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Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade part 4 Info You’ll love
This Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade part 4 goes over the upper section of a large rainwater harvesting system. The video goes over the Rain Diverter, Leaf Eater, and First Flush Downspout Water Diverter. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon! If you enjoy our work and want to help support us, please check out…
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Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade part 3 Lessons You’ll Love
Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade part 3 is the third in a multipart series on upgrading my rainwater harvesting system from 1200 gallons to 4500 gallons. This video shows the lower half of the plumbing. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon! If you enjoy our work and want to help support us, please check…
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Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade part 2 -A How To
Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade part 2 is the second in a multipart series on upgrading my rainwater harvesting system from 1200 gallons to 4500 gallons. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon! If you enjoy our work and want to help support us, please check out our Patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/gef. You can support…
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Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade Another How To
Large Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade is about my 1200 gallon to 4500 Rainwater Harvesting System Upgrade. I’m in the process of moving from four 300-gallon IBC totes to three 1550-gallon water storage tanks. Great Escape Farms is now on Patreon! If you enjoy our work and want to help support us, please check out our…
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How to Winterize a Rainwater Harvesting System
This post is about How to Winterize a Rainwater Harvesting System. We are preparing our 4-IBC tote, 1200-gallon system for winter so the water in the pipes and tanks don’t freeze and burst. The Picture If you notice in the picture the IBC-totes are in groups of two. The two that are furthest from the…
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Really Large Rainwater Harvesting System a How To Post
Really Large Rainwater Harvesting System a How To Post. This post goes over a large rainwater harvesting system that is even bigger than the one posted last week called DIY Rainwater Collection System. This system catches and stores up to 1200 gallons of water and has multiple filtering steps to keep debris out of the…
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Best Product Review of the Rain Harvesting Leaf Eater
This Best Product Review of the Rain Harvesting Leaf Eater will first give an overview of the rainwater harvesting system and then dive into the Leaf Eater product review. Rainwater Harvesting System Overview The system starts out with a gutter that has a screen called a gutter guard. It is used to prevent the larger…
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More Valuable Rain Water Harvesting Lessons Learned to Teach All
More Valuable Rain Water Harvesting Lessons Learned to Teach All post outlines some of the mistakes I made. The accompanying video covers how to properly bend downspouts, sizing of the first flush system drainage holes. It also covers moving water away from structures, use extra glue on your first flush system. The video goes on…
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Educational DIY Rainwater Collection System – All You Need to Know
This Educational DIY Rainwater Collection System – All You Need to Know covers another rainwater system. I put together a DIY Rainwater Collection System this past weekend. It consists of an IBC tote, modifications to the downspouts and some 3” PVC. This post will explain all of the steps that were used in putting this…
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Homestead Farm Tours will be launched in 2025 and will feature educational tours of Great Escape Farms which is a permaculture showcase homestead farm. We will offer tours of the farm and earthworks as well as classes on plant propagation, rainwater harvesting, and unique edible plants.







