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  • From: Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>
  • To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Building codes
  • Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:52:54 -0700

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?

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--- 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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