WATER IS LIFE!
One of the biggest concerns for new homesteaders is water. Most of the time, remote locations are being considered and usually there are no water hookups or water lines in the area. The solution to this problem can be easy if you know what to look and prepare for.
Unless you have a good source of water from a river, lake or creek on the property, the usual solution is to drill a well and make that your primary water source. But where will we dig? That is the big question. Drilling for a well can be expensive in many locations. You have to have an idea that water will be in the location you choose to drill.
One quick easy way to know if water is in your area is by the trees you see growing. There are many varieties of trees that drink large amounts of water and if you spot one of those trees, there is a very good chance that water in large amounts is at that location. IF YOU CAN FIND A SYCAMORE on potential land, YOU HAVE WATER and usually lots of it.
Don't purchase land, especially remote land without first making sure you have a reliable primary water source on the land.
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Great video as always Zach. Speaking of water, any plans to get the aquaponics system going again? I've been following on YT and find your information very interesting and plan to move off grid soon. Keep them coming!
HEY! Kilroy was here!
That Kilroy guy sure gets around!
Wonderful video. I will shortly be looking for land (as soon as I pass my driving test) and I would never have taken the types of trees into consideration. THANK YOU. Be Blessed.
Thank you for watching. You are appreciated!
so many people forget about water when they look for a property.
I know I have worn out my welcome with you, but mate that was the best post i have ever seen you do. Having the gift of the opportunity to help people is a great thing indeed. Well done and may you and your family be blessed with the good fortune of receiving all you wish for.
THL
Good advice. I have a friend who is trying to get a well dug and it is becoming very expensive - almost $30k. If he had known it was going to be that expensive, he might have hired a geologist or hydrologist to help place the well to improve his chances.
My advice - don't ask the well driller to help you site your well. Their motivation is to pick a place that is easy to get to with the drilling rig rather than the one that is best for you. They also don't mind drilling a lot of holes if the first one comes up dry.
Brilliant! Thank you @mericanhomestead
Great post. Followed and up-voted.
Thanks! Following you as well!
Another great video that has very useful information for the rest of us. Thanks.
You're welcome!
Great info! I hope to do this one day, sooner rather than later. Being on the mountain, you may actually have an underground spring?
We think we do. We think we have what is called a seepage spring.
You are a good source of information, I hope your switch to steemit helps you with your goals.
Good advice, I am looking to buy land in Hungary, I will look for big trees that need a lot of water ;-)
Simply buy mineral water and drink it 😎
Thanks, Zac! When thinking of a future homestead the things I stress about the most are water and home layout/placement on the property. Weird?? I know that you guys use Berkey water filter units but what about using it for watering your gardens or even to wash your clothes. I was wondering if there is any minor filtration you need to do in those applications. It probably depends on what is revealed after any testing, I assume.
More GREAT advice....thanks Zac!
Interesting video - I didn't know that about sycamores. We have several big sycamores and we have a lot of water.
In fact here in wet west Wales too much water is usually the problem rather than not enough! Springs pop up everywhere here.
For buying property here my advice would be to make sure you check it out at the wettest time of year if you can (probably Feb - April) to see how wet the land gets, and whether it suffers from flooding.
Excellent video...great information.
Appreciate this ... amazing info, just starting to look at properties and this never even crossed my mind. I am in a water rich area but I won't be taking that for granted....