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| Moving the water took two hours rather than the 90 minutes I had hoped for |
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| Two, 110 gallon, livestock tanks. The brown tint is due to the iron content of the water. I filled them last night and the Fe++ (which is clear) became Fe+++ which is insoluble at a pH of 7 and is brown. |
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| This is what it looked like after 90 minutes. The far one is empty and there is about 6" of water left in the closer one. |
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| The trickle-buckets. I liked the rectangular ones better. They were less tippy. I will paint a splotch on the side with the holes to speed placement. |
The water still looks murky, even when in a white bucket.
Leaves of the Packera specimen
Dearieme suggested in comments that the pretty weed in the previous post might be Packera aurea.
Packera aurea has leaves that are shaped like soup-spoons while this specimen has leaves that look like the leaves of mustard or Shepherd's Purse.
I stand corrected.
ReplyDeleteI gave you incomplete information. I didn't think anybody would be that interested.
DeleteYou didn't need "correction". You needed more information.
Fair enough. I was interested because ragwort, which I'd never seen or heard of in my youth, has spread "everywhere" and is viewed gloomily by horsey people.
DeleteSolar panel and a 12 volt diaphragm pump can allow you to run hose for quite a distance. I hope you have a trailer to haul a decent amount of water to that site.
ReplyDeletePicture this - plant identified says Panera glabella
ReplyDeletePakera glabella butterweed, Cressleaf groundsel spell Che k is doing me in
DeleteWell, now you know.
ReplyDeleteYep. About as long as playing 9 holes of golf.
DeleteI would not be carrying that much water. As some have noted, a small pump, DC voltage, and hoses would be better, if you have a way to supply the water. I would also try a trickle hose or drip irrigation arrangement, again if you have a way to bring water to the site. AMZ sells a bunch, mostly for small gardens. We used one for pole beans one year, but it seemed to require more water than just watering each plant with a hose.
ReplyDeleteSouthern NH
Your gonna have shoulder cuff problems when you get old. Woody
ReplyDeleteMaybe so.
DeleteA lot of people die before they get old.
My dad tripped while carrying an extension ladder. The grass was tall. He didn't see the cinder block that ambushed him. The ladder bruised the hell out of his forearms.
He was 89 when that happened. The fall did not "lunch" the rotator cuff in either arm.
So, I am operating on the assumption that "...get old..." is somewhere north of 90-years-old for the genes I inherited.