water, again

so water is a big deal,
people need it,
plants need it.

there are lots of people that have set up a garden and are feeding themselves from it,
and they still trust city water,
or the power company to make a well pump work,
and only a few have generators that will run out of fuel at some point that will run the well they have,

it amazes me that so many people don't set up small wells even when they can,
or have supplies to replace the electric pump with something non electric if it goes out, 
maybe they don't know how easy it is,
check out this web page
http://fdungan.com/well.htm
the "An Inexpensive Do-It-Yourself Deep Well Pump" is so easy and cheep to make,
if you have a well and trust it, then you should get the parts to make it,
and don't even bother to set it up until you need to if you feel like it,

you might be in an area where springs are possible to develop
http://www.clean-water-for-laymen.com/spring-development.html

in some areas dew ponds work,
http://www.rexresearch.com/dewpond/dewpond.htm
or a fog fence if you have fog ever,
http://www.rexresearch.com/airwells/airwells.htm#fogfence

and if your only solution does not work year round,
then build it anyway and get a storage tank.
or make 2 ways to get water to increase your odds of having water when something goes wrong.
but get thinking about how critical water is,
(and if have read the news the last month, then you know how many issues it can make when you can't get it)
the first step of a survival garden is to secure a water source that no one else can turn off.