The Water Was Already There (50,000 Litres of it) #135

This week we’re improving water supply for the vegetable garden on our small farm in northern Italy. It’s been hot and dry since mid-May, and watering everything by hand is starting to take more time than we can really keep up with. So we’ve started running a new line from our old cistern down to the garden, with a bit of help from friends. The system uses a spring-fed cistern, gravity and a siphon to feed a low-pressure drip irrigation system without an electric pump. ☕ Support our work: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cascinas... 📷 Follow along on Instagram:   / storiesfromthecascina   Siamo Isis e Bertus, una coppia belga-olandese che ha scelto di trasferirsi in Piemonte per restaurare una cascina di 200 anni. Se segui il nostro lavoro dall'Italia — benvenuto/a. Ci fa molto piacere. We are Isis and Bertus — a Belgian-Dutch couple who moved to the hills of Piedmont, northern Italy to renovate a 200 year old cascina. We document the renovation, the garden, and the slower life we're building here. New videos every week. #StoriesFromTheCascina #ItalianFarm #FarmRenovation #CascinaLife #ItalianFarmhouse #RenovatingItaly #SlowLiving #dripirrigation #dripirrigationsystem