Homesteading in Hawaii

I met "L" at the dump the other day and she asked me how I get my clothes washer water to my gardens. She was tired of carrying bu...

During dry periods, five days a week I pick up a half ton of water as I pass the county water taps. Sometimes I can use this water right awa...

It's been three weeks since the last significant rainfall. The soil is beginning to dry out. So it's time to water the gardens and b...

I'm finally taking some action on creating the next pond. All my previous ponds were mini ponds designed for mosquito control. Then rang...

The water pump choose to fry itself today. Such are the risks of pumping your own water. Sometime things break, and sometimes it's catas...

"Ask and you shall receive."  Ha, it works! Today I am the recipient of a fine glass water dispenser. How cool is that.  A good fr...

1- Carol from New Jersey emailed, "I bring my drinking water home from where I work but I've always used milk gallon bottles to sto...

Safe drinking water is not a given in many homes in Hawaii, at least on Big Island. County water infrastructure doesn't reach many housi...

The latest water crisis in West Virginia had been an awakening for some of the unaffected folks, while its developed into a real crisis for ...

When we purchased 1 1/2 acres down the road, a friend asked, "Why did you buy that land for? It's hot and dry, not good for farming...

Our water storage tanks Before moving to Hawaii, we never gave our water much thought. You just turn on the faucet, and presto...water...