Water Harvest Shed - Ready to collect rain!

Sunday my brother Kenny and I headed out to complete the water harvest shed. The wind gusted constantly making the gutter installation a bear - to which Kenny commented while drilling another gutter screw hole, "ya know, professional gutter installers would be taking today off." But I didn't let him off that easy and we kept trucking such that by noon we finished installing the gutter and by 2:30 we installed and plumbed in the tank. Along the way neighbors dropped by brimming with questions and admiring the work, and one time as a pair of neighbors drove by in a golf cart the wind whipped their words by me, something to the effect, "(he) put the tank inside the shed!"

As another testament to the wonderful neighbors I've mentioned before, we were given several peach tree rootings that afternoon from their father's productive orchard. I can't get over how great everyone is around here! 

As before, I'll let the pictures tell most of the story. In the last picture, the tank looks small within the shed because it is a temporary tank adequate to irrigate the first year of peach trees. Next year this 330 gallon tank will be moved outside the shed and replaced with a 1500 gallon tank. Together the 1830 gallons will provide sufficient water for an orchard of more than 20 trees, requiring supplemental water only in case of extended drought.  As for the shed, all that's left is to install next weekend is the gable end trim. Later in the year, after building savings back up, we will install floors and walls around the tool shed part of the building.

Construction Team!

Details of the system