Over the Memorial Day weekend we spent a bit of time at Beechnut Hill farm splitting some wood, watering the newly planted veggies and installing the new (temporary) shower. As we were walking near the woodshed this rat snake slithered across our path and up a tree to "hide". About an hour later we saw him again slither under the pile of logs near the woodshed. These are very common (and beneficial) snakes in our area that will help to keep the mice population and other small rodents in check. They are known to invade chicken coops and steal an egg to eat.
Rat Snake
A little more to the stack each time!
The shower connects to the garden hose which hooks up to the well pump pressure tank for a nice bone chilling shower. Excellent after a long session of splitting wood when its 90F outside.
The water well was finished up last week by Carolina Virginia Well Drilling, Inc. Protocol is for the drillers to add chlorine to disinfect the water in case any bacteria were introduced during the installation. Since our use of the well for the next couple of years (prior to the house being built) will primarily be for occasional camping trips and irrigation the installers hooked it up for running off a portable generator. The well was drilled to a depth of 425 feet. It is a 6 inch diameter casing and the pump was positioned 120 feet from the bottom. The aquifer re-charges the well at a rate of two gallons per minute which is more than adequate for a typical three bedroom residence, but the depth allows for the well to hold about 400 gallons in the casing and another twenty gallons in the pressure tank. We ran the well continuously for about two hours straight out of a garden hose to clear out the chlorine taste.
20 gallon pressure tank
240 volt, 20 amp plug for generator connection
Homelite generator using propane as fuel. This generator will run on three fuel types: gasoline, propane and NG. To convert your generator buy the adapter kit from US Carbeuration
