Moulton Niguel Water District was out Monday doing a routine inspection, and were surprised that they had not been notified of the water run to the SIG. They readily found two code violations and declared the faucet water undrinkable, as it was on same line as the irrigation without a backflow valve. The irrigation work was not what I’d originally requested; the Valley Crest account manager simply did what he wanted. As originally requested in March, the irrigation needs to be isolated from the fresh water line. Either the irrigation will be fixed accordingly or the irrigation will be capped and buried, and we will do the irrigation ourselves (with MNWD approval). We ran driking (potable) water to the site so that it could be drank and used for irrigation, which is commonly done at most homes.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Water & Irrigation Issues
Moulton Niguel Water District was out Monday doing a routine inspection, and were surprised that they had not been notified of the water run to the SIG. They readily found two code violations and declared the faucet water undrinkable, as it was on same line as the irrigation without a backflow valve. The irrigation work was not what I’d originally requested; the Valley Crest account manager simply did what he wanted. As originally requested in March, the irrigation needs to be isolated from the fresh water line. Either the irrigation will be fixed accordingly or the irrigation will be capped and buried, and we will do the irrigation ourselves (with MNWD approval). We ran driking (potable) water to the site so that it could be drank and used for irrigation, which is commonly done at most homes.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Compost Day
Raya, Emilia, Lisa, Elizabeth, Leia, and Yona turning compost piles. We covered what you one should and should not include in the compost pile.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Work Day
Elizabeth and Connor helped put together the picnic tables. We're now ready to seat 20 people easily. Nice work! Note in background the compost bins have shrunk nearly 50% in volume in only 1.5 weeks.Sunday, October 9, 2011
1st Compost Day
Raya, Emilia, Lisa, Elizabeth, Leia, and Yona all showed up for our first composting work day. We did a little assembly of cart and picnic table. We were able to get 3 complete compost bins completed, along with covering basics of composting. We'll track the compost piles and turn weekly (at least that's the plan). We are using the UCCE "hot" method. We used landscaping waste as our base. It takes about 4 "manta's" worth of material to make a cubic-yard compost bin.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
First Compost Pile
Elizabeth and I put together our first compost pile. We pulled up earth-stakes and the weed-cloth on larger garden area in anticipation of this Sunday's work day. It took about 3 burlap tarps (manta) from the landscapers to fill a cubic yard compost bin. We had mostly leaves & foliage (ojas & follage), so we were short on nitrogen. We'll be getting grass clipping (zacate) on Friday, which are high in nitrogen.
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