Today, we made an innovation at Windmill, with the aid of an old milk bottle, 4 sticks and some string... Amazingly, it's a foot-operated shower tap! We've made it to help people in the kitchen to wash their hands more effectively.
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| The Tip Tap in action |
The tip tap is something that is helping people to stay healthy in parts of Africa (thanks to the work of
Send A Cow), and it seems like a perfect way to show that low-tech recycling solutions can be really useful. It's a very "Windmill" solution - us being Climate Friendly Gardeners and all...
We were delighted to be joined by new volunteer Jim. He's a brickie, and very handy with tools, so he was delighted to jump right in and take the lead on the tip tap. You'll find a "how to do it" post following this one, with step by step instructions. We will be making at least one more, and it will be interested to see how we refine it - seems that no 2 tip taps are exactly the same.
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| Jim sets up the stand for the Tip Tap |
We also did some recycling on site. Nadine and Jim helped to cut brambles from areas where they were in the way, and then relocate them to the fence by the new raspberry patch. They make excellent "natural barbed wire" and will help deter unwanted visitors, whilst the rooted bits will also provide a nice crop.
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| Nadine relocates some blackberry "barbed wire" |
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