Sorry for the delayed response. I have been busy after just getting in from out of town, and trying to put together an Executive Summary of the conference.
AFTR, glad to hear about your rain. Praying this week, but weather report says no dice for about a week, IIRC.
JDAB, thanks for the link. That’s an interesting little gizmo, and not too much more expensive than what we have now. I snagged 2 walmart food grade buckets from the bakery for a dollar. Then I bought 4 walmart buckets for about $4 apiece including lids(all they had).
Our van has space for 3 more buckets or maybe the H2O to go. Will have to show Hubby. He is hauling in 30 gallons daily and sometimes more. The priority perrenials, fruit and nut tress, are getting just enough to eek out survival.
He gets 3 of the buckets(15 gallons) per wheel barrel load.
We are talking about buying a discounted above ground swimming pool at the end of season sales. In the spring set it up and collect water from the roof for the dry season.
That would hold around 5000 gallons, and go a long way toward being enough to keep the priority items and the produce(corn, beans, melons etc)as well.