WATER HARVESTING

Water harvesting can be as simple as putting some buckets under your down spouts or as elaborate as an entire harvesting system.

When I first started reading about water harvesting, I was overwhelmed by the cost and designs. I was afraid that if I did not have all of the filters, the correct roofing, the pre-wash diverter and a 7,000 gallon holding tank that I could not use the water that would be collected from my roof. An entire harvesting system can cost about $5,000.00 to $7,000.00.

I put it off thinking I could not afford to do anything. How silly was I? That water falls on my yard anyway unfiltered, not diverted or pre-washed.

It just falls from the heavens onto my roof and into my yard. And I can tell that my trees and plants are grateful.

Well, I can do something. I put up the rain gutters on my house and the down spouts. I bought two rain barrels at auction for $35.00. Although they only hold 130 gallons of water, it is something.

It isn't fancy, but I think that you know by now that I am more into functionality. If I let all these beautiful works of art intimidate me, I would have nothing. I am into working at my own skill level and doing it myself. Lack of money should never stop you from doing what makes sense.