Today was billed as the hottest ever February day in New South Wales. I am not sure what it topped here but it would have been close to 40C which in the Snowy Mountains is plenty hot enough. It was a reasonable Spring for rain but we are reliant on roof collection and run off for meeting our water needs. About two weeks ago the rainwater tank that was being used for the garden was getting low and the reduced ration were not enough for growing plants.
Something had to be done. Four years ago we had a waterline dug from the nearest dam up to be able to fill a tank for the garden. No pump and a reluctance to put dam water in a freshwater tank meant it was of no use to us. So after some planning it was resolved to put in more taps and connect them up to this line from the dam and buy a pump.
Two new taps allow sprinklers to be attached to cover the maximum amount of garden.
The dam line intersecting with the water tank line. Lots of careful digging in hard soil on a hot day but it all came together well.
The new pump on the dam that has saved our scorching plants. Once or twice a day we give the pump a pull and squirt all the plants.
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The dam is low but hopefully will see us through this hot spell and that after that it rains.
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