Little by little, the cryptofarm project is moving forward towards where we are headed. In the last days I accomplished what I perceive as an important step: a rain collection system. I put together a 1000 liter water tank and I connected several pipes to the one that collects rain from the roof. Most significant, I did everything with materials I found in the house - I didn't buy a single thing!
I'm not writing a step-by-step tutorial about how to do it; what struck me is how many things we can build and create without the need of money to purchase it!
At first, when I thought at a water tank, I look for a 1000 liter water tank like this:
The thing is that in this moment I'm saving money for other purposes.... ...and a water tank may not be that expensive, but I didn't know how to bring it to my house, as it doesn't fit in my car.
That's when imagination comes into play.
I acknowledge for having supported me in build one by myself. In Chile, where she is from, this is a rather common approach/mentality: when you are lacking something you find a way to build it by yourself. In Italy, on the contrary, I was raised with the idea that you have to work a little bit more, to have the money to buy what you need.
Now, from time to time, I feel free to implement one or the other approach - when I need something. Sometimes I find a way to earn more, sometimes - like in this case - I build it by myself!
"Why don't you use that tarp that we bought last year for open-air markets?" she went on.
"No, how can that possibly work?!" I said. But then I thought: "The tarp is a 3x3 meter square; if I fold it three times I can create a 1000 liter cube, as I wanted!".
I dismantled the old composter and used the pallets to create a one cubic meter space
Than I folded the tarp and tied it to the pallets
Then it was time to create the pipe system from the roof to the water tank. My mother once gave me a 10 meter long soft plastic pipe. But I couldn't fix it at the wall.
I went in my neighbor cellar and found a lot of metal pipes. As he told me that he was about to throw away all the things he had in there, I felt free to take what I needed. I could then fix the metal pipes to the wall and connect them with the plastic soft pipe I had. To fix the metal pipes to the stone wall I use some tent pegs that my uncle gave me few weeks ago. "Everything is useful to us" I said when I received his gift.