Finally.
It's been ages since we had any sort of rain here that was more than only good for settling the dust down. Unbelivable that we've made it through Autumn with hardly anything at all.
So today the ground is getting a good soaking. Not that there's a lot of garden that needs a water, but my herb garden was looking kinda dry (fortunately it has plants in there that like it that way, but since they are planted in the front of my house which is almost pure sand it gets a lot dryer with the full day sun, they were starting to call for some water). I actually had to water my vegetables in the lower garden during the week because my silverbeets and beetroots looked like they were wilting.
Maybe I just have no idea about rainfall at this time of the year, since I didn't HAVE a garden this time last year (was only in the planning and preparation stages) then I probably wasn't too concerned about rain and in fact probably preferred the no rain status!
Our water tank doesn't need the water since it's super full still as it only gets used to water the garden during summer and we don't draw off it for household use. This is something I am going to investigate though. Back before there was town supply which came in in the mid-80's this tank would have had a pump that supplied the house. So might be nice to investigate this option at some point.
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Yep, I'd definitely recommend checking out the indoor use for long-term plans. :)
I might have to see how we could generate power to pump the water though - don't really want to have to do it with electricity. Maybe I could get Simon to hook up a bicycle powered system - may as well put that wet weather training he does down in the garage to use eh?!
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