Posts tagged with "water"


  • Pump House Construction Problems

    After having decided on going with an eco friendly construction for our pump house, we talked to several contractors and narrowed down to two of them. Later we finalized on of them. The contractor checked out our farm and agreed to build a pump house but had some constraints. First, he complained that there is no water and any construction is not possible without ample water. Second, he wanted electricity to cut the bricks, tiles, rods etc. He asked us to figure out how to resolve those two issues first and then he can write up a contract.

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  • Drilling A Bore In the Farm

    Soon after registering our farm land, the first thing we wanted to do was to get a bore drilled. Remember that our land did not have anything. No bore, no electricity, no fence, nothing. It is just barren land. Supposedly, the previous owner used to grow corn using the rain fed method a few years ago. Basically they would sow corn just before rains and the only way the crop would be watered is from rains. Since we wanted to grow a vegetable and fruit forest which needs water year round, we decided to get a bore drilled and setup a sprinkler or drip irrigation system to water our plants and trees. So the first step was to dig a bore.

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