Using Rain Water in the Garden

I am planning on building, and have SO approval to build a rain collection
system to harness the roof of my shed and the roof of the house. My plans
are currently not very fully formed, so I was looking for opinions from
anyone that has done this.

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BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

birds sit on roofs and crap. rain water will bring all the parasites in the crap
down into the pond. use the rain water to water plants instead .. especially orchids
that like a very dilute fertilizer. Ingrid

"Benign Vanilla" wrote:
I am planning on building, and have SO approval to build a rain collection
system to harness the roof of my shed and the roof of the house. My plans
are currently not very fully formed, so I was looking for opinions from
anyone that has done this.



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Funny... where I live, they sit on the power lines over my car and crap.
I'm glad elephants don't fly.


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birds sit on roofs and crap. rain water will bring all the parasites in
the crap
down into the pond. use the rain water to water plants instead ..
especially orchids
that like a very dilute fertilizer. Ingrid

"Benign Vanilla" wrote:
I am planning on building, and have SO approval to build a rain
collection
system to harness the roof of my shed and the roof of the house. My plans
are currently not very fully formed, so I was looking for opinions from
anyone that has done this.



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List
http://puregold.aquaria.net/
www.drsolo.com
Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other
compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the
endorsements or recommendations I make.

wrote in message
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birds sit on roofs and crap. rain water will bring all the parasites in
the crap
down into the pond. use the rain water to water plants instead ..
especially orchids
that like a very dilute fertilizer. Ingrid
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My first phase plan is to create a system to water the herb garden, and then
a second to water the vegetable garden. I have put together a spreadsheet to
calculate potential gathering capability, and can see this being a great
source of water. I've even found some pages for people that use it for their
house water. I don't want to go that far, but if these numbers are right,
it'd be a great source of water for the garden and the pond.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in
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My first phase plan is to create a system to water the herb garden,
and then a second to water the vegetable garden. I have put together a
spreadsheet to calculate potential gathering capability, and can see
this being a great source of water. I've even found some pages for
people that use it for their house water. I don't want to go that far,
but if these numbers are right, it'd be a great source of water for
the garden and the pond.


There's a Yahoo group that might be helpful to you:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rainwater/

Hope this helps,

Cuv

"Cuvapu" wrote in message
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"Benign Vanilla" wrote in
:

My first phase plan is to create a system to water the herb garden,
and then a second to water the vegetable garden. I have put together a
spreadsheet to calculate potential gathering capability, and can see
this being a great source of water. I've even found some pages for
people that use it for their house water. I don't want to go that far,
but if these numbers are right, it'd be a great source of water for
the garden and the pond.


There's a Yahoo group that might be helpful to you:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rainwater/

Thanks.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

"Cuvapu" wrote in message
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"Benign Vanilla" wrote in
:

My first phase plan is to create a system to water the herb garden,
and then a second to water the vegetable garden. I have put together a
spreadsheet to calculate potential gathering capability, and can see
this being a great source of water. I've even found some pages for
people that use it for their house water. I don't want to go that far,
but if these numbers are right, it'd be a great source of water for
the garden and the pond.


There's a Yahoo group that might be helpful to you:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rainwater/

Thanks.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in
:

My first phase plan is to create a system to water the herb garden,
and then a second to water the vegetable garden. I have put together a
spreadsheet to calculate potential gathering capability, and can see
this being a great source of water. I've even found some pages for
people that use it for their house water. I don't want to go that far,
but if these numbers are right, it'd be a great source of water for
the garden and the pond.


There's a Yahoo group that might be helpful to you:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rainwater/

Hope this helps,

Cuv

"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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My first phase plan is to create a system to water the herb garden, and
then
a second to water the vegetable garden. I have put together a spreadsheet
to
calculate potential gathering capability, and can see this being a great
source of water. I've even found some pages for people that use it for
their
house water. I don't want to go that far, but if these numbers are right,
it'd be a great source of water for the garden and the pond.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com




There's a good bit of rainwater collection in this area (central TX). My
parents had a whole house system put in when they built out in the country.
Their cistern is 20-30 ft across! In areas with regular rainfall, smaller
cisterns can be used because they are frequently refilled.

Basically, between your gutters and your main tank, you put a T into a small
tank that fills first. That way, all the dust and bird crap gets washed off
the roof and ends up in the first tank, then clean water flows to your main
tank. Drain the small tank after every rain.

If you don't have a metal roof, particles from the shingles get in the
water, so I wouldn't use it for ponds, but it will be fine for ornamental
plants. I'd be a little wary of using it on veggies and herbs, but it's
probably not too much of an issue.

"grubber" wrote in message
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"Benign Vanilla" wrote in message
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My first phase plan is to create a system to water the herb garden, and
then
a second to water the vegetable garden. I have put together a
spreadsheet
to
calculate potential gathering capability, and can see this being a great
source of water. I've even found some pages for people that use it for
their
house water. I don't want to go that far, but if these numbers are
right,
it'd be a great source of water for the garden and the pond.

--
BV.
www.iheartmypond.com




There's a good bit of rainwater collection in this area (central TX). My
parents had a whole house system put in when they built out in the
country.
Their cistern is 20-30 ft across! In areas with regular rainfall, smaller
cisterns can be used because they are frequently refilled.

Basically, between your gutters and your main tank, you put a T into a
small
tank that fills first. That way, all the dust and bird crap gets washed
off
the roof and ends up in the first tank, then clean water flows to your
main
tank. Drain the small tank after every rain.

I think you are refering to a roof scrubber, as I have read about. As we are
not using this water for drinking water, I don't think it is worth worrying
about. I am also not convinced that it would be necessary for pond water or
garden water.
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BV.
www.iheartmypond.com