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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

Bob, unless Roxann sent the below post only to you, which I doubt, it  
only went to you, perhaps because you have your address in the From  
line as well as Homestead. I have missed posts before because of this.  
Can you fix it, please?


On Dec 17, 2008, at 11:05 AM, bob ford wrote:

> I'm having problems picturing all of this; but, it sounds like water  
> is excellent on your property.  I guess your water is crystal clear  
> like in Gene's area of Missouri.  That is one thing i will hand the  
> Ozarks, they have spectacular, live fresh water.  I learned to fly  
> fish on the White River when Mountain Home was still a tiny town of  
> which no one but fisherman had heard, I still remember being shocked  
> at the clarity of that water.  I love the fresh water iin those  
> parts, though, like you, I still might use a filter or a drop of  
> bleach before drinking 'any' open water.
>
> p.s. Do you hasve any kind of well?  Is there any need?  Are drilled  
> wells not used a lot in your area?
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> --- On Wed, 12/17/08, roxann <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com> wrote:
>
> > From: roxann <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] Building codes
> > To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com
> > Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 10:40 AM
> > we have a small pond, a creek running through the valley
> > that ran all year this year (usually it goes almost dry
> > except for a few deeper holes in august), and 3 springs in
> > use year round. one of the springs feed our neighbor's
> > tanks. it's been used by their family for generations
> > and they were afraid when we bought the land that we'd
> > want to cut them off. that's ridiculous, we told them,
> > they were welcome to make improvements to it if they wanted,
> > even, and if i ever get that bench fenced off so i can use
> > the pasture on it, i'll make a gate so they can pass
> > through to service their spring. they drink the water just
> > like it comes out of the hill. for our own household spring,
> > we got someone to come in and 'develop' it. they dug
> > out around it, added a layer of gravel, laid down some
> > perforated pipe into the outlet, covered it with a layer of
> > gravel, then a plastic liner, then replaced the soil. now
> > you can't see where the water comes out except for the
> > water line that leads to the silt tank. the spring that
> > feeds my parents camper comes into a hand dug basin and goes
> > to a silt tank then to the storage tank. we both double
> > filter before drinking and lab tests show that it's
> > good, except it has no minerals and is very soft water. so i
> > add minerals to mine when i make coffee or drink a glass.
> > the good thing about all of these springs is that they are
> > above the level of the house, so it's all gravity feed.
> > no electricity required to move the water to the house and
> > in fact, our house needs a regulator to bring the pressure
> > down by about 40 psi or it will blow the plumbing apart.
> >
> > Roxann, NW AR
> > http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the
> > homestead)
> >
> >
> > -------Original Message-------
> > From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Homestead] Building codes
> > Sent: 17 Dec '08 17:03
> >
> > interesting, roxanne; .  Do you have open water, like
> > Gene, on your ozark land?.
>
>
>
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