June 2024: Water.
With the solar system operational we , after another pause for farm related work, turned to setting up a reliable water supply and purification system. So we could wash produce, clean equipment, and, at last, wash our hands properly. Reservoir type tanks are very expensive, and we had anticipated burning a lot of cash to obtain one. But Kenji saw a design on YouTube, and I recalled seeing a similar aquaponics tank made from heavy wire fencing and plastic sheeting. We decided to try it. First we made a five foot cylinder with the fencing and wired the ends together, making sure to keep the pointy ends pointed out away from where the liner would go. Wiring the ends of the fence together. Our tank ended up five feet in diameter. That was just how much fencing we had available, so five feet. We used that to mark an area of ground and leveled it. It is very important that the ground is level! Too much slope and the tank will collapse. The post helped us measure how fa...