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How to pump water uphill from the creek to the garden?
Comments (24)I'm not too sure what you mean exactly by your setup the way you describe it, but I can tell you that a suction pump cannot raise water more than 34 feet no matter how much power you have. With a suction pump, what's really happening in terms of the physics is the pressure from the atmosphere is pushing down on the water, and this pressure is redirected to lift the water up. But after a certain height, the pressure from the water equals the pressure of the atmosphere and the water cannot be lifted further. And it is solely a matter of elevation with regards to this; the pipe length is only important in terms of cost and friction. again I don't really understand exactly what you mean with your descriptions, but if you plan on using one suction-based pump, forget about it. Pumps that lift water higher than the 34-foot limit are usually centrifugal or PUSH the water with a piston (as opposed to creating a vaccuum or sucking with the piston) if the pump you describe is the latter type, and you mean to say that the pump cannot pump water higher than 98 feet, then you should be fine. What matters is the total elevation (or change in elevation, as it were). Like I said, the length of the pipe will only matter in terms of cost and friction, i.e. you'll get a slower flow rate for the same amount of power output by the pump the longer the pipe is. Of course after a certain pipe length the pump will eventually basically stop working because it will have so much friction to work against and so much water to move even if you're not exceeding the maximum elevation - but this won't happen with the 300 feet of pipe you describe....See MoreDo you have your 'dream house'?
Comments (71)When I was growing up, we lived in a plain, small farmhouse. There was nothing spectacular or charming about it, though I have decent memories of growing up there. Still, I had family members and friends who lived in these prairie box/four square style homes and as a kid, I always thought that these were the coolest houses and I wished I could have lived in one. I can't even pinpoint what things made it cool in my mind, these houses just always felt like "family" to me. I didn't even know back then what kind of house style it was. I did especially love the ones that had a back staircase though, back staircases are so cool! Anyway, we are now raising our family in a four square and to me it is totally my dream house for raising kids, because that is what I always wanted as a kid. Not sure if my kids think it's a dream to live here, but they do mention things they love about growing up in this house. There is no beach front, no huge yard, no lake, not necessarily a charming neighborhood though not bad, not even a cool town, but to me, it still feels like a dream to live here with my family. It is just solid. I didn't get a back staircase though! LOL When we retire, I have a dream of owning a bungalow. That style of house is very cool to me too. Stinky, mentioning the comments that others make reminds me of when we bought this house, and actually still to this day, the crap we took and continually take for paying asking price for our house. We love to laugh about it, knowing how happy we are here. You can't make people understand these things, they just love to judge and think that they could have done it better. It was an awesome decision for us, and we knew that it was worth every penny to us....See MoreLittle house, big creek, small planet
Comments (1)I thoroughly enjoyed reading this over my morning coffee. And I learned something too! Thanks for a great start to my day....See More~Emergency Advice Needed~ RE Salt in the Soil
Comments (11)Gypsum (calcium sulfate dihydrate) is a very successful method of taking sodium ions out of the soil solution and allowing it to be flushed away. Gypsum is used when sodium enters an irrigation well during periods of drought, or when a rising water table becomes brackish, and after salt water intrusion during a coastal flood. Gypsum is also used to save plants exposed to road salt. I have a great deal of personal experience with all of these examples except for the road salt. Gypsum saved my eleven acre container nursery when my wells went brackish. When in the Hilton Head area, I watched tractor trailer flat beds loaded with tons of bagged pelleted gypsum deliver to the golf courses for application to the soil during drought periods of drought. After the devastation of a major hurricane and subsequent tidal surge, gypsum helped mitigate the potential loss of invaluable historical coastal properties.....as well as home gardens. Application of gypsum followed by adequate clean water drench is the two step process. It's a very simple chemical reaction, long known to be highly successful. Pelletized gypum should be found in any location that sells agricultural products and maybe garden supplies. It is also used by growers of cabbage and other Brassicas. The sulfur in the mineral is what gives cabbage its bite....See MoreRelated Professionals
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