the flimsy metal caps that come with the jugs and they are quicker to use
I have a question. What type of water tester do you use? Do you have a link.
All I know we have is a tds meter and these can be found easily enough on Amazon for around $15
You had mentioned you clean your water with some kind of laser. Can you explain more I have never heard of that
I said we have a UV light set up but we have never used it. it is for back up
Do the big tanks have an overflow or do they not get completely full?
If you mean the tanks underground, yes, I had forgotten to mention that. If they get too full, there is a pipe that runs up above the ground and out
😂this is perfect for my mexico😢
When I filter our city water it molds in the jug. Any suggestions?
Where are you storing it? It should not be molding. Not even the filtered rain water I keep in jugs that has no chlorine at all goes bad and though I rotate through them, I have jugs I keep tucked away in other places I forget about and I may think of them years later to find they are still as good as when I stored them away. Keeping them in a dark location will prevent algae growth
What was with the rooster 🐓?
This explains it: ruclips.net/video/wTe_vvIyPh4/видео.html
Do you sell the rain water ?
no
We installed a reverse osmosis system
Is it true that it takes out all the minerals out of the water I heard it did now I'm regretting getting it installed
Yes, i believe it does as it also will remove fluoride which is very small and most filters can't take it out. However, it would be the same with distilled water. I think people worry about this too much since there are other ways to get minerals through foods including seeds such as poppy, chia, flax or eating lots of dark leafy greens, and so on
@@RainCountryHomestead thank you for taking the time to answer me
God bless you and your family