I love water, I love being close to water, I love hearing the sound of water. With the wonderful, clean, water source, I try to maximize what I can do with it, both from food production, household water use and aesthetic landscaping. The beauty of it all is since the water is from a continuous flowing water source, the water needs to continuously flow out or my pipes will burst so I have no guilt feelings of using the water in all these ways. When necessary, all the plants are also watered from this same water inflow hence continuing the no chemicals concept on the food production. My suggestion to those of you who are looking for a place for a retreat, always check the water source options.
At the farm, the water is used for household use including as a drinking water source. For years now, I have been drinking it direct. I feel no guilt in taking long, cool showers as the water has to continue to flow out.
One of the main farm activities is to produce tasty fish and the water plays an important role. The water continuously flow in and out of the ponds, keeping the ponds clean and providing good quality water for the fish to grow and breed. The pond itself was created based on an old stream which still has a pretty shallow water table. This also serves as a flood prevention pond as this area has been known to flood albeit not very often.
I spend a substantial amount of time at the farm and I have a home there, my getaway from the busy, hectic Kuala Lumpur, and it is less than an hour
away. To this end, I like to add features that would further provide for a peaceful and relaxing environment. It took a couple of years but I finally have my landscape fish pond by the front entrance of the house with a mini waterfall as the water outlet. There is a lot of river stones all over the property which as we work the land, we have "collected" and this pond features the use of these stones. The sound of the water flowing into the fish pond is relaxing to hear and makes the area as a great place to have my breakfast, a wonderful way to start the day.
Another water landscape feature is planned and this one is by the patio of my bedroom. InsyAllah, this will be ready this year as will the house.
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