How to reap benefits of duck water

[sab]

This weekend we bought a 40 rubbermaid tub at Tractor Supply. Then we went to the hardware store and bought the fixtures to attach a water hose to it so I can drain it. The hardware wasn't more than $8. Tell them what you want to do & they can show you what to buy. Get a shut off valve too. We made our output valve 1inch since duck water can be chunky. Then we used a reducer to fit the 3/4 inch hose. All I have to do is attach a hose to my tub and open the shut off valve and the water will go where I want it to. I'm sure this can be done with the kiddy pool.

Hope this helps!

 

[jamband]

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also spraying duck manure on anything edible sounds not so hot......on the ground yes but you dont want it all over things you will eat without some breaking down

 

[jamband]

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cool idea but will only work if always watering downhill......thats a super small amt of water to create any pressure

 

[BorderKelpie]

Thanks for the ideas!

I have just been syphoning the duck water into my garden spot. Y'all just made me realize I could carry in in buckets to my poor, suffering trees and hedges!

I wonder how the grapes and blueberries would like it?

I love this place.

 

[sab]

organick
Just put it together this weekend so haven't actually tried it yet. I'm happy with it draining slowly. Beats trying to dump it. I'm looking ahead to winter. My 1 duck lives with the chickens. Dumping her little swimming dish during the winter is going to make a slippery icey mess this winter. This is deep enough that with the help of a tank heater I should be able to keep the water thawed for Duck-Duck.

 

[Arkantex]

If you go to Lowes or Home Depot, you can get a sump pump. JUst hook a water hose up to it, drop it in the pool, turn it on and spray it on whatever you want! They are fairly cheap too.

 

[sirchrisd]

There's some good ideas here. What I envision is something similar to what I have at work to carry and spray soap on oil spills. It's about the size of a shopping cart with a 30 or so gallon drum on it. There's a little pump that allows us to spray it out. It sounds a little elaborate for what I'm doing, but I've got about two acres cleared and I don't know if a small sump or pond pump would pump a couple hundred feet. The small pumps are a good start though.

 

[cooprunbuilder]

I use my duck water my garden is like a forest and my ducks love the high grass in sections and the beautiful plants in others, it really works well, even when the water is thick it still works well.

 

[jamband]

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the pond pumps will work fine.......not alot of pressure at that distance but.......seems like alot of work to load and move water across 2 acres....can you put their pool closer to somewhere you can use it?

 

[sirchrisd]

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the pond pumps will work fine.......not alot of pressure at that distance but.......seems like alot of work to load and move water across 2 acres....can you put their pool closer to somewhere you can use it?

Yeah, could be alot of work. I'm rolling across grass at home not concrete. A pond pump sounds like the way to go. I can't move the pond due to the dogs though.