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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...

Wow check this out! This looks like an incredible deal!!! https://www.yorkshirewillow-shop.co.uk/biomass-super-willow-viminalis-hybrid-cuttings-x-10-000-special-offer-price/ 10k for £900!!! I think I would struggle to use them all on the 2 acres? I do have another smaller plot of under 1 acre...

I am forming my views still but I want fast growing definitely because the land is quite barren and the hedgerow is thin to almost none existent in places. So I would like first and foremost fast growers for screening and privacy. There are other great benefits though, like being able to weave...

How many cuttings could I get from my mum's willow tree do you reckon? It is one of the curly ones but the shoots were straight as I recall. It is about 15 ft I would say. Could save a few bob, but if the amount I would get would be trivial better to squash the idea and look for commercial. No...

My questions as to planting seem to be answered here: https://www.thewillowbank.com/willow-cuttings-for-sale/ Bigger ones tolerate more weeds, smaller like less competition. Another question, how can I get cheap timber for woodworking? My woodland on here is nothing to speak of so thought I...

Huh? I was just mentioning what was in the documentary. A historic thing, not what I am intending to do!

I looked it up and they are extremely expensive! £35 for just one is the cheapest I saw so far! I have read that they can grow from shoots and my mum has a small one in front of her house. I say small, so I am not sure how many cuttings I would get from it to make a whole, albeit small...

Well I have had no hard and fast rules and my thoughts are evolving with new information. I don't 'require' anything from trees except, having given it some thought, the nice feeling of being in a woodland. That is, the cover and general feel so I don't need to extract anything from them in...