May 12th From 84.6019 to 85.0429 First use this year. Only 30Lt diff from last record (red)
2021
Jun 22nd From 83.8998 to 84.5702. Dry summer but rained a little yesterday so thought I'd ensure it wasn't just a surface soaking
Apr 24th From 83.**** to 83.8998. Gavin turned on water late afternoon
Apr 21st From 82.5912 to 83.3959. Water was used to wash down the wagon after work on the exterior. Note the raised strip across the track and the black pipe to the left.There is now a permanent water pipe to the bottom of the triangle field. The plastic pipe runs through a heavy duty steel conduit some inch or two below the track.
Date Missing?? From 81.5164 to 82.5912. First use this year. Only 100ml diff from last record (orange)
2020
June 1st From 76.3680 to 81.5163 Leaving tap on over night.
May 27th From 74.6461 to 76.3679 Left tap on all day.
May 25th From 73.0190 to 74.6460
May 19th From 71.1373 to 73.0189. Continuing dry spell since March
May 11th From 70.1539 to 71.1372. First use this year. Only 10Lt diff from last record (yellow)
Here is a photo of the location of the meter, forth from the left, although there is another either side of the four shown but they are often not visible being closer to the traffic disturbance.
2019
May 20th From 62.5671 to 63.8371. First use this year. Only 20Lt diff from last record (yellow)
June 28/29th From 63.8376 to 65.7269. Left tap on for 24hrs. and although 2m3 have been used I doubt I used even 1m3
July 9th From 65.7263 to 67.5281
July 25th From 67.5281 to 70.1538
2018
July 17th From 59.4388 to 61.3838 :: July 21st From 61.3842 to 62.5669
June 23rd From 57.2506 to 59.4984
May 16th From 54.387.81 to 56.487.92 :: May 23rd From 56.487.92 to 57.2499
First use this year. Little rain over the last month, although a sprinkling today, and none foreseen for the next week. Turned supply on around 8am. Watered, immediately, filled containers and watered again late afternoon. Will leave on overnight, despite the leakage and water again in the morning.
From 54.387,81 to 56.487,92 is 2.10011 m3 used though I expect half of that is leakage. Trying to edit a video and from that see the amount of water used over 1 minute for example.
May regularly seems to be a dry month year on year. It's the time when many seedlings are put out and seeds that have been sown need watering. So each year, it seems I turnthe mains wateron.
I have had some stored, but both drinking water and other less potable are in short. As it rained a little today it made sense to artificially water so there is enough to really soak in, and not just pamper the soil surface, the problem being that roots will only grow towards water and surface roots are vulnerable, not least to drying soil.
As I'm using a lot (1m3 plus) it also makes sense to use up the last water collected from the track, the potable water is collected in a wheel barrow. The buts that collect the rain from the track, over the year, also collect gravel and fine soil as well as organic debris, and at this time of the year is a host to thousands of mosquito larva. So clearing this smelly organic soup is best done when there copious other water to wash and clean up.
Here are a couple of images of 1. A compost heap and 2. The heap covered in the sludge from the bottom of the tubs.
