another well on the farm, which is about 1/2 mile up the road, and then
charge it, via a pressure pump, into the reserve tank, and thereby into the
plumbing system for the house. This is a nuisance, needing attention
several times a day, especially if I do laundry.
I'd like a new well but it would be expensive, and we currently have a
wedding in the family and a child in college. It would be wonderful to take
a long, hot shower. As it is, I shower more like the Japanese: wet down,
water offf, soap up, water on for rinse. With no central heat, that's cold
in the winter, even with a quartz heater running in the bathroom.
I need to go pump up the well right now. I've gotten a little chicken about
doing it after dark since our neighbor reported seeing a large puma run
across our property between our house and the well house. Often, I drive
the car that short distance. Also, we've had about 4 feral hogs, weighing
up to 300 pounds, shot on our property this year, and I am scared of them.
We had a little rain this past week, but are about 20.5 inches deficit for
2007, added to about 60 inches deficit built up over the last 6 years. Rain
is expected tomorrow and for the next 2 or 3 days. We just hope it is more
than the drizzle we've gotten the last two or three times we had
precipitation!
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