yup. Short walk to the bottom of the hill to a stream. Always flows. Lake overflow and springs everywhere!
We've made it through the long drought thing o.k. a couple of times.... we weren't happy when they brought our well in at over 500 ft....cost a bunch more than we had planned. BUT in the long run we are grateful, when everyone else's shallow sand wells were dry, we were way down there in the aquaphor (I think) ...anyway had no problems at all. The extended big freeze is another story. Keeping the pump from not freezing and running it needs electricity. There are springs on our property, they need to be dug out and a cistern built, but I have seen them dry up for the most part in a drought, not sure what would happen in a big freeze. Yes, water is my biggest concern, other than my neighbor's ponds our choices are limited.
ok, no problem. Saw ice chucks to melt from the stream banks
Yes. Water stored for a days' long problem; very nearby lake, streams, ponds for longer term problems. If the miles-wide/long lake dries up, we are gonna have bigger problems than how to water the stock.
You have such a beautiful way with words, Bee!
I have a separate walled in room in my barn with stored water jugs and bottles. About 50 gallons. It it has a light bulb for extremely cold weather and six bales of hay piled up against the outside wall. We seldom get that cold of weather here but it can and does happen every few years. No prolonged droughts on my island in my life time. Five 55 gallon rain drums on the down spouts of the barn, greenhouse, and garage just in case. Yeah. I like to be prepared.
