Lisa and Gavin picking two-and-a-half crates of pears (Packham's Triumph) this morning.Then we dragged a 100m long length of 2" poly-pipe up to the tank at the top of the hill. Through the blackberries. Stopping to eat a couple.
We had a terrible dry year this year - the driest in 80 years. So our pump which runs on the power of the water had stopped when the water stopped flowing in January (apparently it has only done this once in about 30 years).
We only had a 1000 gallon (4500L) tank on the hill to do the house. We had to really conserve water. We've used only 4500L in 3 months! Really looking forward to a decent hot shower though. We've got the pipe up the hill - next job - install the firefighter pump and fill the tank.
We've hand-watered everything else from the creek again - just like we did before we had the pump originally (and like we do whenever the pump fails - like it does every year). It shows how little water you can actually get by on.
The vegies suffered this year and we could have done with more. Next year will be different - we will have our backup pump in place. Should grow bumper crops!
Later in the afternoon (when it had cooled down a bit) we picked three crates of quinces. They're sitting in the kitchen - love the smell of ripening quinces!
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