What produce/ingredients did you buy or obtain today (2025)?

[badjak]

More shopping done
Yoghurt, salami, chorizo, kabanosy, pork sausages, pork rashers (belly pork) bacon, gherkins, beer, bit more wine, bread
And a couple small bags of peanuts, except that they are pumpkin seeds....

And 4 x 580 watt solar panels, borehole pump, cotroller and poly pipe
And 2 new shoes for my car
(They both fit here: the car acts as shopping trolley and water is necessary for coking and loads of other things)

 

[Morning Glory]

And a couple small bags of peanuts, except that they are pumpkin seeds....

I expect they are better for you! Not so good for satay, though.

 

[badjak]

I expect they are better for you! Not so good for satay, though.

I had a craving for peanuts

I've eaten some of those pumpkin seeds, but I think the remainder will go into bread or so....

 

[SandwichShortOfAPicnic]

More shopping done
Yoghurt, salami, chorizo, kabanosy, pork sausages, pork rashers (belly pork) bacon, gherkins, beer, bit more wine, bread
And a couple small bags of peanuts, except that they are pumpkin seeds....

And 4 x 580 watt solar panels, borehole pump, cotroller and poly pipe
And 2 new shoes for my car
(They both fit here: the car acts as shopping trolley and water is necessary for coking and loads of other things)

A borehole pump?
Not an everyday type of shopping list. What’s going on with that?

 

[badjak]

Solar borehole pump, gonna go straight in the river to get water to my garden and overhead tank.
My petrol pump is getting tired

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

A borehole pump?
Not an everyday type of shopping list. What’s going on with that?

We have one as well. They're backups for your usual water supply.

Drill a very deep hole into the ground. Our current one is 50 meters deep. It's only about 50-75cm wide though. The pump needs to be a special pump to draw water up from well below the surface. In fact, maybe that word "well" used in it's other form is the best description? A very deep, narrow well that goes though rock as well as soil, and using a pump, not a bucket, to pull up the water that collects in the hole.

At our last place, the pump was electric and the water was hard, ground water used only for the garden or toilet and washing machine.

Here the new bore hole went in last summer. It's solar powered and is there as a backup primarily for the garden, but can if needed act as drinking water in an emergency. Typically though it's not considered drinking water in Australia.

 

[TastyReuben]

Growing up, we had a well - the water was orangish, with rust flakes in it, turned out whites pale orange, and smelled like rotten eggs. Mmmmmmmmm…

 

[Barriehie]

Solar borehole pump, gonna go straight in the river to get water to my garden and overhead tank.
My petrol pump is getting tired

Yay solar! Ours goes down 65' and it's electric. Garden only. It's drinkable but brownish.

 

[Morning Glory]

I use tap water. I do quite like fizzy bottled mineral water. San Pelligrino is my favourite but I only buy it occasionally.