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Rio Verde, Arizona, is a rural area located northeast of Scottsdale. Like many rural areas, Rio Verde faces challenges related to water supply and infrastructure. One significant issue in Rio Verde is water hauling, which refers to the practice of transporting water to properties that lack access to a centralized water system.
Water hauling becomes necessary in areas where traditional water infrastructure, such as municipal water lines, is not available or economically feasible to install. In Rio Verde, some properties are located outside the reach of existing water supply networks, and residents must rely on alternative methods to meet their water needs. This often involves hiring water haulers who deliver water to residential tanks or storage systems.
Rainwater harvesting is the process of collecting, storing, and using rainwater for various purposes. It involves capturing rainwater that falls on rooftops, land surfaces, or other catchment areas and storing it for later use. This practice is gaining popularity as a sustainable and environmentally friendly solution to water scarcity and conservation.
Rainwater Collection (in gallons) = Collection Area (in square feet) × Rainfall (in inches) × 0.623
Rainwater harvesting itself is not inherently harmful. In fact, it is generally considered an environmentally friendly and sustainable practice. It does not deplete or take away water that would have otherwise reached the Earth's surface or natural water sources. It is a sustainable practice that promotes water conservation and reduces reliance on other water sources like rivers or underground aquifers.
Grid power has drawbacks including dependence on centralized infrastructure that is vulnerable to blackouts, limited control over electricity costs, environmental impact from fossil fuel-based generation, lack of energy independence, inefficient transmission and distribution, and limited control over power source. These drawbacks highlight concerns such as reliability, cost fluctuations, environmental consequences, and the lack of control and independence for consumers. While advancements in technology and renewable energy integration can mitigate some of these drawbacks, alternative energy solutions offer opportunities for greater resilience, cost control, and reduced environmental impact.
Solar harvesting, also known as solar energy harvesting or solar power harvesting, refers to the process of collecting and harnessing sunlight to generate electrical energy or heat. It involves capturing the radiant energy emitted by the sun and converting it into usable forms of energy. Solar harvesting is a key component of solar power systems and plays a vital role in renewable energy generation.
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June 11 2023, I just learned that there are places in world that collecting rain water is illegal. What a time to be alive
Anything governments can’t tax becomes illegal
Rain is free! It's crazy that some countries make it illegal to collect it.
Amazing - the smartest person I met on the internet today. thank you.
Someone please explain to me what possible reason any politician thinks they are entitled to prevent people from collecting rainwater.
I cannot explain why, but what you can do in the states etc, where its banned, is create swales on your land to hold the water as long as possible and allow it to soak into your land
No no, you can’t have that rainwater. How else can we water the alfalfa for Saudi Arabia? 😜
Control issues.
As long as it's something that the other team is doing or is in favor of, it's not allowed. That and we will charge you for anything we can get away with.
Alot of rainwater is polluted. Politicians think people need to be protected from themselves.
Love this channel. Seeing people that are masters of their craft is inspiring and uplifting. This channel will have to come out with it's own auto-documentary.
While I admire your attitude that it’s possible to live off grid, I can’t help but think that “of course it is!” Our species has been around for millions of years and we’ve only have grids for a century or so. I mean, my grandparent didn’t have grids and produced pretty much everything they had.. and they had huge families.
I'm right there with you. People have been living "off grid" for most of human history. I'm glad they did or neither of us would be here. Our house/property is in response to the pendulum swinging too far in the direction of a wasteful modern society. I think we can still live in modern societies while respecting and utilizing the resources that are right in front of us. To do that on a meaningful scale requires a paradigm shift among communities, government laws regulations etc.
@@HotGardenTalk It's not going to come from politicians. Their solutions are always "Let US run this. Don't trouble your pretty head about it." This is something that we the people need to do on our own, often in spite of the politicians.
And the fact is that better trade routes and more trade DOES help people.
In the 20th Century, we were so enamored of the economies of scale that we didn't give much thought to the detrimental aspects of public utilities.
This is the history of civilization from the start. Early, sedentary agriculture was a HUGE benefit. It made cities possible. The Sumerians were real innovators. But they never considered that the act of agricultural expansion was ultimately the end of agriculture by the means they chose, and from which they couldn't conceive deviating.
Amish people look at off-gridders like this and laugh, no but all jokes aside its always been around us and I wish schools would show these types of videos to show people anyone can do it.
Well, not really, I'm european and in Europe people have lived in the city for well over a 2000 years, the term off grid refers to the fact that you are disconnected from the need to use someone else knowledge or product to sustain your self, even in the middle ages who had a farm was not self sustainable, infact they traded the food for other goods and services.
For example how many of the ancient romans living in Rome and working as craftsmen knew how to use their waste or plant some food, and that is well over 2500 years ago, or even in the 1800s if you wanted light you had to buy oil for the lanterns which farmers didn't know how to do, the concept of self sufficiency is as old as time but progress is slow in that field
@@gilberto4835 I’m from Europe as well. And my definition of Off-grid is different from yours. I think it’s when you’re not part of a grid which brings you water and electricity and takes care of your waste etc. I’m not sure if this is the common definition or if there is one. It would make the most sense to me.
Good consistent planning, application, and work. Sharing the dream. With more people applying the time and work ethic and love of our inclusion into our surroundings, we can build and live in these healthy sustainable regenerative lifestyles.
I enjoyed every part of this video. I admire this man and I appreciate his dream. More and more people need to incorporate these ideas.
YES, TELL THE CONTROLLERS TO GTH!!
Awesome set up! 👏 I have so much respect for people living off grid, but especially in the southwest. Such a rugged and beautiful environment.
This Is Amazing, There Are Parts Of What He Has Shown That ,I Have Wanted To do..
Wow I really love this homestead
Ive lived on rain tank water for 30 years. Not once have I, nor my community of over 4000, ever had to add chlorine to our tanks or so heavily 'purify' it on the way into the house. The tanks are designed to mitigate algae growth, hence the solid dark colour.
They may have a code requirement that fore’s them to stay within code where they live. He didn’t elaborate on it, I’m guessing he’s either doing that or just playing it safe. I like the idea of UV light cleaning .
What a great video and concept!! I love earthships and I live in Colorado where we can't collect rain water....we do it anyway haha good for garden 😍 😉
... you can collect rainwater in Colorado! Laws were adjusted about a decade ago.
On a mediterannean island here in Croatia every house has water collection systems. We allwas drink it. No filtering.
We had the same here in Australia.
This video gave me hope for the future of our planet. 🍀
That seems like the perfect off-grid system to me! Well said, “It IS possible!”
@@fishy2939 Exactly !!
@FishyHow would we define riches? How do we open our minds to possibilities?
@@CookingwithYarda Let’s learn to thrive
@Fishy Some of the components he's using are pretty spendy. On the other hand, there are permaculture ways of building, by sourcing local materials for rammed-earth and other types of construction, where the only things you'd be spending much cash on would be the cisterns, battery bank, inverter and solar panels.
@@harrymills2770 Thank you. That’s a really good way of looking at things.
Respect.
Must be tough a little bit more in a desert...
Inspiration, thank you 👍👍
There are water tanks that collect water too - the rain falling on the tanks also goes into storage increasing your surface area for collecting water when it rains = helps during the rainy times :)
I love the video. Welcome to the family!
Thanks. I love what you're doing! When I'm ready to set up my hydroponics system, I'll reach out. :)
These are very similar to old systems used on farms in Namibia. I would Highly recommend that those plastic water storage tanks, are placed Under shade. Direct sunlight will weaken the plastic and cause nano particals of plastic in the water.
Great advice!
He should bury them OR sand bag around them .
Earth bags to pack against the walls of the water tanks, then add pondliner on top of the tanks and spread perlite on top of the pondliner.
Great work done on your off grid property. I would consider putting a roof over your water tanks to keep them cool, and reduce the algae buildup. Also, I would invest in a Berkey water filter (free standing) to give 99.9999% clean drinking water.
Thanks for the advice. I'll look into the Berkey.
best channel on CZcams , i love u guys keep up the good work .
Now imagine this in a suburb each house designed in this layout as he calls it "isolated unites." And nice idea to build a chain of off grid homes in various climates and or environments, start of a housing revolution to me.
Let's make it happen! 🙂
Love that way of thinking!
@fishy2939that's how it should be.
Thank you for being the ROLE MODEL of WASTELESS WORLD
Excellent!
Really inspirational. Thanks for sharing what makes a lot of senses.
This is so fantastic! Bless their hearts: the effort is such a payoff! I've been out to Rio Verde (I live in Phoenix) and it's awfully pretty out there. But looking at this setting, I was thinking it looked more like Cochise County, which is in our southeast corner....they're also having water issues!
Hope you continue to thrive > I just bought my first solar panel and someday I hope to have my own home, with solar power!!! Cheers~
When I gained admission in 2017, my greatest problem was power.
The school environment had no light and it was expensive charging in a payshop.
So, I built two power banks, one was 87,000mAh and the other was 65,000mAh.
I would charge one in a payshop while using the other, by the time it runs down, I would get the other from payshop and the cycle continued.
In my 200 level, I bought a cheap solar panel (used) and placed it on the roof, now, I can charge my own batteries, then I merged my batteries into one big pack of 16.8V and charged with the solar panel.
Later, I expanded the pack from 500 watts to 1.4 Kilowatts.
And then I built an inverter, but I bought a 500 watts inverter and I could power all my bulbs and a fan and then I could charge my laptop.
Everyone wonders how I always have power when the neighbourhood is in darkness.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Lol, let me add to that. Where there's a will and there's CZcams, there is a way 🙂
it would be lovely to plant food forest,great work keep it up
Fantastic ideas. Many gov agencies are moving slowly but steadily to prohibit this exact thing, however.
Fantastic set up. Congratulations on your project and being on paragraphic.
Papaya can be used green like a potato providing staple food year round grown in a greenhouse. Plant seeds from larger purchased Mexican variety.
Great tip! Can they handle the extreme heat and some frost?
@@HotGardenTalk I'm in Mesa, I have a 12 Year one with a 16 inch dia trunk. They love the heat and sun when established and survive a light frost. Plant with 8 or 10 Inches of mounding.
Great Video Tomas! Just know you are Inspiring Hopefully Millions of People over time to Take More Control of their Own Lives and have a more Sustainable life for themselves and our Beautiful Planet Earth!!
Guys don’t stop making these videos, they can changed peoples way of living for the better by opening up their eyes to this way of living. Nothing but love for this channel ❤
Big house and expensive system. Off grid 20+ years with just a 600 watt system and I have most of the modern appliances in any home. A system designed for the desert is not the same as one designed for cold country and your sunlight hours will be much higher and you won't need much heat but your AC will be in use much more. I recommend passive cooling, white roof, shade porches and trees and super insulation.
You might look at the humidity water generator that can produce 5 liters on a 1Kwh system.
So. This area will benefit from all that but still needs more to bring that 119 degree weather to something livable.
Congratulations!
Thanks for sharing this very interesting video. Take care of yourself.
great content, I
love it.
Wow, awesome the way you look at life and the visions you have❤
I have a greenhouse as well and it is growing well. If you would like to share your email address with me and I can send you some videos/photos of what I have grown
In Africa they dig out semi circles in the soil, put some organic matter in there. It turns the land into a sponge. I'd also recommend that you look into bokashi, both kitchen waste and toilet waste, using the kitchen waste on food crops and toilet waste on non food crops. The Mexicans are planting agave and mesquite and fermenting it into food for animals, which gets them a lot of organic material, ie manure, for the soil. When you get a lot of vegetation, you can dry your prunings and turn it into biochar, feed that to the your grazing animals, then add dung beetles suitable for your location. That will take the carbon deep underground, while the bokashi nutrients filter down to it and are caught. This could get you enough water to start growing dates, figs and the like. There are a lot of solutions out there.
Love this! :) I've been watching homesteading/gardening/off grid videos for several years now and during the last rainy season here in Sacramento, California, I was thinking that we gotta get a rain catchment system for this apartment complex. 😁
Great video. Very well done. Good info.
That's amazing and inspiring.
Wonderful this is the way to live 👊🏿
Great job, inspiring and exceptional❤🎉
amazing
Such an inspiring video and much respect for all of your efforts!
I dig your vids, I will be checking u guys out on the land to learn more!
Very cool. But very expensive. And solar panels only last around 25 years, and plastic tanks degrade in the sun unfortunately. But none the less a great start towards independence and decentralization. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, as long as he needs to replace batteries and solar panels and everything else once it wears out he is not in any way "off grid". He NEEDS the gid, 100%.
The formula is square footage X inches of water X 0.6. So for us we have an 1800 sf barn X one inch of rain X 0.6= 1080 gallons of water collected
Thank you for this! I live in the Antelope Valley of CA but am on grid. I have been wanted to purchase land to build a homestead but the water issue has been a concern. Drilling a well is ridiculously expensive and there isn't a guarantee you will get a lot of water. This video was so helpful.
This is so cool
The main reason I’ve heard is because they think it will hurt the water table if people start collecting water. But the real reason is a certain political party just doesn’t like people being independent and not needing the government. The less we need the government the more they fear it.
Large corp comes in buys cheap land dogs plastic lined ponds and water table depletes and the they sell you water at energy rates.
Wait some more and Amazon buys said ponds and just let's the water dry out to create even more scarcity.
hopefully people can use ur knowledge i really like smart people ty young man
Thank you for sharing❤
This requires a LOT of money.
Imagine asking for permission to collect rain water.
Thank you I will be doing this in Oregon very soon
Amazing work - that’s my dream life - as long as I had Starlink and a supply of beer 😂
The good thing about having water tanks is being able to fill them with your favorite brew. 😄
Love his hat!! Never seen one with that wide a brim
All's I had to hear you say was "he loves his greens" referring to the dog, that was it for me. Hahahaha!
From what I have read eggs need refrigeration if their special membrane is washed off as is required of manufacturers by US food codes. It is my understanding that european food code laws are such that manufacturers leave the membrane intact and this means that the eggs do not need refrigeration.
U. N. H. has a booklet that explains that for every hour an egg stays at room temperature, it makes the egg equivalent to one day old. That’s why grocery stores keep their egg storage facilities at around 40F.
Is UNH the University of New Hampshire?@@drewhillfarms
Bravo! 👍
Well done 👏 😊
Micro greens only take 1 week
Love the gaff
Good job 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Great video ❤
Isn't it frightening how much we've forgotten in ONE generation? My parents lived off the grid until they moved to the city and became 'civilized' . We are FAR too civilized now and need to relearn how to survive without being enslaved by the grid.
Right can't wait to go off grid as well
you can put a ozone generator in the tank on a timer it creates very clean water
Love the hat. Have a link to it? Brand, etc?
The only limitation for this kind of off-grid living is MONEY. How much did this all cost? Too much for most of us.
Drip irrigation 🥰
even better is subirrigation and hugelkulture beds.. i am automating that to mine up north this year (small back yard) but totally scalable for a lot of basic crops like tomato or peppers.
Good work
Purchasing a self sustaining home would be ideal 😁
If we ever sell our house, I'll give you a call. 😄
Good video 👍🇬🇧
Thank you well done
The solar power solution you have is good for Arizona but much different. Its best to really look at what is availabe locally.
That is one clean looking hat! How does he not sweat!
* I'm taking the dirt.
It is a writing that can be seen often in rural and agricultural cultivation areas. The price of soil delivered to the mountain by dump truck is 700,000 won, and the fare is 100,000 won with 25 tons of absabari. The price is set at 1.5 million won for two days of fork lanes, and the important thing is the combination of soil to grow crops. Soils made up of simple soil harden the land and lose nutrition easily when rain and heat are applied continuously. It can be seen that farmers have no knowledge of this.
Hopefully you have a really solid filtering system because the non-degrading chemicals in rain water are a real issue
We do. GAC filters will remove most of the PFAS. I'm not at all concerned about our drinking water.
Your water will be cleaner that what the rest of society will be drinking
Awesome. I wish I could do this. I have been working at gardening and composting.
The man is wise!
Great video, I love your attitude towards growing and being off grid and self sufficient.
I have recently watched a video about trying to recycle solar panels in the UK, seems almost impossible, apparently it's more expensive than making them.
Have you looked into the moisture webbing for harvesting moisture out of the air?
Love your off grid system. Wondering what fabric that is on the greenhouses?
Good video we got more information from this video
this is actually what "WOKE" means. its a compliment. not an insult.
Love this! Have you seen Geoff Lawton's Greening the Desert?
I have! There's a lot to learn from him.
13:02 The movement will have to change the laws. For example NYS does not allow you to be off grid. You have to be connected to the grid and pay electric.
Then we've got work to do! I guess that's why they call it a movement. :)
Fun story.... When I first reached out to planning and development and told them what I wanted to do, their response was "I've been here for over 20 years and nobody has ever asked if they had to be connected to the grid." And because of that all I had to do was prove that I had a reliable electric source, and building plan approved!
How else would they get rent from you? You gotta pay someone to live.
Nice video. It would be great if he talked about greywater
We designed the house with a grey water tank but opted not to have it installed. This was before the greenhouses were a thought. We could still install a grey water tank in the future.
@@HotGardenTalk thanks for your answer. I think that it could be a nice think to have to a grey water sistem and reuse the water
I love the idea off off grid loving and self sufficiency, but it’s not cheap at scale. You could easily get into 6 figures to setup an standard size house off grid. A grid-tied system usually makes the most financial sense.
This is what I’m going to do
💯💯🔥
Did anybody hear his inner Forest Gump come out?
Whenever it rains in the desert...
It rained a lot!
My name's Tomas. People call me Tomas. 😁
@@HotGardenTalkTomas Gump. Ok. You got it!😅😂😅
In all seriousness man. That's a cool system you have running there. My wife and I just moved away from Phoenix. Tatum and Bell... Now here in East Tennessee, we are breaking ground in our first rental for agritourism. Looking to build it completely off grid as well....
Have any opinions about your solar system? Who is it made by, etc?
And also, how are you pulling water from your underground storage for plants?
@@allthingsgrowing
Hey thanks! I designed and installed our PV system. It actually went through a couple iterations before we got it to where it is now (stable :D). The solar panels are 295w each, and there are couple different brands. We have 33 panels which seems like a lot, and it is, meaning we generate WAY more power (on sunny days) than we could ever use. However, all those panels come in handy on cloudy days. I'm happy with the number of panels we have.
The battery bank consists of 6ea. 48v EG4 LifePo4 batteries (30kwh total). I am very happy with these batteries. Easy to install and maintenance free. I will be adding another bank of batteries in the future. If I did it again, I would put more money towards energy storage and a bit less in the solar panels. However, your mix of solar panels to energy storage is highly dependent on how much sun your area gets. Also dependent on grid-tied and other regulations.
We have a 12kw GroWatt inverter. It works well. I don't have any issues with it. I upgraded to this size inverter only because I have a woodworking shop where I have high inductive loads i.e. 5hp table saw and machinery. For just the house, we could get away with a much smaller inverter, probably 6kw-8kw. In short, we don't have any trouble running our appliances.
To give you some idea of reliability, we haven't lost power or had to use a generator in over a year and a half.... *Knock on wood*
The greenhouse has it's own power supply (2 solar panels, a couple of batteries) built on a 12v system. I use a 12v rv water pump that pulls the water from the reservoir. It easily supplies water to our two greenhouses.
Your agritourism project sounds very exciting! I hope everything goes smoothly.
Cold environments are harder to do this in
Living in the desert, especially Arizona, Summers are INSANELY HOT day & night...regardless of being off grid, that would be a big nope for me. Be off grid somewhere more habitable sounds more desirable.
nice
Where in Arizona are you? I so badly want to buy land and do everything you’re doing but I don’t know anything and I’m starting later in life. Love your place. I’m looking in Williams area or possibly down closer to Bisbee Arizona.
Rio Verde Foothills
link for the hat?