Our Off-Grid, Gravity Powered Centralized Rain Water Catchment System

This is a walkthrough of our off-grid, gravity based rain water catchment system that we use to water our homestead garden. We use passive energy systems (gravity) to automate the collection of rainwater, where we can then use active energy systems (electricity & mechanical) to distribute our rain water where it's needed.

We've been operating this system for a little more than five years now. It has seen multiple iterations and is not likely "fully" done. It's able to help us water our plants, container gardens and greenhouse for much of the season. We do occasionally have to supplement it with external water as we do live in a semi-dry area.

That's one of the reasons we eventually want to expand the size of and increase the capture efficiency of the system. This would allow for longer periods of drought survival and also larger garden space. Our current homestead gardens are largely water limited, more than anything else.

This is a topic we've wanted to talk about for a long time, but I've found it difficult (and long winded) to write about on our website https://FrostyGarden.com. It's much, much easier for us to just show you!

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