Tag: water
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How to Catch and Use Rainwater
To make sure that you always have the water you need for your garden and for other uses around the home, you will want to learn how to capture and make use of rainwater. Fortunately, the process is very simple. If you want to catch rainwater, the easiest way to do this is to utilize…
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Why You Need a Pond on Your Homestead
Building a pond is immensely useful and beneficial for the homestead or garden. While there are a few points to consider, such as cost and labor, there is so much that a healthy pond brings to the table. A Habitat for Wildlife Providing your local pond-dwelling creatures with clean water for a home…
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3 Ways to Purify Water
If you are homesteading or in a survival situation, water will always be your primary need. If you have a source for fresh water on your homestead, that’s a huge advantage, but you also might need to purify the water. Whether you are collecting water from a stream, spring, rainwater, or what have you, it’s…
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Harvesting Rainwater (Video)
I love to see how real-life homesteads operate, and of course YouTube is great for this. Seeing different rainwater collection setups is particularly appealing, and I really enjoyed this short little video on this guy’s simple rainwater catchment system. Catchment is something that doesn’t have to be too complicated and that can benefit your homestead…
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Using Rain Catchment Water on Your Homestead
If your homestead is off-grid, then water catchment is essential. But even if you are connected to the grid, why pay for a resource that you can get for free? No matter where your homestead is, water catchment is not an option that you should dismiss without consideration. Why use Water Catchment? If your…
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2 Common Water Sources for Homesteads
You simply cannot survive without water. And while you might very well be able to purchase land for a homestead that has county or agricultural water, you might also want to consider self-reliant options for water. You also might not be able to buy land that is already irrigated and on the water grid, and either way,…
