Bath house project

Reader Contribution by David Boyt
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I’ve never seen it like this in the 30+ years living in southwest Missouri.The entire month of July has just passed without a trace of rain, and highs most days were above 100 degrees.Fire danger is extreme.It would be even higher if any grass were actually growing in our yard.Pastures and hay fields have withered, and many have been grazed to the ground and turned to dust.People are already comparing this to the dust bowl days of the 1930s, though it is too early to tell whether this weather is just a fluke or part of a larger trend. 

Water has been an issue for years, but never as bad as this year.Even filling the washing machine at a trickle runs our well dry before it can run a single load.Becky had been doing a triage, trying to save her favorite plants, but there just isn’t enough water so they, too, are withered.Missouri is a “raparian rights” state, which means if you can drill down deep enough, the water is yours.This makes it an ideal location for the poultry industry.Just five miles from us, a Moark egg complex sucks over 250,000 gallons per day from the water table. 

I am putting my portable sawmill to use, building a bath house that will store gray water for irrigation, and a rain water collection system, just in case any actually falls.We’re going to try to get everything we can out of every drop of water. And, at the risk of providing too much information, we are setting up a composting toilet. 

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