This is a Friday night so I don’t suppose I need to write anything of great consequence. However, this is important to us since we have managed to solve our water issues on the farm. Hooray!! The smaller tubing worked for the compressed air and the air-lift pump works great. Thanks to Gnome for Belize Rigging…it helps to have brains on a farm…it makes all the difference in finding elegant solutions.
The heat is Punishing; It’s stifling hot and we are suffering in the midst of dry season in Belize. I’m not whining for nothing…it has been a real feel of 117F (47C)! Phew!! The Piggies are whining in Paradise too…with squeals, squawks and prolonged weeeeeeeeeees! Mmmm…maybe we should do a Piggie Haircut Day…anyone for a mow-hawk!! It’s not a joke by the way, we do shave their hair as an annual event..
On the farm, we are having issues with water scarcity. We haven’t had any rains for four weeks now. We have a shallow well which is being pumped up by an air-compressor (using the air-lift method). If you have any inclination to read about our Water Saga (actually quite an entertaining read!) then please click on the following pages: Pump Vs Frog and Gnome Premonitions.
Anyway, today Gnome decided to change the tubing which connects the compressor to the bottom of the well. The air goes down the tubing and displaces the water which shoots up out of a PVC pipe. The well hasn’t been filling up quick enough so we figured that we needed to draw up the water slower with a smaller tube. So, today we both got hot and sweaty to pull all the piping up to make the necessary changes.
Our hope is that there will be a continuous draw of water rather that spits and spurts. Anyway, let’s hope this will work otherwise there will be more Gnome tweaking. 😉