~Framboise Manor~: AWESOME fishing and water stuff...

Monday, September 15, 2014

AWESOME fishing and water stuff...

jambaloney here!

first off - some fall weather pics!!!

the sun sets a certain way this time of year - and the front yard is quite nice!!!

well - you read about meeting our internet friends d and his family here. d was around for another week and he took me fishing - well - the guy knows his stuff - first we were to gabarus bay and got some mackerel - THEN to a secret spot for some surf fishing... i had a blast, d was a great guide - i know the river, but not the sea - i got schooled quickly and believe me, i took notes

okay - i LOVE this pic - d caught me in action...

and my biggest fish ever - striped bass around 32 inches long and 10 - 12 lbs!

i caught 3 all in all, but the others were too small - d was returning home so he gave me his too - with the mackerel - there is a LOT of fish in in the freezer now!

thanks a million d!

not to dismiss the framboise river - aug 30, 2nd last day of trout season...

down by headwaters i found - FROST!!!

yup - frost - it is quite low-lying and windless there - here is a lesson - keep the homestead on the hill!!!

4 nice trout for pioneer p and sandy!!!

okay d and a few otheres asked k about our water - we use black berkey filters for our drinking water:

http://www.berkeyfilters.com/berkey-water-filters/black-berkey.html

we have used them for years - now we did buy the filter towers as well - but i have seen many plans to build your own with food grade buckets - got these at the bakery in sydney! - i followed this one:

http://www.survival-spot.com/survival-blog/homemade-berkey-water-filter/

but i wanted more flow - so i made it for 4 filters:

notice in the above pic one hole is bigger - i drilled the bottom holes too small - but after fixing one i realized it didn't matter as there was enough of a lip to accommodate the nuts the nuts are 1 1/2 inches wide..

after drilling pilot holes through the bottom of the top bucket and the lid for the bottom bucket - drill 1" holes in the bottom of the top bucket

attach these babies..

one in...

and all 4 - the filters come with instructions on how to do this...

back to the lid of the bottom bucket.. line up the holes...

DANGER!!!

and here is the final result - fill the top and empty the bottom - with 4 filters we can do around 4-gal a day! i pour the water into 18.9 L water jugs which we then use in the water coller

i marked where the holes line up - it saves time - on the first one i made, i didn't and every time i would have to line up the holes..

also - i used our well water in the first one - with all teh minerals our filters slowly clogged up - these are new filters so i resurrected the rain barrel for drinking water - much less stress on the filters..

as for the well water - we filter out the sediment with an in-line filter- you can see the difference when it is time to change!!!

i like the watts whole house model

here is our rig in the basement:

1- 3/4 hp jet pump
2 - 20 litre tank
3 - shutoff valve
4 - unfiltered water to all garden spigots
5 - unfiltered tap for basement cleanup
6 - in-line filter
7 - water to washing machine
8 - water to house

took a while to figure it all out - but we are happy with our current setup. the well is a ways form the house but in a good spot and never dry or frozen

bonus - BERRIES - nice mix!!

hope you all have a great week!!

cheers!

18 comments:

PioneerPreppySeptember 15, 2014 at 6:21 PM
Have you ever tried the ceramic and charcoal filters for the bucket method? The flow is not the greatest but the ceramic filters last longer I believe.

And as always All U'r troutses R Belongs to Me :)
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DaniSeptember 15, 2014 at 7:22 PM
Good fishing J - the big one that didn't get away (giggle)

Thanks for the filter setup info. How long does one (or should that be the four) filters last before they need replacing?
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Harry FlashmanSeptember 15, 2014 at 10:41 PM
I sure wish I could go to the ocean whenever I wanted to like that. I am sure I'd live a lot longer, because it just lets the steam out of you and lets you relax.
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TewshoozSeptember 15, 2014 at 10:59 PM
We did this same setup after we saw it a couple of weeks ago. Bakeries and restaurants have food grade buckets they give away, We put a spigot on the lower bucket, cause we are basically lazy, lol. Berkey filters are rated for 1000 gallons, I think.
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Sandy LivesaySeptember 16, 2014 at 1:23 AM
Jambaloney,

I'm so jealous here...........you caught a beautiful striped bass!!!
Wooohooo, more fish for the freezer......and trout was added too.
Trouts my favorite fish to catch and eat.
It sounds to me like you have a couple of great friends to get together and exchange prepping ideas, fish, eat good food (did I say I'm jealous?).

We went fishing early Saturday morning, once there the winds kicked up and fishing was a bust :-(

Love all the pictures up there of your place. Frost already, oh boy.....y'all getting ready for winter soon??

We have a very similar water filtration system (homemade), the filters should last us about 6 years.

Tell Kymber to make you a nice cobbler with those berries.
Hugs and love to you and Kymber,
Your Friend,
Sandy

P.S. Did I tell you I'm Jealous???
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ChrisSeptember 16, 2014 at 1:52 PM
Awesome striper! And some nice brookies too... when I fished the river as a kid I didn't even know there were open and closed seasons, I just fished when it wasn't iced over!
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MayberrySeptember 16, 2014 at 3:46 PM
Nice striper! We use fish that size down here for bait, bwaaaaahahahahaa! Just kidding. Unless you're shark fishing....
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RobSeptember 16, 2014 at 6:37 PM
Jam, the fishing looked great, with plenty of meat for a while. As I like to say a good time had by all. Tell the Mrs I have a email coming to her tonight or in the AM.
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Jacked Up Glock MomSeptember 18, 2014 at 9:07 PM
Jam those fish are gorgeous! Thanks for the info about the filters, i shall show them to senior.

Hugs to you and your Mrs.!
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kymber here and talking about jambaloney.

i've always called him my angel. my rock. my best half. the best part of what i have always wanted to become.

he has a soul as big as the biggest mountain, he is strong, he is in incredible physical condition, he is 51 and yet most people think he is under 40. he is humble and modest, charming, gorgeous and will help anyone with anything at anytime. he never grumbles and only every now and again complains or is a tiny bit cranky (nothing that a hug can't fix!). he can cut both sides out of 70 tires in minutes, build raised beds from scrap wood that he drags out of the forest, weedwhack 800ft of our road down to the river, and haul more wheelbarrows of dirt, mulch, rocks and seaweed than is probably medically-advised. he's learned how to braid, make bread and no one makes better rice - not even the chinese. he supports my every, crazy endevour. he went 44 years without a driver's license and got his license after being trained by my crazily-wonderful french canadian friend in 2 weeks. she never stopped talking the whole time. in french.

he has biked everywhere his entire life, at one job he biked 24km EACH WAY. that's to and from! 24km to work AND 24km from work! oh and just accidentally has an honours degree in philosophy.

i believe that he is Our Lord's most beautiful and perfect creation. but i might be biased. he can very accurately shoot a ben pearson cougar re-curve from both the left and right. and his aim is dead on.

he is bow-legged and only 5'7", but has the most incredible eyes. and a tiny mole on his upper lip. he writes the most romantic "insta-poems". he tells me he loves me several times a day. he calls me "babe" and "honey". and he means it.
he loves hot sauce and spicey things like cayenne and banana peppers, he buys (or now picks) me flowers, he left a lucrative, high-paying IT job and his family to follow me here to this remote little island. he builds me shelves and washes all of our laundry with me by hand.

oh and he was baptized Anglican. and was an alter boy. sheesh. somehow, through my intervention, i am turning him into a pagan-christian-fundamentalist-confuscian. look, even i can't figure that out!

the name jambaloney is a nickname that i gave him over 10 years ago. he still uses it. he can be reached at "jambaloney@gmail.com". he loves comments or emails. and he loves me.

if i were given the opportunity to wish one thing for the world - i would wish that every woman on the planet had a jambaloney. i know that i could save the world this way. i have friends who have asked me to clone him. i am trying. believe me, i am trying. one day i will perfect the science involved, and when that happens, i promise all of you a jambaloney.

i love him more than...breathing, lobster, boiled dinner, fresh bread out of the oven, bugging out, singing back up for Madonna (ok...i made that one up!), fresh sheets on the bed, a glass of red wine after a long day, sunflower seeds, lavender, growing my own potatoes, T.S. Eliot, dancing, my babies (who are really just cranky old cats!) and the Bible.

i love him more than i love Framboise Manor. and i really love Framboise Manor.

About kymber

(this pic might seem odd. trust me, it's not. 20 yrs ago kymber went shopping with a girlfriend from the military and bought this dress. then she hooked up with that girlfriend recently. they caught up through email and one day kymberz friend mentioned that specific dress. kymber said she still had it (kymber still has her prom gown for crying out loud!). the friend did not believe it. so we had to take a pic of kymber wearing the 20yr old dress for her friend. kymber always likes to add accessories...and well, we had the bunny ears laying around. ya know, cuz everyone always has pink bunny ears laying around. ok, that's it...i am out of here! jambaloney)

what can i say about kymber?? A LOT!! most of it will have to wait for blog entries ‘cuz i just don’t have enough space here to do her justice…

so i’ll have to do my best… first and foremost, kymber is my partner and i will love her forever. she is the best partner anyone could ever have, i am one lucky guy!! she is 46, she is sweet as can be, smart as a whip, super cute, exceptionally feminine, strong as an ox, honest, kind, empathetic, wise, an amazing dancer, a master wit in speaking and writing….i could go on..i will!

at 5’ 1’’ she packs a wallop – a true force of nature - she is a master gardener and chef and spent 10 years in the Canadian Military – she has done 2 tours of Alert (the north bloody-cold pole). she is a UN-certified Korean linguist and spoils our 2 cats rotten. she also spent 12yrs working in the federal government, as a communications analyst at SolGen (now PSEPC) and Fintrac. she loves nature in the true sense of the phrase..the wildflowers, insects and birds here at framboise manor keep her entranced and captivated for hours.

anyone who is her friend knows that she will stop at nothing to help and heal, dedication and loyalty are an integral part of who she is and she is dead serious about anything she puts her mind to. yet she maintains the most delicate touch and a smile on her face always, never afraid to live and love no matter where and when.

she is the most genuine human being i have ever met! and she has encouraged me to embark on the most crazy and exciting adventure i could imagine… thank you babe - i sooo love you!!!

(and she can be reached at kymberzmail@gmail.com)