37. Rescuing Off Grid Gravity Fed Water System// Homestead Vlog

Well, all this rain DID wash our Off Grid Gravity Fed Water System down stream....
Come hang with us as we figure out how to fix this mess.
Thanks for swinging by the Farm!
💚,
Sun Time Farm
Travis and Jessica
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A Budding Homestead.
An Outdoor Family.
Hi! Welcome to Sun Time Farm!
So glad you are here and found our little corner of the internet!
We're trying to switch from Consumers to Producers!
Our goal is to become as self sufficient as we can be.
In the Food were Growing and what we can Forage.
We're not professionals at anything,
Our Hope is that watching some regular folks figure things out,
You can too!
First things first though..
We've got to Make This Place A Home!
Thanks for stopping by the Homestead.
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[@vickiwood9192]

I'm sorry you had problems with your water system. I know that was very frustrating. You did a great job restoring and actually improving your system.

[@suntimefarm]

Thank you! Sometimes we don’t realize how important water is until we don’t have it! So happy to have it fixed!
Thanks stopping by the farm!

[@user-ql3jb5ur5t]

OMG I am so proud of your resilience and all that you are learning. Good job!!!

[@suntimefarm]

Thank you! We’re are definitely testing ourselves! And learning so much!

[@plarson9544]

Yeahhhhhhh!! another wow save on your farm! chip has afew little shovels like your, he calls it a GI- Joe shovel ...! do you?? So glad you will have water running again...maybe you need some gutters on that roof edge....just throw it on the long list ...ey!!

[@suntimefarm]

Lol it’s on the list already 🤣
We’ll get there one day lol
No, we just call it a little shovel, but maybe we should adopt his name.
We are so thankful to have running water again! We definitely don’t take it for granted any more!

[@donmansfield68]

Good job and cold feet.

[@suntimefarm]

Thank you! And yes! Lol

[@julieturner258]

Wow, thanks for sharing all of this. A couple questions, if you don't mind? As this is surface water, do you have to do any water quality testing like TC/FC? Is the process of filling your tank automated at all (e.g. water level hi and low switches tied to solenoid actuated inlet valve)? You guys are such an inspiration and so right about things we take for granted. ❤❤

[@suntimefarm]

No, the tank is manually filled, we have an alarm to turn it on and off every couple days so we don’t forget about it lol.
Once the water is in the tank, it has an electric pump that goes through a series of filters before coming into the house.
When we do not have power we do not have filtered water so we save water on hand for drinking.
We’re learning a lot out here! So glad you’re following along 💚