by Greg Alder | May 24, 2015 | Weather |
Just out of curiousity, how far off is our current water usage from the amount of rain that falls on us? Our land is 1.32 acres, and the average rainfall here is 16 inches. This means that an average of 573,150 gallons of rain fall on the land each year. Our roof...
by Greg Alder | May 16, 2015 | Watering |
Yesterday, we got an unusually strong storm for mid-May. My yard received 0.7 inches; but the San Diego Airport got 1.84 inches! For San Diego, that’s the wettest day in May ever, according to the National Weather Service. For the whole Southern...
by Greg Alder | Mar 29, 2015 | Watering |
Looks like the rain’s over. April is around the corner, and if we get anything more it’s likely to be only showers. Still, I’m starting the dry season — the season of irrigation — with a full tank of 500 gallons of collected rain. Now the...
by Greg Alder | Mar 5, 2015 | Watering |
I started caring about rain while I was living in Ts’oeneng, where everyone farmed without irrigation as well as got their drinking water from springs and wells. Rain provided food and drink in a very direct way. I also started collecting rain from roofs while...
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