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Is dead hedging a good shout? Got lots of cut back vegetation from the previous clearing and there are some large gaps in the hedge.

Well I did note 'hardy' in the op to indicate low maintenance. :) Depends what maintenance would entail. I have time but a lot of other stuff to do on three acres. Cheap and fast growing would be good. Well depends on price if it is just one or two very interesting plants I might be...

Can you explain why it is much easier to make these more secure? Looking them up now and might be interested in this idea. Prices seem to vary though but comparable to larger cheap metal sheds so have to weigh up if it is worthwhile since security is not absolute paramount.

I am thinking to add some at the entrance to 'tart up' the place and ingratiate myself to the locals. I already planted the willows from my mum mostly there and thinking to add to it to make a little aesthetic area at the front. Any good hardy suggestions? Actually, the more I walk around it...

I have had suggestions to either put gravel in the bed of the pool or a plastic container weighted down. Gravel I have spare and seems like the more 'friendly' option to the resident water life yes?

Yea I know this is the classic rural solution. Don't know anyone here and prefer to 'go it alone' for this one as I don't think it the best thing to ask as an introduction.

Yes I read some of your posts on asgard sheds on another older shed thread. They look great security wise but I think I don't even need that level of security being out in the country. I want a modest level and don't think it worth paying the premium price for those sheds for security that is...

Well I have vacillated between the two ideas of one, getting a smaller one, like you suggest, for secure stuff I don't want tampered with while then either building or buying a none security important other structure for shelter and work in good time. Or two to buy a bigger one right away which...

Not a problem for me considering I have been living in my van full-time for over a year! I actually find the tinkling quite relaxing when tucked up in bed. Had the whole gamut up to full on pelting it down many a time. There are youtube videos dedicated to the sound of rainfall on various...

Yes I saw high praise for asgard sheds. They seem expensive but if moveable probably money well spent. Might get a more mid range one though, will see. Someone wrote to me recently that being in a metal shelter (this was in regard to corrugate iron shelters at eh time but seems same idea would...

I tried the gravel and sand filter but I forgot to clean them both first! So the water was just gunk from both. Didn't want to redo so I just left it and refilled now and then. I figure eventually it should filter off the smaller stuff by itself and come clear sooner or later. With the dammed...

The little dam I made is holding so don't see why I shouldn't use that. I also thought that it is the same as the larger stream a little way down in that that latter one is fast flowing but pools at the bottom and I had been taking water from the pooling part and doing purification on it. It...

Although I had the romantic idea of making everything myself with my own wood it doesn't seem practical at the moment as I want storage and space to work immediately. Looking at probably around 10ft x 10ft and lockable. The tools won't be worth anything but I want to feel stuff I put in there...

As this is my land I am actually thinking rather just get a 12v pump and run off of solar. Well that will be my mid term planned which maybe I mentioned in the OP but might move it forward. The issue with the gravity method is the water is rather close to the southern sloped edge already...

Another one for you if you haven't heard of it, which I read recently in the SAS survival guide, is wrapping a plastic bag around a tree branch as, it is claimed, they draw water from deep in the earth and then expel it above ground. I do know in summer you can feel and see little drops from trees.

It seems like the opposite would be the case that the dammed stream would still have some movement but the hole would not. Also the reasons you state would also apply to the dammed stream since it will be being emptied as often as the hole would. As for the stagnant issues I have a british...

Why would digging it beside, rather that damming the main flow, be preferable?

Lol, I am looking for more than that and on a regular basis. Not a 'when all else fails' but rather a regular solution for land I own. Would take a lot of soaking and wringing to get 10 litres to fill the container. Probably should have posted in homesteading. Forgot about that subforum!

There is a tiny vein of water on the land. It seems like it is a real vein, not just some run off, or at least not transient run off, as it has rocks at the mouth and when I dug down there are large clay deposits. Clay means water for a long time right? How can I gather, say, 10 litres in my...

South in a valley on a gentle slope. So partially covered by the other side of the valley and trees on that side but mostly open. When the sun is out there is a fair amount of direct sunlight through the day. Made sure of this in my choice of purchasing land as I looked at some north side valley...