How to get Nature to water a garden in a frost or high dew region without rain (arid areas generally still have high dew formation). You will note the pictures are of a fence-line where the corrugations are horizontal not vertical, there is a reason for this, on the shade side of the fence. frost or dew will form on the horizontal surfaces every time, it is only at a lower temp that ice will form on vertical surfaces, as the sun rises the water runs down onto the garden bed. whilst I may have been away for 18 months and it has become grass, you will still note the extraordinary difference in the growth and health of the foliage. The use of recycled Railway sleepers only seems like a good idea, the cost of a sleeper and 3 bags of rapid set per post is around a hundred a post, the 70 plus posts and iron cost me almost as much as the land did. NB though unknown to every council worker in Australia, fencing laws under environmental legislation require that it does not touch the ground, or in the case of brick must have holes so as you allow the natural water flow. Yes another case of what no body knows is the actual law, even the people issuing the permits to build them. A fence may not obstruct the natural flow of water So you can use this technique on smaller scales just using a single sheet along the high side of the garden bed or beds and collect water that otherwise would not form from condensation and the lower than air temperature iron. a good survival tip for water collection even in arid areas.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 23:12:35 +0000
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