Greywater Reclamation 
GRAY WATER RECLAMATION(10)
You don’t miss your water until your well runs day – country proverb FACT: An average American family of four generates about 70 gallons of graywater a day! That is a lot of water going down the drain. For comparison the average African family uses about 5 gallons of water each day. What is Gray [...]
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WATER SAVING PROJECTS
Water! Water is vital to the all aspects of the urban homestead and, though we are dependent on the municipal water source for most of our water (digging a well is out of the question – looked into it), we do our best to conserve what water we do use. On the homestead in New Zealand, [...]
(14) AROUND THE URBAN HOMESTEAD pt 2
We wrap up another busy week with a pictorial dispatch – highlighting our new grey water project and more! Goat Walk & Talk Student working on an profiling some local eco heroes for a NPR radio piece comes along on one of our goat walks. Jordanne shows her some wild edibles that are popping up [...]
(5) LOW IMPACT LIVING
Outdoor solar shower circa 2003 The weather’s been very pleasant lately – very odd thing to say in July. Saturday night we witness a lightning storm in the mountains just north of us as some tropical moisture moved up from Mexico. We didn’t get any rain though. With the warmer temperatures, the indoor bathing facilities [...]
(21) END OF SUMMER SHOWERS
Yom Kippur Blessing Summer ended and fall started with an unexpected blessing – rain. And lots of it. Here at the urban homestead our gauge measured 1.25 inches of rain. That one storm brought nearly 1/2 the amount of rain we received all last season (a miserly 3 inches). Although unexpected, what a blessings this [...]
(Comments Off) TIDBITS
Summer Shower! Early Monday morning we were awaken by pitter patter on the roof. Could it be? Rain? A little summer shower to break the heat and humidity was short lived but nice while it lasted. Not having time to catch much news these days but wanted to send our thoughts to our readers [...]
(1) TO THE POINT
- we have a cellar! Could our plumbing and greywater project be not far behind? Since we cleaned out the garage a few years back and turned it into a community gathering place for workshops, film screenings etc we had to put our collection (we hate throwing things away and love road side salvage) [...]
(3) ONE STEP AT A TIME
BOOKMARKS Strange but True: Antibacterial Products May Do More Harm Than Good {SCIAM} Antibacterial soaps and other cleaners may actually be aiding in the development of superbacteria. read more :: SOLUTION :: Make your own natural cleaning products using two cheap and simple ingredients:Baking Soda & Vinegar Healthy Living Clips Almost done… another two or [...]
(Comments Off) WATER
Ollas making a comeback in dry regions Water Water Everywhere? Water is on everyone’s brains here on the urban homestead – we are praying for a miracle shower, storm or precipitation of any kind before the long hot summer. With the rainfall being the lowest in over 130 years, the outlook and predictions are scary [...]
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