permaculture

["roxann" <roxann@ancientearthwisdom.com>]

I had an idea to make funnels from metal...maybe flashing?... and hang one 
over each of my thirsty plants. we're having a really dry spell and my garden 
is suffering. has anyone tried such a thing before to collect condensate from 
night-time and morning air? it's relatively humid in the early mornings here, 
even though it hasn't rained for what seems like months and i'm sure it would 
collect at least a little that would help my plants make it through this 
drought. how big would the funnels need to be to collect enough moisture for 
one bell pepper plant, for example?

also, we're considering using ferrocement to build our house. has anyone had 
experience with this? I'm going to build my chicken house/goat hutch with it 
first and see how that works out.

Roxann, NW AR, zone 6b