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Nick replied to Denise Lindow's discussion This year's home tours in Archived-N Scottsdale, Cave Creek, Carefree Permies
"Hey Denise,

I have quite a bit of Rainwater and Greywater at my house. I was wondering when the home tour is going to be and is it a self-guided or organized tour?

I would like to be a part of this if it fits into my schedule. Thanks!"
Oct 28, 2010
Nick replied to kay wunderlich's discussion wood chips in Soil Builders
"Ohh Ohh, I need some too! Just tore out my concrete driveway and am now replacing with wood chips.

Anyone got some for me this week?"
Aug 21, 2010
Nick left a comment for Gail Johnson
"back from some summer fun and saw your question about the floor. While concrte is drying, you can shape it if youre somewhat vigilant (and depending on how dry or wet your mix is. We just kept trowling (pushing) the mix and forming the slight slope…"
Jul 26, 2010
Nick left a comment for Gail Johnson
"Here is a blog post that I created about the shower:
http://azhomegrownsolutions.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-project-of-lo..."
Jul 2, 2010
Nick replied to Gail Johnson's discussion Outdoor Shower in Water
"If your ever in the north PHX area near Bell & cavecreek rd, feel free to take a look at it if I'm around :)"
Jul 2, 2010
Nick left a comment for Gail Johnson
"Hey Gail, I just got onto the site today and saw your message from a long time ago about the outdoor shower. I don't know how detailed I can get beyond the pictures but... I have 4 drains that I setup, poured the base of concrete, then built the…"
Jul 2, 2010
Nick left a comment for Delia Story
"Hey Delia,
I saw that you had a culvert cistern and greywater sytem at your house! First off, Awesome! Second, I am the PHX co-ordinator for the Watershed Management Group's water harvesting certification program (wow, that was a mouthfull!) Anyway,…"
Feb 25, 2010
Nick replied to Jehnifer Niklas's discussion Harvest Data from 2010 storms...? in Water
"Oh Boy...well,
I have a total roof catchment of ~2611 square ft. Of which I actively harvest ~1997 square feet. I have over 1000 gallons worth of storage (tanks) so those have been full and overflowing since the first of the year. ALWAYS think…"
Feb 22, 2010
Nick replied to don titmus's discussion Rainwater Harvesting Law in LA in Water
"I have watched that film twice now (own it if anyone wants to borrow). Man...ignorance is bliss! I had no idea on so many of these things. Privatized water companies basically working with the World Bank to "slave labor" some regions out of their…"
Feb 8, 2010
Nick replied to Treasa's discussion Live near Union hills and Cave Creek Rd in Archived-N Scottsdale, Cave Creek, Carefree Permies
"I am right off of Cave Creek and Union hills as well. Welcome!"
Sep 20, 2009
Jeff replied to Nick's discussion Water catchment maintenance in Water
"For cost, you can't beat Home Depot or Lowes gutters. However, those are only 4" wide - for the heavy rains we can get here in the summer, I would recommend 5" or even 6" (for large roofs) gutters. And I would highly recommend aluminum over vinyl.…"
Sep 15, 2009
Nick replied to don titmus's discussion Water Harvesting. in Water
"well... .02" at my place, while just 2 miles south got slammed. So don't feel too bad, except for that emptying of barrels thing! at least it's in the soil now.
Thanks weather people! I know it's hard to predict summer and all but, I gotta be…"
Sep 7, 2009
Nick left a comment for Chris Allsopp
"Hi chris, I wanted to see if I could buy some worms for my High school classrooms soon to be worm farm. I think I will have everything ready in about 2 weeks. If you think you'll have some around that time, I'll let you know when I can come by.…"
Aug 27, 2009
Michele replied to Nick's discussion Water catchment maintenance in Water
"Thanks for the tips - I picked up the info at Home Depot this afternoon. Now I'm trying to convince my younger son it would be fun to work with his brother installing gutters - probably isn't going to happen so I'll end up as the gutter…"
Jul 8, 2009
Nick replied to Nick's discussion Water catchment maintenance in Water
"For a one man job...pretty frustrating, but do-able. The biggest problem was holding up the gutters at the right angle by myself...but I rigged up a device to help with that. I got my gutters (metal) from Home Depot. About 5 or 6 bucks for 10 foot…"
Jul 8, 2009
Michele replied to Nick's discussion Water catchment maintenance in Water
"Hey Nick - I've got a son home from college who can't find a job so we are 'hiring' him to do stuff around home and one of the things we need to do is add gutters. How difficult was it and where did you get your gutters? Thanks - Michele Spiller"
Jul 7, 2009
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