Off Grid Water: How To Find A Spring Or Seep
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2015
- Serious business finding water.Seeps, springs, what do they look like? How do you locate one once you start looking for property? Do you hire someone? Do you trust the landowner? How do you know what a seep is? Is that trickle coming out of the ground really a spring? Can it be developed? Serious questions because your off grid property is DEPENDENT on it! This is a serious tutorial about springs and seeps. I will show you WHAT to look for...what they look like.the vegetation changes you should be aware of! Get a pen and paper handy, this is a lesson YOU will all need to learn!!
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I'm so glad there are people like you on the Good Earth...
Great videos, very informative. I was a bit confused what popal trees were until I saw them and realized you were talking about poplar trees
great info! We purchased our property because at the very back there is a creek running by. this really have great useful info. Bless you always starry. Blessings y'all
I learned so much from your videos since there’s a drought in Midwest
This is one of my favorite videos of yours, Ms. Starry. Beautifully done and great information. Thank you so much. ~Sherrie from South Carolina
You just "popple" all you want! I have never lived in Wisconsin, but my first thought when I heard you was, "That's what they must call them there!" And it was no big deal. You are a delight!
Great video, Starry. Water is the most important resource on a piece of property. Thank you for sharing.
Aaron Davis VERY valuable! And if we all learn how to look ourselves..saves MONEY in the future!!
Such awesome info Starry! Thanks for sharing all of this with us. I've been wondering about how folks find their springs. I learn something every time I watch one of your vids. You do a great service for those of us that are thinking about off grid living. All the best to you and Mr. H.!
+T Doyle Glad you appreciat the work we put into the vids! Trying to provide the best real life info i can
This is excellent! I'm planning on buying land up here in the Cascades in the future, and while I don't have all of the know-how to do off-grid stuff, I plan on learning. I don't want to do it as some sort of activism or fad; I just want some self-sufficiency. My own water, my own power (not too sure about food; I'm not very good with edible plants). But this is great! I'll have to study more so I can check prospective properties for springs and seeps and what-have-you's. A creek would be ideal, of course, but those tend to increase property values...
Thank you Starry & Mr Hilder! Just found your channel recently so slowly going thru them and learning a lot as I go. I appreciate all the weed whacking and climbing you had to do to show us. :) Peace to you both!!
Thank you for sharing! We are fans! You are such an inspiration. I've been praying a lot and asking the Lord for guidance in this whole journey of ours to prepare to go off grid. So much research & just trying to get the finances to even start. I am looking into Idaho & Tennessee mostly but feel a little overwhelmed with so much information. Thank you so much for clarifying and edifying us as to what to expect and what not to expect. You are a true blessing! God bless you & keep you!
ozark mountains in ozark Arkansas area is wonderful...land is pretty cheap and so are taxes...food cost is a bit more...in MI and TX milk runs $2.50 in AR it is running $3.50 give or take...but in TX we were paying $3000 in property tax in AR we are around $700 and have way more land...
Idaho has a shorter growing season, Tennessee has 10% food tax...
+Amanda Albany - Hi Amanda! Thank u for the information. i wrote this comment over a year ago & since then I have been feeling led to Arkansas, specifically the Ozarks & now u place this comment here & I feel as if perhaps this is some sort of confirmation that I am thinking correctly. :) a sign from God perhaps? :) again thank u for the info. I would be honored to live in Arkansas. I already know a few very lovely folks there. God bless. ☺
Beautiful piece of land. You're videos are inspiring and helpful, thank you!
Such an informative video. Water is so important!!
This is such an awesome helpful channel. I am binge watching and learning so much. Thanks!
Love your video. Did you know that you have a natural sourse of food there. In the early spring you can digup the cattails and harvest the roots. Tastes good in salads. When the tail begins to form and is still young you can cook it like corn.
+icecreamlady driver YEP..we know all about the cat tails..your right..good source of food!
Thank you Very Much for sharing. I have learned quite a bit and the Video was very informative! I look forward to finding my Spring and Homestead in Northern AZ.
Thanks for the education and advice ! God Bless, Don
Great vid, I would love to see more on the development of the spring and seeps. Xx
+singalonga123 Thanks and will work on that water info...another one will be coming up
God bless! really love your knowledge and truth it's a learning experience watching! thank you for sharing 💖 God bless you
Always like going on these walks with you. Thanks!
Carolina Prepper Glad you could come along!! Like a school tour!!
Thanks so much for the information. It will come in handy. Blessings.
Gardening With Puppies Never know..if one decides to move and wants to go off grid..that water is going to be number one! Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment! God Bless you!
Another good informative video. Thanks for taking the time and sharing.
Peace
You always give such detailed description! I love it! Thanks for the info! "YOU ROCK"!! Love your videos!!
***** Trying hard to provide good info to prepare people toinvest in themselves..a little knowledge goes along ways and SAVEs money!!
All your information is so where to catch you in awhile I love it keep on giving up I bought a home on a tax sale and it's in a rural area
Such valuable information!
dirtpatcheaven Thank you dear!
Thanks so much for sharing Starry...great video yet again! God bless sweet sister!
Beth Warshowsky Oh your so welcome..how sweet to let me know! God Bless you too!!
Great info, spot on!
R. A. T. “Rat Here” I Love it!!! 🤣🙏
Great video. Lots of very good information! Please keep up the videos they are appreciated very much. JC
JCAJCA3 Love it when people give us feedback..it helps know that we are doing something right!!
Great video ....water number one for sure. If you can not drill for it or spring of some sort you will be in trouble . thanks for taking the time to do this
jim norlem Glad you liked it. It is so important to address water..regionally in many areas water is drying up! not good. We need to all wake up about water in one way or another!
love your videos...thanks!
Thanks for the info.
Great video. I subscribed. I am looking at land right now. Thanks for the video.
+Timothy Carey Welcome and glad you subbed!! Keep watching always more to come!
Awesome video! Thank you :)
Very helpful! Feels good to be resourceful
I subscribed too,this was so helpful. This and your other videos will help me and my family develop our off the grid mobile home in Maine>Thank you!
+soylent for you You are soooo welcome!!
Sooooooo much enjoying your channel with this wonderful information.Blessings !
+missmamtube THANNNKKKK you!:)
thank you for the info good to know this
God bless you my sister
Thanks for sharing!
Good tips on what to look for. In my area here in the subtropics of south Florida pine trees are indicative of highlands and oak trees for wet land. I hear water wells are easy to dig here and not too deep. When I lived in California water wells were very expensive because they have to drill through granite...very, very hard and they also have to go deep, sometimes hundreds of feet if not close to 1,000 and you aren't even guaranteed to hit water. The average cost to have a water well drilled out there was $15K and that was 20 years ago! Here in Florida it's soft limestone and you can have a well dug for $2K or so I hear.
love the video thank you so much for sharing
You are so cool! I keep looking for property that is cheap
Nice job!! liked and subbed
Great information!
Very cool! Thank you for the information! There is a ground spring on my land I have so many ideas..also planning to go off grid there and thinking of how I can use the spring as a refrigerator option I'm interested In how you did that!!
thank you for this video!
God bless you and thanks for the great video.
Glad you liked it and hopefully learned a little something bout being self sufficient
Great video.
Thanks for the info...👏🙂👏🙂👏🙂👏
I definitely agree
Charming lady. Seems like she could almost be a sister to Carol Burnett.
Cool area.
Thanks for this. I sure learned a lot from this video.
Lucky Robin I am so pleased that it was helpful. Thanks for letting me know! God Bless
Awesome, thanks for the tips
Danny Cochrane you welcome!!
Coolness thank you for sharing
Great video
Thats some great information thanks.
Sam Stevens Glad you stopped by to watch again..thanks!!
Great advice
Good information.
awesome ...thank you
Thanks for the Info ! Beautiful ! Wish I Had a Silver Mine ! LOL !!
wow, a great video, very informative
SunsetBay Bonnie Thanks for letting me know! Love feedback and helps me know we are providing productive information for people!
My wife's parents lived in an older home out in the country. It had a cistern on top of the hill that feed water to the house. The water was good but there was little water pressure. They had to fill a bucket to flush the upstairs toilet. They later had a well drilled & stopped using the cistern.
As a kid I spent a large amount f time in the woods. We live in SW PA & Northern WVA. I found a ton of artesian springs gushing out of the ground. As a kid I would drink from these on a hot summer afternoon after spending some time out in the woods. I can remember hearing this rushing sound. I found small sink holes with large amounts of water running through them. The soil had a layer of a grey clay that stopped the absorption of the water. I always wondered about these places in the woods. Many were at the top of a hill.
1timby Sounds like you had a great childhood! Many good memories!!! I remember my great grandmother had a cabin which they would say is "off grid"..funny..weren't all cabins off grid back then? Now they all act like its something special. She had a hand pump//big hand pump. We would prime it with a little water and then pump away..it was so cool! Being a child back then was fun! Thanks for sharing
use a forked peach green limb and grab forks stick away from and walk when you find water the end will go towards the ground. you can dig a well that will give you the water for a family and more
Thanks for the great info! God Bless!
Stacy Wieds Thanks for watching! Praise Jesus our Saviour!
Amen Sister!
awesome stuff here my friend!! love this video. Im really thirsty now!
Common Sense Camper Haha..like I said liquid gold!
The Lord is plenty generous! Oh praise the Lord! Thanks for a wonderful vid. ATB, Jb.
Jb Bennett AMEN
awesome. very important. very cool. great video as usual. 💦☝✌
great info. I had a ranch over 10 yrs ago where we had a seep that we dug for a pond and it was a spring...so the pond was spring fed and filled quickly after the first rain. the digging and the extra moisture probably unblocked it. now I wish you were here to help me! I have a creek running on the back...but it's a hike to get down to it. I have a light seep but I can't always locate it...just seems to be moist when everything else is dry.
Sue Moore wish you were closer, we love doing that kinda stuff!
yes I KNOW we would have fun
Somehow auto-play switched me over to "50 yr old girl chopping wood" - jeesh - thank god I'm back to Starry Hilder and something that MAKES SENSE !! Thanks Starry
+Benificent Millipedius Haha now thats funny! HATE when that happens!! I have that happen every now and then and the stuff that shows up!! YIKES!! glad you found your way back!:))
love your videos. I have a spring on my property been there for 37 years I know of. flows all summer. anyways its at the bottom of a hill. problem is I'm building a house on top of the hill.no gravity for ram pump. I need trying to find where it could come out of the hill above but no luck. Any ideas appreciated.
Starry, Hello there from Nova Scotia Canada... I wanted to write to let you know that I discovered your videos this weekend after my boyfriend and I have started to look at our off grid options. We are planning on doing this in 4-5 yrs. We are very close to buying our first property (approx 1 acre) and are so looking forward to starting our new life! I have learned a lot from your videos already, so keep them coming! Any ones you would recommend for beginners? Thanks again!
dirtpatchheaven does homesteading on a little more than one acre...should check her channel
Old silver mine very cool. I just have old coal mines on mine. You have a great water source. I think you have already seen mine. I'm getting about 1 gal every 16 seconds.
LittleAce OfftheGrid Yes you have a power source of water!! You could blast the mountain tops off with that flow rate!! Coal mines are interesting...maybe you could use the coal when the shtf??? Never know!!!:)
By the way I posted your video on my blog thanks for the great tips.
SolarBurrito Ahh thanks for sharing! Always helps..and love getting info out there for others!!
Starry Hilder Off Grid Homestead what part of the country are you in?
Sweet. we have a seep in the corner of our yard. we actually have had to put French drain in one side of the trailer because of it. But...how do we work the seep?
Thank You
Very knowledgeable, wise, and Beautiful Sister, good video, thanks, blessings and respect.......Seven Thunders///////
hi Starry,
poplar trees (and quaking aspen) aren't the only indicator tree species to watch for, willow and red alder (in the inter mountain west, alder grows usually as a shrub) are also good ones to watch for.
on some slopes engelmann spruce is another good indicator species when it grows in clumps in an almost homogeneous stand of other species,
in your forbs: bracken and angelhair ferns and as you mentioned the horsetails. (you said cattails and pointed at the horsetails), cattails take rather long to establish and require standing water year round so you generally see cattails in swampy areas and less in seeps.
cotton grass is also another water loving plant that shows moisture where it is present
the other thing you really should look at once you do find water coming out of the ground is whether or not the water is clear or has an orange slime in it. the orange slime is usually a ferrous sulfide complex that is leaching out of the rock. this kind of water should be avoided.
you *shouldn't* use or drink water coming from a mine drift.. the one you have, will have super high concentrations of lead in the water. silver is often found with lead and zinc in the ore.
one thing to keep in mind is that *ALL* ground water will show traces of arsenic when testing for it. heavy metals such as silver and lead also carry a higher concentration of arsenic compounds which is why drinking water coming from a shaft, drift or additt is not a very good idea.
geology plays the most important role in whether or not your property will have water available. the plants will merely show the presence or absence of water veins in the topography.
cheers
mike
+HolzMichel Thanks for the elaboration on this !! Awesome!
Starry Hilder
no problemo! i'm a forester (working as a machinist ..lol) with a penchant for geology.. should you have more questions on the subject i'll be glad to help out and answer any questions or your viewers might have on the whole homestead thing.
There are ways to use even springs lower then the location you need water by using ether a ram pump or a solar pump.
A ram pump uses water hammer to pump water by using 2/3's of the water to push 1/3 of it to a much greater height. For lower producing springs you can also get them setup to use another water as the drive so something like a creek or stream provides the energy to send the spring water higher.
Solar pumping you simply create a holding tank below the spring and setup a 24-48vDC pump run directly off solar to pump the water to above the location you need it to another tank.
Developing the springs can be fun and done cheap using a plastic barrel to create a dam clay to seal it to the rocks you cant move gravel to fill the void and plastic to seal it in so animals and runoff cant get into it. For locations far from a road and up hill old backpack frames work well to hold a 5 gallon bucket so the weight of the gravel is supported as if it was just a heavy backpack, Just remember to have something to support the weight at both the start and spring location so you can get it on and off without spilling.
I believe that your flexible black pipe is either ABS or Polyethylene rather than PVC which is rigid. I lived for a few years where I had a 1 1/2 inch ABS pipe feeding from a hillside spring and I had about 90 psi to deal with.
Hello, When he laid down the PVC piping on the ground, you mentioned it wouldn't freeze because he had good flow. Where are you located wondering what kinda winter condition you have.Thanks
I'm curious what the flow rate would be in the desert southwest for a good, year-round spring?
H sister thank you for this great video i can I get water from spring in winter time , does the spring freeze in the winter ?thankyou
Starry, I am a new subscriber. love your videos, very informative.
How long have you and your husband been on your homestead?
+sissie w WELCOME!!!! Love newbies..We have lived in these mountains for four years. We have had this type of lifestyle since we were first married..except not 100% self sustainable..
Enjoy your videos. Thats one crazy river below you. Can you see or hear that saw mill across the river and to the north of you? Look like your about 20 miles from the Canada border.
Monte Kirby Closer to the border and to Montana! Glad you enjoy the videos! Welcome to the homestead!!:))
I love your dread natty dreads!
Peter Ceton Haha thanks so much! VERY kind of you! I get rude negative comments sometimes from people who troll by! I love being me..and love how God created me.. we all should embrace how we look no matter how it is!! Thanks you made my day!!:)))
You remind me so much of Carol Burnett. Its a good thing.
+GG Prepper Haha yes I have been told before that we could be sisters!!
I'm sure the age difference would put you at daughter, not sister. :)
BTW...I am truly grateful for your site. I plan to implement the Eden idea.
Awesome!! Thank you so much!!
I think it is some Old creek because it shows as one on the maps we only have 5 acres but it starts and stops on our property. Do you think we can get water from it if it was an old Creek? Should I dig around above it?
SolarBurrito Getting water from a creek is flow dependent.. If you are talking water to run a household you need alot of water and alot of volume and flow. You might be able to use the water to fill barrels or a above ground tank but not sure without seeing the setup. Creeks are still good to have!
I have a spring on my place but we have a pasture next to me and the creek runs into my source he's fence is 20 feet from the source what can I do to keep it good the spring runs great even in the summer time any info from you or anyone can't hurt
Sorry, love the information, all of it's great, except it's "Poplar". :)
Had to look this up because I am not familiar with poppel trees. both poppel and poplar are correct as is aspen.
That's a very beautiful view across the mountains looks breath taking wow..
we have seeps on our property and we use them for garden irrigation (use what you have)
is there a difference between a seep and a swamp?
I just use the dowsing method with two sticks or wires(best), never dug or drilled a dry hole yet. Can find water if it's there to be found. Have found water down to 130 feet, I cant find it below that but me grandfadder have found it at 200
That's White Poplar trees, there are also Black Poplar, also called cottonwood trees due to their fluff seed pods.
I was wandering the same thing. She says popple trees....so your really looking for poplar trees. Have you ever heard of tulip poplar...they are beautiful in bloom.
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your videos are awesome, you are awesome, I still dont fully understand how to fully develop a possible trickle stream, is it just to dig it out deeper then stick a pipe in it and let it flow down hill with a pipe or hose to the home stead ? or is there more involved?
+Jason Shoraka There are a couple ways to develop a spring but ours we did just that..dug a little bit and stuck the pipe in with a screen. Works for us!!
Rocky ground springs different from clay hill springs. I sit on 135' clay hill , and have an underground spring about 5-10' underground on my prop.
I have been watching hand dug wells