tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8061555.post3598859300329065818..comments2023-09-25T07:37:23.448-05:00Comments on Idle Thoughts: A Rare MowingHenry Meltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11481916847684321643noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8061555.post-80648226054200034332009-07-16T16:45:07.701-05:002009-07-16T16:45:07.701-05:00While we do not have water rationing here like in ...While we do not have water rationing here like in Austin, we will be putting in a well when put in the sprinkler/drip system. But our water table is pretty high. Wouldn't have to dig too deep.<br /><br />I know there are some Austin companies that have nice rain collection systems.<br /><br />My parents collected rain out of the gutter into 5 gallon buckets to water plants with. I think it all comes from that being rural and poor growing up and raised by depression era parents that were also rural and poor.shelleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8061555.post-26054498588936484542009-07-15T20:19:03.894-05:002009-07-15T20:19:03.894-05:00I'm seriously considering spending cash I don&...I'm seriously considering spending cash I don't have to have a deep well dug. Mary Ann has been researching rain collection systems. She saw one in use at one of her photography things, and they were quite common when we were in Hawaii ages ago. Where we are here in Hutto, water rationing is an every year event so I'd love to find a good solution to a chronic problem.Henry Meltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11481916847684321643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8061555.post-6205911836361343782009-07-15T20:09:57.316-05:002009-07-15T20:09:57.316-05:00I remember the drought in '88/'89. We sei...I remember the drought in '88/'89. We seined (sp?) our front tank of all the fish, filleted them and froze them. We ate lots of fish for the next year. :-) I also remember spending half the day going around to the different pastures filling water troughs with city water. There were huge and deep cracks in the pastures. We had a very hard freeze that winter before the rains satisfied the thirsty pastures. Because the cracks in the ground were so deep, most of our grass froze down to the roots, killing it. The next spring was spent feeding hay (bought since we didn't make enough our selves because of the drought) way longer than we usually did, planting new grass in all the pastures and praying for it to grow. This point in time is when I believe my parents solidified their aspirations to move to East Texas where droughts weren't near as harsh. And why they bought a place that has 4 springs on it.... never be short of water again.shelleynoreply@blogger.com