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Rain Water is Da Bomb! 
Joy Jackson, Life & Wellness Coach
posted Jan 8, 2008 2:19:24 PMTo All
We recently made a rain barrel collector for our year round garden. It's wonderful! I highly recommend as many folks consider buying or making one for their yard and garden needs if at all possible.
Make use of one of the most natural and wonderful resources we have! If you search for rain barrels online you will find an astounding number of sites that sell them or will even show you how to make your own (it's really quite simple).
Joy Jackson, Fitness and Lifestyle Coach
piceanjoy@gmail.com
www.joyjackson.net
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Rain Water is Da Bomb! 
GranolaJoe
posted Jan 14, 2008 10:37:50 AMTo All
Definitely a great idea for a garden. I'm jealous of anyone who has the space! I live in the city and it'll be a long while before I have my own, but if and when I decide to buy a home, I'm definitely keeping a rain barrel to save on water costs.

Gaiam sells different kinds of rain collecting products here, if anyone is interested in buying one.
"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect." -Aldo Leopold
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Rain Water is Da Bomb! 
Whaleswimmer
posted Mar 11, 2008 1:38:54 AMTo All

We use catchment for all of our water needs on our little off the grid island house. Then we just built a small roof with gutters over the tank. By placing the tank up the hill above our cottage we do not need any power for a pump to create water pressure or move the water from the tank to the cottage and outdoor shower area.


 
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Rain Water is Da Bomb! 
GranolaJoe
posted Mar 13, 2008 10:15:11 AMTo All
Where do you live, Whaleswimmer?

And do you live at the island house year-round?
"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect." -Aldo Leopold
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Rain Water is Da Bomb! 
Whaleswimmer
posted Mar 14, 2008 4:01:57 PMTo All

Our off grid place is on an outer island in the northernmost islands of Tonga. Fresh air, clean water clear to 100 meters, dirt you can smell the nutrients in, friendly people, whales and dolphins for swimming. Our "pool" is a beautiful turquoise lagoon off our sandy beach we use for doing aquacranial therapy in the ocean. Lots of fruit trees and garden. We have 4 acres, about a 30 minute boat ride from the main island in the Vavau group.


We also live part time on Maui. On parts of Maui you can live off the grid but in most places not possible. Our place is in Wailea to be close to the ocean. Really hard to get fresh produce or garden. Drought, poisen air, poisen water. Hawaii has the highest rate of extinction of both plants and animals in the world. Love those whales and dolphins though. Plan to spend more time in Tonga each year. 5 years now.


Nice introduce yourself post you started by the way. Cheers


 
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Rain Water is Da Bomb! 
GranolaJoe
posted Mar 17, 2008 10:20:19 AMTo All


On Mar 14, 2008 4:01:57 PM Whaleswimmer wrote:

Our off grid place is on an outer island in the northernmost islands of Tonga. Fresh air, clean water clear to 100 meters, dirt you can smell the nutrients in, friendly people, whales and dolphins for swimming. Our "pool" is a beautiful turquoise lagoon off our sandy beach we use for doing aquacranial therapy in the ocean. Lots of fruit trees and garden. We have 4 acres, about a 30 minute boat ride from the main island in the Vavau group.


We also live part time on Maui. On parts of Maui you can live off the grid but in most places not possible. Our place is in Wailea to be close to the ocean. Really hard to get fresh produce or garden. Drought, poisen air, poisen water. Hawaii has the highest rate of extinction of both plants and animals in the world. Love those whales and dolphins though. Plan to spend more time in Tonga each year. 5 years now.


Nice introduce yourself post you started by the way. Cheers



That sounds amazing! Living in paradise and living consciously

I'm sure living so close to nature is very rewarding, and I can tell you definitely care very much about your surrounding environment from the posts you've made.

And thanks for posting in the intro thread - there's so many great people on this forum, but we didn't really know much about each other before. Now people have a place to share a little about themselves so they can relate to others and feel welcome.
"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect." -Aldo Leopold
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