Water, water...

Wow the weather has been fantastic - we have been loving the sunshine. Just have our fingers crossed it doesn't turn windy & rainy just in time for the school Summer Holidays ☀️.

The Model Village gardens are watered selectively during dry spells to ensure we are frugal with water and to try balance keeping our "prime" lawns looking green. As they are generally smallish lawns this strategy works!

We installed a huge water catchment tank at the top of our site to store rainwater.

Rain (when it comes) falls into the large pond (that represents the sea) and using the pump we send that up to the tank for storage. This is then used for watering and keeping the pond topped up. Water recycles from the pond to the tank (we can then store it there once the system is full) and send a small amount back down the cascades to the pond & back around.