FINALLY!! First Try Pumping Water from My CREEK! 💧

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3 жыл бұрын

I try and pump out water from our creek!
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@MrFlip001 3 жыл бұрын

Find yourself a food grade IBC tote or used water tank. Build a tower for it out of 4x4s. 6 to 8 foot tall depending on how much water pressure you want. Plumb with hose fittings and add a water timer with drip irrigation. Fill it up every few days (or whatever it ends up being) with water from the stream and enjoy mostly hands off hassle free watering.

@csprings71 3 жыл бұрын

Ram pump

@Murraymudder Жыл бұрын

fish tank heater works for thawing out the water and keeping it warm so it doesnt freeze

@dixsigns1717 3 жыл бұрын

You need a foot valve in the creek and be sure and prime it.

@edhondo4447 3 жыл бұрын

put a barrel in the green house maybe it won't freeze as quick or at all , fill it once a week or as needed . that way you won't have to run the pump every day to water

@bigbadgreen1 3 жыл бұрын

I would have a bit deeper of a pool to get water out and install a one way valve so it holds water in your feed pipe to the pump. But can’t use it durning the cold times. Gas pumps are nice and tend to move a good volume of water even up hill. They are great for areas that flood a lot and have to pump out low areas and basements. If you look up “trash pumps” most will be gas. And you might be able to find a hose for your feed line that is flexible for that freebie pump. 👍🏻

@ericallen1045 3 жыл бұрын

Place the pump close to the stream with short as possible pipe for best suction. Maybe you can find one of those IBC totes that hold 330 gallons then only need to.pump once in a while to refill.

@randywalker6882 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. A suggestion for your love/dislike relationship with the silage tarps: use sand bags to weigh it down. Place them every 4-6 feet along the edge and a few scattered in the middle. Works well for us.

@SowtheLand 3 жыл бұрын

I do

@beingsneaky 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome best pump is a free pump..

@richardgrauer5040 3 жыл бұрын

use a black bucket for the chicken waterer

@journeyoflovelight 3 жыл бұрын

What a gift.. Thanks Neighbor!

@infinateU 3 жыл бұрын

replace that chicken water drinking bucket with a STAINLESS STEEL container! Micro-plastics bio-accumilate. That plastic bucket breaks down under sunlight. accessible creek water sounds amazing.

@TRAVISGOLDIE 5 ай бұрын

Get a non return or foot valve for the pump suction ao it keeps prime. Allways have a pump as close to water source as possible

@lynnbarnes1184 3 жыл бұрын

You can also get rabbit manure from someone and make tea for your greenhouse that will help warm the soil just be careful you don't put too much that would burn that do a deep mulch.

@grammyspieface1 3 жыл бұрын

I saw another channel used heated dog water bowl

@karenzaller9659 3 жыл бұрын

FREE WATER!!!

@donnamays24 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@jeannel1065 3 жыл бұрын

That’s pretty nifty. Merry Christmas to a wonderful family!

@milkandcookyz 3 жыл бұрын

For our chickens we have two different buckets for water. We bring one in at night so that one is always thawed

@frenchysandi 3 жыл бұрын

I like the idea of filling barrels of water with pump. Nice!

@dianecharles881 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome neighbor=awesome pump!! This could be a game changer for watering!!!

@batpherlangkharkrang7976 3 жыл бұрын

Hi....... Jason and Lorraine nice to see you, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐖🌱🎥👍👍👍

@jasonsmith-ug5tc 3 жыл бұрын

You should get some of those DC powered solar bucket heaters like the k&h perfect bucket heater you only uses 80 Watts it's thermostatically controlled at safe and plastic buckets it's good to -20

@hgils 3 жыл бұрын

Elevated water tower at or close to stream high enough to create water pressure and FLOW.

@beingsneaky 2 жыл бұрын

Get a footvalve. Use rocks to create a deep pool of water. And do what the commenter Said about building tower and IBC tote or barrels.

@laurakiffmeyer9221 3 жыл бұрын

Have you thought about using a black bucket in the winter for water?

@diannevaldez8670 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta love that Bernice!!! Congratulations on getting water from your creek! Love you guys.

@cherylbertolini3140 3 жыл бұрын

Rain barrel for the green house :) that’s what I’m going to have to do this summer for my new garden.

@kristinmcintosh91 3 жыл бұрын

This is epic for you guys! I mean I have watching since the beginning and this is all I ever hoped you could have free water lol! Yay! What a cool idea as well with the Gas powered.

@kristinmcintosh91 3 жыл бұрын

Also this is Kristin McIntosh lol and I dont know how I changed my name but I did. Go buy all the merch it is amazing!

@teresahyneman4349 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas !

@janhatchett7834 3 жыл бұрын

I saw someone keep a waterer on a hot compost pile in the chicken run to prevent freezing. Maybe on Perma Pastures Farm channel?

@marionboyle3576 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea well done Thank you neighbour so much.Putting it to use.

@annar6430 3 жыл бұрын

Evening Jason. Your Ladies have such beautiful feather colors 💝.

@markveitch5876 2 жыл бұрын

Good video. In regards to pumps the shorter you can make the suction inlet hose the better you will be. Uts easier to pump up hill 6 feet than to suck the water up 6 feet.

@eustisin 3 жыл бұрын

Put a small barrel in the creek with holes so you won’t be sucking up dirt .

@leslienichols5268 3 жыл бұрын

Jason, I love your attitude of gratitude.

@Mountainviewfarm2022 3 жыл бұрын

Good morning Jason we use a gas pump all the time here in Spain most farm run off them it will be the best investment you make they work really well with drip tape for your garden and greenhouse

@DrtERotinBasstrd 3 жыл бұрын

Haha. My 13 hens are the same way. All lay in the top right nesting box. One rebel who lays small eggs by herself top left. Crazy

@gwenr.3009 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!! Water is a great thing

@3CreekFarms 3 жыл бұрын

Greenhouse growth is looking good. Glad you have a solution for water you can work with to improve.

@elizabethbrooks4849 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to you and your family.

@lindamartinez8569 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! Your water worries are over. Merry Christmas to you and your family🎄

@flyingpigpreserve8562 3 жыл бұрын

What a nice gift from your neighbor. It just takes time to prime the pipe from Creek to Pump. You could use a Tote to protect your Pump. Drill Intake and Outtake Holes woul have to remove Lid to run but would keep Pump Dry and Portable. I'd get Quick Connect for the Hose End. Tote could be big enough to store 50 feet of Hose. This way that Hose is dedicated to the Pump only. Works Great just have to make sure Tube from Creek to Pump always drains in winter. Merry Christmas. God Bless and Peace Be With You All

@BKLMN 3 жыл бұрын

Huge win! Going to have to try something similar from our creek.

@afrlala3593 3 жыл бұрын

Terrific little pump absolutely 👌. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Always looking forward to see your story. 🌷💕

@sydneydbrooks 3 жыл бұрын

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!🎄🎄🎄

@CelticRootsFarm 3 жыл бұрын

Makes thing easier for sure when technology helps out. Glad to see the pump worked for you.

@chelemichele1524 3 жыл бұрын

👍 those greens look awesome... Have a good day ❄❄❄

@MS-gf3zo 3 жыл бұрын

Rain barrel timer keep insulated pump house, timer power by solar.

@bernadettejeffers4145 3 жыл бұрын

Screen over the end in the creek to keep junk out

@cooperfamily2456 3 жыл бұрын

Jason, heads up from an old Navy Mechanic who burned out a pump once, that's likely a centrifugal pump which doesn't self prime very easily. Centrifugal pumps are both cooled and lubricated by the water that flows through them, so extended periods (several minutes perhaps) of time running waiting for a prime can shorten the life of the pump as it wears out waiting for lubrication. Notwithstanding the other comments I saw about a needed check valve (which prevents the priming water that you pour in from running into the creek) "Prime" helps drawing a vacuum [on the creek] and the higher up the pump is from the water, the greater the vacuum that is needed and the less efficient the pump is pumping water out the other end. Moving the pump closer to the creek's edge (lower in elevation) likely places it more at risk from floods, but it will pump better from there. God bless you guys. (v/r Fellow Southern Ca refugees)

@713TEX 3 жыл бұрын

Electric pump with solar panel can fill water barrels during the day.

@christinaanderson27 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing!!! Wish I would have water access!!! Have a very Merry Christmas 🎄

@rodmackinnon8497 3 жыл бұрын

Great video . . . Merry Christmas.

@melissakasner9722 3 жыл бұрын

That was cool im glad to things become easier for you. Merry Christmas

@believeliveloveandlaugh3844 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas ! Blessings! 🎄🙏😃

@lieuwina 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas and a happy, blessed, prosperous New Year for 2021, to you and your lovely family. From Cambridgeshire UK.

@HomsteadingThePioneerWay 3 жыл бұрын

Great,that's what i'm trying to do i have a creek but a long way from the area i need it to be and it's all uphill,

@randyc754 3 жыл бұрын

Workshop awesome!

@nicklocicero3974 3 жыл бұрын

My first thoughts were using barrels, You just set up/start it one time and fill all your barrels, The mini water tower is a good idea too. Merry Christmas guys!!

@daisygurl3601 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Persistence pays off! So glad you were wrong and it worked after all! Blessings...daisy

@AndyKrayenhagen 3 жыл бұрын

You could also put in a t-valve to the three areas you want to send water to.

@paracop35 3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas

@keithwoods7206 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jason! Great ide, you may need to install a foot valva at the intake, or else you may need to prime the pump with each use. Merry Christmas to you and your family!

@cherylbertolini3140 3 жыл бұрын

Good evening

@TaylorLife248 3 жыл бұрын

Best gloves ever!!!

@valdeck553 3 жыл бұрын

Build the water tower.

@marcoantoniorochaibarra199 3 жыл бұрын

I would research Mark 3 pumps. We use them in wildland fire in the NW, and they work pretty well.

@mrs.garcia6978 3 жыл бұрын

You know you’re a farmer when....❤️ Merry Christmas ☝️

@nancyparker8623 3 жыл бұрын

Nice xylophone for the chickens!!

@rebeccateaford7798 3 жыл бұрын

Be sure to put mulch around plants to help insulate the plants for extra warmth

@inglis7086 3 жыл бұрын

grew up in NZ irrigating crops - come the summer I would set up irrigation either a couple of over the top/ overhead sprinklers or low ground sprinklers not drip as I think the pressure from the pump might be to much and turn the pump on for an couple of hours in the evening and water what needs to be watered

@CRAIGTIMM1 3 жыл бұрын

Put a check valve at the bottom then move the pump up to where you would like it. The check valve will stop the pump from draining and you'll not be running down to the creek to start and stop. Remember a transfer pump does not like to be restricted...

@67USARMY 3 жыл бұрын

I would spend a few more dollars the next time you buy a water hose. I buy the black rubber hoses they are a little more but I have had some for over 25 years and still work like new. I turn them on in the spring and sometimes do not turn off until late fall. Like your channel ,keep going strong and stay healthy. Merry Christmas to you all.

@MsCaterific 3 жыл бұрын

💗

@mainemagic2351 3 жыл бұрын

smaller dredge pump and golf cart battery

@markjohnson5108 3 жыл бұрын

Use black tanks for water.

@chrisdaniel1339 Жыл бұрын

How much head (vertical drop) is in your stream as it crosses your property? The reason I ask is that it may be suitable for a waterwheel to make electricity or pump water. It looks like the flow would be workable it just depends on how much head the stream has.

@tracybruring7560 3 жыл бұрын

I have always thought you need to stack rocks to make a swimming hole anyway in that creek. it would make pumping water easier

@Tony-1950 3 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@armidaperez5360 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe underground tank dig a trench from pond to tank(s) using hose cover dirt trench so it doesn't freeze???

@beingsneaky 2 жыл бұрын

Ever thought of a ram pump. Not electricity to run it.

@armidaperez5360 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea online work shop..also do a how to grow mushroom?? Things you have sucess with.

@faithevrlasting 3 жыл бұрын

Revelations from Jason at Sow The Land....."When you WATER the plants, they actually GROW!" You might be able to trench at a more gradual angle and get water up that slope better. Bury the hose.

@punkin4061 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking oh noooOOO I hope moves his camera in time lol

@jaxsoncarter5058 3 ай бұрын

Nice but here’s a trick for free water buy a electric pump a power bank and solar panels for infant water as long as the creeks flowing and the pump works and the battereys charged