Here's our new 20 foot windmill, built by Mark and installed by Mark and Nub. The windmill is aerating our pond so that it will be less mucky and more swimmable. As you can see, Pudge finds it perfectly swimmable already!It took Mark several weeks of work in the garage to get most of the unit built. The last section was so large it had to be finished in our yard. Then we packed the whole thing on our John Deere and drove it to the site. Post holes were dug, cement* poured, and the windmill is now firmly anchored. When we get a good gust, the top turns to catch the wind, the compresser inside the top does its magic thing, forcing air through the tubing into the airstone sunk at the bottom of our pond. Little bubbles come up from the bottom.
*Note: A fan of this page (okay, it was my husband) has explained to me that cement is what you pour, and concrete is what it becomes. My original post used the word "concrete" when I should have said "cement."
2 comments:
I was reading about windmills recently and how you can power your house with one instead of using electricity. Unfortunately, it has to have a blade diameter of about 20 feet - a little big for my back yard. Unless I get rid of my monster garage... and the neighbors' house gets condemned and I can magically afford to buy the land... :)
wow! That is a Scheniman design build project?! What a hubby!
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