
08/09/12, 02:43 PM
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: Kansas
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Now that I have met my goal for emergency money, I have thought of another goal. An EXCITING one!
We own 5 acres outside of town. There is no power to it and no city water, but there is a creek that only goes dry every few years. I can use the water as long as I do not cut off the water to the people downstream.
I did some figuring. If I earn swagbucks as I have been doing, and add money to it from small daily savings, then in about 2-plus years I SHOULD have enough money to get electricity to my land. It is not a big stretch as both neighbors have it. With electricity I can pump water from the creek with a sump pump or whatever, and water plants near the creek. I am thinking about field corn for chicken feed (The soil is sandy so young corn needs water at least until the roots are deeper) and a line of peonys because they would look wonderful.
I thought about using a solar powered water pump but that is expensive and batteries are heavy. I think the most cost-effective thing to do would be to have an outdoor outlet, which I could plug a pump into.
Last edited by Terri; 08/09/12 at 02:45 PM.
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